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Three vervet monkeys groom themselves at Turtle Beach, St. Kitts on June 21, 2002. A troop of vervet monkeys show up daily at Turtle Beach resort for food and passion fruit juice served to them at the local bar. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. The St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neuro-degenerational disorders. A green vervet monkey can sell for up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research.