On the day that Conservation International have announced that nearly half of all primate species are facing extinction, we can proudly report that our own Kirstie Reed is tackling the problem single-handed.

 
Kirstie, currently in Bolivia on a 6-month sabbatical from her job as Account Director at Mosaic, has taken 8 monkeys under her protective wing. This comes as no surprise to anyone who knows her: she launched a credible and heartfelt Twitter campaign to become the new Lara Croft; she runs children's parties in her spare time and she is a devoted fan of the legendary Lion Man. And, of course, before you say it - she's used to working with various evolutionary stages of primate at Mosaic. Boom boom.

The question is, what will her monkey moniker be? Will she be The Gibbon Girl? Kirstie of the Apes? Lemur Croft? Answers on a blog post please...

What makes her selfless gesture all the more altruistic is the fact that our Kirstie absolutely hates bananas. Even the faintest whiff of one. So, she's either introducing them to a whole new diet or overcoming her aversion.