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Ex-situ Captive
Breeding Programme

Meet The Monkeys
Group A - Ape's Family
Ape, a male white-naped mangabey is one of the longest residents at the Centre. He lives with Accra who came to the Centre from Barcelona Zoo and their daughter Maya. Yellow also lives in this group, he was confiscated from a farm. He is becoming the alpha male as Ape grows old.

Ape
Group B - Nuba's Family
Nuba, was confiscated from a village where he was held as a pet.
Nuba now lives in the Forested Enclosure, part of a bachelor group with his sons; Togbi, Brendan, Jenson, Nana and Kofi.

Group C - Yaw's Family
Yaw is with females Ivy and Mama, and their offspring Esi, Chippy and Noe.

Nuba
Nuba
Mensah
Group D - Kweku's Family
Kweku lives with two females, Chaachele and Ziggy, and their offspring Mercedes, Tommaso, Toton, Toby, Peter and Amafo.

Chaachele
Ziggy
Groups E - Klaus' Group
Klaus is the male in the breeding group at the Forested Enclosure at Kumasi Zoo. He is with breeding female Afu-Marie and Tamanja and their offspring. Sonya is also in this group as a non-breeding female.
Ivy
Mama
Photo Credit Alexander Silwa
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