Threats
Despite being categorized by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as of Least Concern, from a conservation perspective, vervet populations are declining due to a number of threats:
Despite being categorized by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as of Least Concern, from a conservation perspective, vervet populations are declining due to a number of threats:
March 05, 2018
At our primate sanctuary – one of the largest in the United States – our mission is to provide monkeys as high a quality of life as we can. The 175-acre sanctuary, located in south Texas, provides a safe, permanent home to hundreds of monkeys, many rescued from abuse in roadside zoos or as pets in private homes or retired from animal experimentation.
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