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Barbados Wildlife Reserve

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In addition to the green monkeys, which roam freely in and out of the fenced enclosure, the wildlife reserve also keeps a variety of other animals, many of which roam the reserve freely without separation from visitors. These include
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It was established by Canadian primatologist Jean Baulu and his wife, Suzanne. They first founded the Barbados Primate Research Centre on the site in 1982, for the conservation and study of
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Lane, Anderson (22 October 1995), "Barbados on the Wild Side; A Reserve Where the Red-Footed Tortoises Dine With the Green Monkeys",
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The buildings in the wildlife reserve are all constructed from coral rock, excavated from nearby
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Kroll, Barb and Ron (26 October 1991), "'Noah's Ark' protects wildlife of Barbados",
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fields. All of the bricks that form its paths were recycled from sugar factories.
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red-footed tortoise
parish
Saint Peter
Barbados
Grenade Hall Signal Station and Forest
green monkeys
Canadian International Development Agency
red brockets
red-footed tortoises
Patagonian maras
Cuban rock iguanas
sugarcane
Toronto Star
The Washington Post
ISBN
978-1-84353-774-8

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