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J. Fred Muggs (born March 14, 1952) is a chimpanzee born in the African colony of French Cameroon that forms part of modern-day Cameroon.Brought to New York City before his first birthday, he was bought by two former NBC pages and eventually appeared on a host of television shows on that network including NBC's Today Show where he served as mascot from 1953 to 1957.
It is also one of the most endangered primates in the world. Only about 300 Delacour's langurs are alive today, and experts fear they could be completely extinct if the current rate of decline continues. The monkeys are being pushed to the brink by hunting for the Chinese traditional medicine trade.
Nafovanny consists of two main farms in Long Thanh, Vietnam. [3] According to the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), the facility also maintains satellite breeding farms on the Cambodian border, in which the BUAV alleges wild monkeys may also be held. The existence of these farms is not referenced in the company's brochure ...
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The Vietnamese Javan rhinoceros used to live throughout the region of Vietnam but was declared extinct in 2010 when the last remaining individual was found dead with the horn removed. There are also 2,470 species of fish, more than 23,000 species of corals and many species of invertebrates recorded in the wildlife of Vietnam. [20]
More than 40 monkeys escape South Carolina research facility after an employee left a door open. Slowly, they are being captured. 30 monkeys recovered after 43 escaped a South Carolina research ...
Its range once included areas to the east of Vietnam's Red River. [6] Today, its populations can be found in small areas within Tuyen Quang, Bac Kan, Ha Giang, and Thai Nguyen provinces. [6] The largest known population of the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey exists in the Khau Ca Species and Habitat Conservation Area, located in the Ha Giang province ...
One monkey has been captured after 43 monkeys escaped from the Alpha Genesis research facility in South Carolina, the Yemassee Police Department said. 1 monkey captured, 42 monkeys still on the ...