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Endangered Baby Barbary Macaques Born at Monkey Forest
Keepers said the births are a small but important win for the species, which has fewer than 8,000 left in the wild.
- Trentham Monkey Forest in Staffordshire welcomed four endangered Barbary macaque babies, hailed as a "small but important win" for the highly endangered species.
- Over 50% of wild Barbary populations have declined in 40 years, leaving fewer than 8,000 in the wild as illegal pet trade, habitat loss, and wildfires devastate their native ranges.
- Keepers at the Monkey Forest manage 140 free-roaming monkeys, though they are never 100% sure if a female is pregnant, so they "let nature take its course" instead.
- Head guide Anna Smith said, "It's hard to describe how amazing baby season is," as the team spots new arrivals during morning feedings when mothers emerge with clinging bundles.
- Conservationists expect more babies to arrive soon at the United Kingdom's only monkey forest, where welcoming six to 10 infants annually provides a critical lifeline for this species native to Morocco and Algeria.
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Boost for endangered Barbary macaques as Trentham Monkey Forests welcomes four new additions
Barbary macaques are an endangered species, with only 8,000 are thought to exist in the wild; the birth of four baby monkeys at the UK conservation facility is a small but important win, conservationists say.Four baby macaque monkeys have been born at Trentham Monkey Forest. Credit: Trentham Monkey Forest.Four baby Barbary macaques have been born high up on the treetops of Trentham Monkey Forest in Stoke-on-Trent, which conservations are hailing…
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