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Our sister org anisation, Born Free US A, runs the USA’s largest primate sanc tuary, home to 475 rescued bab oons, macaques an d vervet mon keys.
T H G U THO PROTECTING PRIMATES
DID YOU KNOW
PRIMATES ARE THE GROUP OF MAMMALS THAT CONTAINS ALL LEMURS, MONKEYS AND APES, INCLUDING HUMANS.
AROUND THE WORLD, THOUSANDS OF PRIMATES LIVE IN CAPTIVITY ON DISPLAY IN ZOOS, USED IN LABS FOR ANIMAL TESTING, OR SOLD AS PETS. In the UK alone, hundreds of marmosets, squirrel monkeys, capuchins and lemurs are kept as pets, many illegally. Most were born in captivity, but these animals cannot thrive as pets as they have complex environmental, dietary and social needs. Born Free is opposed to keeping primates as pets worldwide, and proudly support initiatives like the Zambia Primate Project, which rescues, cares for and releases injured, orphaned or illegally kept baboons and vervet moneys back to the wild, where they belong.
MEET JACKIE A young vervet monkey, Jackie was so seriously injured by a speeding car in Zambia, her leg had to be amputated. After specialist treatment, she returned to the wild and recently gave birth to her first baby!
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