Conservation
There are multiple programs that protect aye ayes. The Duke Lemur Center in Durham, North Carolina, breeds them to be released into the wild, and the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust has worked with the Government of Madagascar for decades to keep an assurance population of six safe and happy in Jersey. Part of the Madagascar Fauna Group, Durrell has links with the Malagasy people in concern of the species' conservation. They even teach classes in Madagascar- every day more and more young citizens go home with the knowledge and skill to help a lemur in any condition. Sadly, despite all of this, aye ayes are still shadowed by the looming threat of extinction.