Selamatkan Yaki - Dudley Zoo and Castle

Marking macaques

It’s International Macaque Day when we raise awareness of the critically endangered Sulawesi crested macaque. Their numbers have been slashed by 90 per cent over the last 30 years on their native Indonesian island of Sulawesi, because of extensive habitat loss due to farming and deforestation, as well as the illegal bush meat trade and […]

Posted on 16th March 202014th March 2020 by Rachel Hickman

Money for macaques

We’re sending more than £250 to a project helping to protect macaques in Indonesia, thanks to generous DZG visitors. The terrific total of £257.40 was raised during International Macaque Week when primate keepers held an awareness event throughout the last Bank Holiday weekend. An information stand was set up in the Castle Courtyard and keepers were on hand […]

Posted on 20th May 201818th May 2018 by Rachel Hickman

Happy macaque day!

Today is International Macaque Day – and we’re marking the occasion by pledging to help save macaques in the wild over the next five years. As part of DZG’s ongoing conservation work, we’ve committed to support Selamatkan Yaki, a project working out in Indonesia to protect the critically endangered Sulawesi crested black macaque. We’re backing […]

Posted on 16th March 201816th March 2018 by Rachel Hickman

We heart macaques!

It’s International Macaque Week and we’re raising awareness of this Old World monkey species. Here at DZG we hold critically endangered Sulawesi-crested macaques – a species threatened by extensive habitat loss due to farming and deforestation in their native Sulawesi in Indonesia, as well as the illegal bush meat trade and the pet trade. And it’s been […]

Posted on 3rd May 20173rd May 2017 by Rachel Hickman

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