Survival and adaptation of a released group of confiscated capuchin monkeys

Animal Welfare

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 191-203

  Suarez, C E ^a   Gamboa, E M ^a   Claver, P ^b   Nassar Montoya, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE   (Colombia)

^b Ctro Rehabilitacion Fauna S   (Colombia)

^c Centro de Primatologia Araguatos   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Capuchin monkey; Cebus apella; Colombia; Confiscated animal; Rehabilitation; Wild animal release

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347141925     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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