Photo Gallery Shocking Decline in Monkey Population
A new study revealed this week that millions of South and Central America primates are killed for the pot each year, driving dozens of species to the brink of extinction.
Cooked monkeys being sold at an open air market.
Foto: Helene Palomino
A foraging female woolly monkey. The species is under threat of extinction in large parts of Latin America.
Foto: Care for the Wild International
A red howler monkey: also on the endangered list.
Foto: Sigi Weisel
Primates are not only hunted for their meat but are also caught to be sold as household pets. In this picture taken in a market in Myobamba, Peru, a marmoset is on sale.
Foto: Care for the Wild International
Grizzly end: smoked bushmeat on sale in Latin America.
Foto: Helene Palomino
With both parents lost to poachers, this red howler orphan will have to fend for himself in future.
Foto: Helene Palomino
A young woolly monkey for sale as a pet.
Foto: Helene Palomino
A rescued woolly monkey, enjoying his freedom back in the wild.
Foto: Helene Palomino
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