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Another monkey died at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens on Saturday, taking the total to 10 amid an outbreak of an infectious disease. Authorities said the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department would conduct a necropsy to determine whether the cause of death of the common squirrel monkey was the same as earlier cases. […]
Hong Kong leader John Lee has addressed the deaths of monkeys kept at a zoo in the city, saying the “problem must be contained” after a ninth animal died and the health of a 10th was being monitored. Left: Cotton-top tamarins. Right: White-faced saki. Photos: Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens. The government issued a […]