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The Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus
poliocephalus poliocephalus), also known as
Golden-headed
langur, is endemic to the
island of
Cat Ba in Northern Vietnam. By the year 2000, poaching had
reduced
this species to only 53 individuals in several isolated sub-populations and
the Cat Ba langur became listed by the IUCN, the World Conservation Union,
as one of the world’s most endangered
primate species.
Towards the
end of 2000, the Zoological Society for the Conservation of Species and
Populations (ZGAP) and Münster Zoo
(Germany) formed a cooperative partnership with Vietnamese conservation agencies,
and the “Cat Ba Langur Conservation Project” was
initiated.
Since then,
langur poaching has been brought under control and in 2003, for the first
time in decades, the population of the Cat Ba langur increased. |
The ‘Cat Ba Langur
Conservation Project’ is operated by Allwetterzoo Münster and the
Zoological Society for the Conservation of Species and Populations (ZGAP),
Germany |
