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We train Colombian woolly monkeys to be wild again – and maybe save them from extinction

  • Written by Mónica Alejandra Ramírez, PhD Candidate on Primate Ecology, Universidad de los Andes
We train Colombian woolly monkeys to be wild again – and maybe save them from extinctionWoolly monkeys are hard to miss in Colombia's jungles. Now, they face extinction. Mónica Ramírez, Author provided

Colombia’s Andes Mountains used to be loaded with wildlife, including South America’s sole bear species, the spectacle bear, and the mountain tapir, which lives only in the world’s highest altitudes.

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