Safari Park gets snow monkeys

Safari Park gets snow monkeys

BOGOR: Six snow monkeys (Macaca fuscata) from Japan were
released on Tuesday in conjunction with the inauguration of the
Gunma Safari Park inside the grounds of the Indonesian Safari
Park in Cisarua, Bogor.

The red face monkeys, one of whom is male, were sent from the
Nasu Primate Center in Yokohama, Japan, on Dec. 3.

The inauguration of the new park will form part of the 12th
South East Asia Zoo Association (SEAZA) Annual Conference being
held at the Indonesian Safari Park from Dec. 8 to 11. The
conference is titled "Capacity Building Through Cooperation".

The conference, chaired by SEAZA chairman Sen Pisit na
Patalung, is being attended by zoo operators from the European
countries, Australia, the United States, and Asian countries such
as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. -- Antara