Download Primates! Primates! Primates! presented by International Primate Protection League today! The International Primate Protection League (IPPL) and Michael P. Turco, internationally renowned nature photographer, have created an extraordinary and poignant collection of primate portraits, celebrating the striking beauty, diversity, and unique personalities of these intelligent creatures. Turco’s magnificent images bring apes, monkeys, and lemurs into brilliant focus and include species rarely captured on camera, such as one of the only photographs in the world of an adult pig-tailed langur in the wild. You’ll also see a riveting photo of a rescued blind white-handed gibbon from IPPL’s sanctuary, just one illustration from IPPL’s decades of work protecting primates from abuse and exploitation. From a playful Bornean orangutan juvenile to an intimate family gathering of Angolan colobus monkeys, you’ll be eye-to-eye with these remarkable primates, and in their eyes, we can see much of ourselves. Monkeys, apes, and lemurs-our beautiful primate cousins-face many threats to their safety and well-being, both in the wild and in captivity. Since 1973, the mission of the International Primate Protection League has been to promote the conservation and protection of these animals wherever they are found. IPPL's activities include: Maintaining a sanctuary for rescued gibbons, the smallest of the apes, in Summerville, South Carolina. Collaborating with other pro-wildlife organizations around the globe on joint public-awareness campaigns regarding such issues as primate smuggling, the abuse of primates as pets, and the bushmeat trade. Providing logistical, financial, and advisory assistance for projects and programs around the world that benefit primates in their native countries. Conducting investigations of illegal international primate trafficking. Although we remain a small, grassroots organization, we have had many successes over the years: Our advocacy work led India and Bangladesh to ban the export of their native rhesus monkeys for use in lethal experiments in the 1970s. Our protests led to the imprisonment of the Miami orangutan smuggler Matthew Block and the German gorilla smuggler Walter Sensen in the 1990s. IPPL's investigative activities have been recognized by the United Nations Environment Program, the Bellerive Foundation, and the Dutch Police League-Interpol Wildlife Crime Group. To find out more about us, please visit IPPL's Web site. IPPL’s South Carolina primate sanctuary is home to rescued lab gibbons, like Igor. IPPL helps support grassroots primate protection organizations around the world. IPPL’s investigations led to the imprisonment of the smuggler of this baby orangutan. Second Nature is a proud supporter of nonprofit environmental organizations and has contributed more than $2.5 million dollars to help preserve the world's natural wonders and wildlife. CUSTOMER APPLAUSE: Love your collections, and am always receiving comments on my wallpapers! Sometimes the beauty is an experience in itself. Thank you!!! - Carol Klekotka, Eagleville, Pennsylvania All images copyright © by respective artists and photographers. All rights reserved. You may not upload this software or images to a web site or distribute it commercially or otherwise. It is illegal to use these images on your web site and/or to post on community web sites. Copyright © 1992 - 2010. March 8, 2010. Privacy Statement.