Saving rare primates at University of Cumbria by using technology

In the race to save one of Africa’s rarest primates, University of Cumbria has turned to technology – and motorbikes – as Gambian ranger teams defend themselves against Covid-19.

With numbers down to as few as 2,500 globally, critically endangered Temminck’s Red Colobus (TRC) monkeys have become the focus of an ambitious three-year project, spearheaded by university researcher and vet, Dr Mic Mayhew.

Launched in March, the Communities for Red Colobus (C4RC) project followed extensive research by Dr Mayhew. He found that while populations in The Gambia were in serious decline, or had disappeared, in one remote forest area 600 were recorded in just three days. […]

Click here to view original web page at www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk