Crop raids by wild animals are increasing in Sri Lanka, and with them, the human-animal conflicts and related discourse. But a fresh debate on wildlife exploitation has arisen in the country following ...

Following the Sri Lanka Agriculture Ministry’s confirmation of a request from a Chinese company to import 100,000 toque macaques for their zoos, environmentalists have mounted protests over fears that ...

Toque macaques operate on a strict hierarchical system that determines everything from mating rights to the order of when you're allowed to feed. Break those rules, and you'll have to answer to the ...

Farmers have protested against the Sri Lankan government's failure to control the growing population of Toque macaque monkeys, which severely threatens their livelihoods. The farmers say the growing ...

Dittus, Wolfgang P. J. and Ratnayeke, S. M. 1989. "Care for the injured: a benefit of group life in toque macaques." 50.

Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod (Sri Lanka) finds this serene scene of a young toque macaque sleeping in an adult’s arms. Vinod was visiting Wilpattu National Park in north-west Sri Lanka with his ...

Sri Lankan Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera recently announced that the government is considering a Chinese private company’s proposal to import 100,000 “toque macaque” monkeys from Sri ...