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Posted by Roseline on June 12th, 2021

After the first release of captive-bred lemurs in Madagascar occurred in November, researchers were relieved to see them exhibit the right survival instincts, even though they had been raised at the Duke University Primate Center. But one of the five black and white ruffed lemurs became prey this month, apparently for another endangered animal, a grim reminder that despite precautions, the fate of a released animal can be survival roulette.

The carcass of Letitia, a female who would have turned 7 on April 3, was found in the Betampona Reserve, apparently killed by a fossa, an agile nocturnal predator about the size of a small mountain lion.

Letitia was probably at the wrong place at the wrong time, said Andrea Katz, the field administrator for the project. The fossa takes a lot of lemurs, she said. Its bad luck that its one of the releases and not one of the wild roulette strategy lemurs.

When one endangered animal kills another, it might seem hard to root for one over the other, but Ms. Katz said that was no dilemma for her. We definitely wish that the fossa had not gotten Letitia, she said. KAREN FREEMAN