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Morocco fights to save threatened iconic monkey

By Agence France-presse | China Daily | Updated: 2017-05-04 07:45

CHEFCHAOUEN, Morocco - "If nothing is done, this species will disappear within 10 years," warns a poster on Ahmed Harrad's aging 4x4 showing Morocco's famed Barbary macaque monkey.

Harrad spends his time crisscrossing northern Morocco to try to convince locals to protect the endangered monkey.

The only species of macaque outside Asia, which lives on leaves and fruits and can weigh up to 20 kilograms, was once found throughout North Africa and parts of Europe.

Morocco fights to save threatened iconic monkey

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