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Article: Take a walk on the wild side; Days Out GRAHAM YOUNG finds a natural wonder in Staffordshire at Trentham's Monkey Forest.(Features)
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- Birmingham Mail (England)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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MONKEY FOREST is exactly what it says on the sparse leaflet - a forest with monkeys in it.
The Barbary Macaques are considered to be an endangered species, with recent estimates suggesting that the wild population of Algeria and Morocco is down to just 10,000 compared with 25,000 in 1976.
Here, on a site that you walk through, you'll find 140 monkeys in 60 acres of magnificently-mature woodland.
You might think the ratio means you'll have little chance to see them, but there are several areas where the monkeys are prepared to relax right in front of you.
If you are lucky, they'll even join you on a bench.
But the Macaques are ...