Preservation of biodiversity & fight against climate change
PROTECTION OF CAPE VERDE MONKEYS
- Immediate assistance to orphaned, injured and mistreated monkeys
- Fight against the mistreatment of monkeys
- Protection of monkeys in their natural environment
THE CAPE VERDE MONKEY SHELTER
The only refuge for monkeys in Cape Verde that can accommodate orphaned, injured, abandoned monkeys or those that can no longer be kept by their owners, and offer them a safe and suitable environment with adequate space.
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THE MONKEY IS THE ONLY PRIMATE OF CAPE VERDE AND ONE OF THE RARE WILD MAMMALS AND IT HAS NO PREDATOR OTHER THAN MAN
Without rapid action in favor of better management of the monkey population, it could disappear very quickly.
Meet the cape verde monkey
For more than 500 years, monkeys have lived alongside the inhabitants of rural towns on the island of Santiago and Brava, the only two islands in Cape Verde where the green monkey is present.
Protecting monkeys also means saving the forests in which these primates live, and thus preserving the biodiversity of these ecosystems.
The "Cape Verde Monkey Sanctuary" association is developing an integrated project with actions for the protection of monkeys (assistance, fight against abuse, information and awareness) but also for the preservation of biodiversity and the fight against climate change. climatic.
WE NEED THEM!
And they need us to help them survive and play their part in this deteriorating environment.
