Cheeky monkey! Endangered Mangabey born in Barcelona
There is an adorable new attraction at Barcelona Zoo; a cheeky mangabey monkey, a species at risk of extinction in the wild, was born in the Catalan capital on July 8th.
The species are among the 25 most endangered primates and are listed as in danger of extinction, with numbers in the wild thought to be as low as 1,000 in West Africa, where they have been depleted by deforestation and the illegal bush meat trade.
The baby monkey is the second generation to be born in the zoo as her mother Monika, was bred there in 2009 and had her first baby last year. The father, 12-year-old Racky, was transferred to Barcelona Zoo from Accra Zoo in Ghana two years ago.
Neix una cria de mangabei gris al @ZooBarcelona, una espècie en perill d'extinció pic.twitter.com/4drcJwWaG6
— 8aldia (@8aldia) July 29, 2016
Dr Maria Teresa Abelló, the conservation co-ordinator at the zoo, said the new arrival “reflected the success” of the captive breeding programme.
Barcelona has named August 1st Mangabey Awareness Day in a bid to raise awareness about the plight of the species.
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The species are among the 25 most endangered primates and are listed as in danger of extinction, with numbers in the wild thought to be as low as 1,000 in West Africa, where they have been depleted by deforestation and the illegal bush meat trade.
The baby monkey is the second generation to be born in the zoo as her mother Monika, was bred there in 2009 and had her first baby last year. The father, 12-year-old Racky, was transferred to Barcelona Zoo from Accra Zoo in Ghana two years ago.
Neix una cria de mangabei gris al @ZooBarcelona, una espècie en perill d'extinció pic.twitter.com/4drcJwWaG6
— 8aldia (@8aldia) July 29, 2016
Dr Maria Teresa Abelló, the conservation co-ordinator at the zoo, said the new arrival “reflected the success” of the captive breeding programme.
Barcelona has named August 1st Mangabey Awareness Day in a bid to raise awareness about the plight of the species.
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