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News, Videos & Other Webcams => Other Wildlife Cams => Mammals => Topic started by: Kinderchick on February 26, 2011, 10:01
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Chimpanzees - Scotland / Edinburgh Zoo
Just found another webcam! Can't wait to show it to the Kinderchicklets next week! :D The Edinburg Zoo in Scotland currently has 22 chimpanzees residing in their Budongo Trail facility, which has a capacity to hold a community of up to 40 chimps. The zoo is hoping to participate in a captive breeding program for this endangered species in the future. :)
Chimps are classed as endangered, and are mainly threatened by habitat destruction, both by logging companies and conversion of forest to farmland. They are also hunted to supply the bushmeat trade, and also get caught in snares that are usually set to catch other animals. Hunters also kill individuals within a group in order to remove infants and sell them on to the illegal pet trade. :'(
I actually saw a chimp this morning! :D For anyone interested, here is the link...
http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/budongocam.html