International Primate Protection League

07/05/2025

IMPORTANT! Hi Everyone. We are excited to launch our new social media pages! The old pages (including this one) are attached to old phone numbers that do not even exist anymore! As such, we are migrating to our new pages — where you can find all of IPPL’s latest news, pictures, videos, and everything else. We will be closing these pages soon, so please come follow our new pages! See you there!

05/27/2025

05/15/2025

We extend our sincere thanks to the International Primate Protection League for their generous annual funding. Your continued support is instrumental to our efforts in conserving slow lorises and promoting long-term protection of their habitats. We are truly honoured to have IPPL as a steadfast partner in our mission.

05/11/2025

I'm a mother too, don't take my baby from me
🐒Every baby monkey sold as a pet has been torn from their home and their mother killed.💔
Primate mothers also love, care and protect.
Don't buy wildlife. Don't be complicit in the pain.
🌿 Let them live free, where they belong.
International Primate Protection League

05/07/2025

05/04/2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHIRLEY McGREAL!

In 1973 when Shirley McGreal’s life’s path changed, people around the world had no idea that their lives would change as well. People in Africa, Asia, and South America, who already had a passion and concern for primates. For some it was an idea, others were already involved, and many lacked the knowledge and/or the funds to start or to keep going – until they heard about Shirley and reached out to her.

And when they did, she responded. Through her tireless work, laws changed, and countless primates were rescued, rehabilitated, returned to the wild, or provided with life-long care.

She also established IPPL’s Gibbon Sanctuary, home to many gibbons for decades.

Shirley’s mission was always more about protecting and saving primates and less about herself.

Happy Birthday Shirley, and from countless people around the world - Thank You!

04/23/2025

Heartbreaking news about siamang gibbons!

Siamangs are the largest of the 20 gibbon species, and belong to their own genus, Symphalangus. Distributed across Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, and the southernmost part of Thailand, their unforgettable and emblematic call defines the soundscape of the hill forests in the region. Despite still havi...

04/22/2025

04/18/2025

Canopy bridges are lifesavers for so many primates!

JAKARTA — In Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, conservation groups and authorities have built canopy bridges that stitch back together primate habitat, including for orangutans, that were fragmented by roads over the years. Road building has expanded throughout Pakpak Bharat district to connec...

04/16/2025

Alarming news for gorillas!

A Mongabay investigation has uncovered exclusive details about the clandestine market for gorilla and chimpanzee body parts in northeastern Nigeria, revealing that the trade works in a larger area than previously believed and kills more critically endangered gorillas than previously acknowledged. Sp...