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Title: St. Kitts And Nevis, Tourists And Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A man cuts rows of sugar cane a few miles from Basseterre, St. Kitts on June 21, 2002. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates
Country: St. Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_ct_0010_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
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Title: St. Kitts And Nevis, Tourists And Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A man cuts rows of sugar cane a few miles from Basseterre, St. Kitts on June 21, 2002. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates
Country: St. Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_ct_0011_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts And Nevis, Tourists And Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: The entrance of a converted sugar mill belonging to Yale University, June 20, 2002, known as the Biomedical Research Foundation is situated outside of Basseterre, St. Kitts on June 20, 2002. Yale's St. Kitts facility uses the island's vervet monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neuro-degenerational disorders. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches; Trapping
Country: St. Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_ct_0003_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts And Nevis, Tourists And Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: 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.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches; Trapping
Country: St. Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_ct_0006_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts And Nevis, Tourists And Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A man cuts rows of sugar cane a few miles from Basseterre, St. Kitts on June 21, 2002. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates
Country: St. Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_ct_0007_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts And Nevis, Tourists And Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A park ranger lowers a St. Kitts and Nevis flag at the Brimstone Hill Fortress above Basseterre, St. Kitts on June 20, 2002. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates
Country: St. Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_ct_0001_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts And Nevis, Tourists And Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: African vervet monkeys trapped by local hunters cling to a cage at Yale University's Biomedical Research Foundation in Basseterre, St. Kitts on June 20, 2002. Yale University's St. Kitts facility uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neuro-degenerational disorders. Monkeys are separated by sex and age. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. 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.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches; Trapping
Country: St. Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_ct_0004_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts And Nevis, Tourists And Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An African vervet monkey after surgery is brought back to its cage under anesthesia at Yale University's Biomedical Research Foundation in Basseterre, St. Kitts on June 20, 2002. Yale's St. Kitts facility uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neuro-degenerational disorders. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches; Trapping
Country: St. Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_ct_0005_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts And Nevis, Tourists And Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A young boy feeds a peanut to a vervet monkey at Turtle Beach, St. Kitts on June 21, 2002. A troop of vervet monkeys show up daily at Turtle Beach for food served to them at the local bar. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. 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.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches; Trapping
Country: St. Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_ct_0002_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts And Nevis, Tourists And Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A man cuts rows of sugar cane a few miles from Basseterre, St. Kitts on June 21, 2002. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates
Country: St. Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_ct_0008_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts And Nevis, Tourists And Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A man cuts rows of sugar cane a few miles from Basseterre, St. Kitts on June 21, 2002. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates
Country: St. Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_ct_0009_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

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