This paper has generated some great coverage in the media. Thanks to Mark Kinver & Victoria Gill (BBC), Sarah Reardon (Science NOW), Rachel Newer (New York Times green blog), Fangfei Shen (MIT science writing and PLOS ONE blog) and Rhett Butler (www.Mongabay) among others for their excellent articles.

Careful journalism plays an important role in keeping everyone on their toes. The eagle eyes of Fangefei Shen noticed an inconsistency between the fines for lemur hunting we mention in the paper ($5-$200) and on a poster we produced with the Ministry of Environment in Madagascar (2000-20000000 Ariary or approximately $1 to $10,000). The huge range indicated on the poster is in fact correct as reflects the full range of sanctions which depend on whether the crime is in a protected area or not (loi 2001-005 & ordonnance 60-126). Thanks for noticing this Fangfei.

Sarah Reardon of (Science Now) also noticed an inconsistency between the text and one of the supplementary tables. The text reads “The Endangered Indri (Figure 6) and diademed sifaka are the most frequently recorded lemurs with 121 and 233 individuals recorded.” However the numbers are in fact the other way around: we recorded 233 killed indri and 121 diademed sifaka (as shown in Table S7).

Thank you both for your careful reading and we are sorry for these mistakes.