“People don’t take care of them,” Trieder said ... Trieder has 64 from a pet lemur attack in 2010. But experts say lemurs aren’t entirely to blame for their hostile behavior.

“I decided that I never wanted to leave,” Lynch said. In this edition of “A Duke Workday,” learn more about Lynch and the work that is required to care for lemurs in Durham and abroad. Got a ...

In fact, lemurs weren’t covered in my veterinary training at all. But I guess I was in the right place at the right time, and it turned out to be a good fit for me.” Williams admits the first few ...

Mouse lemurs are protected from hunting, but they are still captured for the exotic pet trade. They are most threatened by loss of the limited woodland habitat of their Madagascar home.