ANIMALS
Endangered monkeys saved from fatal car collisions
Words by Harry Baker
Endangered primates frequently killed by cars while trying to cross the road in a national park in Zanzibar have been given a lifeline after speed bumps were put in to slow traffic. Zanzibar red colobuses (Piliocolobus kirkii) are small primates with a white coat, red back and black face. They are currently listed as an endangered species, with fewer than 6,000 mature individuals left in the wild. The species is endemic to Unguja, the largest island in the Zanzibar archipelago in the Indian Ocean, and most individuals now live within Jozani- Chwaka Bay National Park.