Family picnic

I went to Trentham Monkey Forest near Stoke-on-Trent yesterday where three groups of Barbary Macaques live in a large enclosed area. So nice to see animals that are not caged and live their lives naturally. There are 140 Macaques there. The Barbary Macaques are an endangered species with just a few thousand left in the wild in North Africa. Their habitat is being destroyed and babies are being taken to be sold as pets, so Trentham is doing a great job of helping to save the species and are sending funds abroad to help save the wild ones.

[Van]

What a sweet capture. Fav

[Babs]

What a lovely family photo. The parents look so proud of their baby fav

[Sue]

Beautiful

[Poppo Livy]

Fabulous sense of family bonding. I presume that their woolly coats is something they have evolved into to combat the colder climate?

[Dianne]

Such a tiny, cute wee baby.

[Mike]

Love the slightly bemused look from the Parents..”What have done here.”

[Debra]

Such a sweet capture

[Esther Rosenberg]

oh my.....what a intense sweet shot

[Leslie]

fabulous capture of the family

[Yoland]

Adorable

[gloria jones]

Wow...Love this image :)

[Kate]

Superb family capture

[Steve Jacob]

How sweet

[KV]

Sweet fam.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Sweet shot

[haskar]

Adorable

[Margo]

Delightful

[Junko Y]

No, seriously -- how do you get a family of monkeys to pose for a family portrait and make them all look natural? Great shot.

[Vesna]

Fantastic photo.