The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) announced in a statement yesterday that two male golden snub-nosed monkeys living in Coloane’s Seac Pai Van Park will be returned to the mainland to enable them to continue to be part of the authorities’ conservation programme.
The two male monkeys, one is named “Three Blacks” (“三黑”) and the other is named “Lotus Born” (“蓮生”).
“Three Blacks” is “Lotus Born’s” father, and the latter was born in 2022 in March, while the former was loaned by the Qinhuangdao Wildlife Rescue Centre for display in Macau in 2017 together with his wife “Eleven” (“十一”).
“Eleven” who died of an illness in October 2022 aged 9-years-old, also gave birth to “Lotus Born’s” elder brother “Lian Zi” (“蓮子”), who died of a neck injury in 2023 aged 3.
According to the agreement between IAM and Qinhuangdao Wildlife Rescue Centre, the monkeys should be returned in groups to the mainland in 2022, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the return schedule was delayed, the statement said.
The statement said that the bureau’s animal husbandry team and experts from the Shenzhen Safari Park will continue to monitor and assess the condition of the two monkeys, and after completing the accessing and quarantine, the two monkeys will be transferred from Macau to the Shenzhen Safari Park.
This undated handout photo provided by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) yesterday shows two golden snub-nosed monkeys, “Lotus Born” (“蓮生”) (left) and his father “Three Blacks” (“三黑”).
