Japan zoo kills 57 monkeys carrying ‘invasive alien’ genes

February 22, 2017 Posted By: Leave a comment
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A Japanese zoo has killed 57 snow monkeys by lethal injection, after they were found to be carrying genes of an "invasive alien species."

One third of the monkeys at the Takagoyama Nature Zoo were found to have been crossbred with the rhesus macaque.

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