Shaldon Wildlife Trust is delighted that Kizzy, our yellow-breasted capuchin has given birth on Thursday 3rd July. Kizzy came from Mulhouse zoo, France and her partner Borba came from Zurich zoo, Switzerland. It is Kizzy's first baby and they are being fantastic parents.

We are very pleased as yellow-breasted capuchins are critically endangered and one of the top 25 most endangered primates in the world. They are in only a handful of collections in Europe.

Yellow-breasted capuchins are now only found in a very restricted area of the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil, one of the richest and most rapidly disappearing ecosystems in the world. Their population is declining drastically not only because of forest destruction, but also because of hunting.

Shaldon Wildlife Trust is helping to fund research in the wild which aims to understand the ecology and behaviour of Yellow-breasted capuchins in the wild. Other ongoing projects, to try and prevent their extinction, include working together with the Brazilian Government and farmers to increase the number of protected areas for the species.