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Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A woman holds up a baby vervet monkey she and her family adopted after the monkey's mother was killed by a dog at Turtle Beach, St. Kitts, ten miles outside Basseterre, the capital city, June 21, 2002. The family and monkey have received rabie shots. A troop of vervet monkeys show up daily at Turtle Beach for food and passion fruit juice served to them at the local bar. 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. 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. 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. No hunting is permitted around Turtle Beach and monkeys are protected. A troop of monkeys comes daily to the Turtle Beach bar to drink passion fruit juice. 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 neurodegenerative 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. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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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 waitress at the Turtle Beach bar watches as a vervet monkey drinks passion fruit juice, ten miles outside Basseterre, the capital city, June 21, 2002. A troop of vervet monkeys show up daily at Turtle Beach for food and passion fruit juice and has become a tourist attraction. 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. 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. 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. No hunting is permitted around Turtle Beach and monkeys are protected. A troop of monkeys comes daily to the Turtle Beach bar to drink passion fruit juice. 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 neurodegenerative 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. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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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 waitress at the Turtle Beach bar watches as a vervet monkey drinks passion fruit juice, ten miles outside Basseterre, the capital city, June 21, 2002. A troop of vervet monkeys shows up daily at Turtle Beach for food and passion fruit juice and has become a tourist attraction. 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. 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. 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. No hunting is permitted around Turtle Beach and monkeys are protected. A troop of monkeys comes daily to the Turtle Beach bar to drink passion fruit juice. 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 neurodegenerative 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. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
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Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Foreign tourists watch as women in bikinis walk down a dock during a bathing suit contest at Turtle Beach, St. Kitts, ten miles outside Basseterre, the capital city, 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. 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. 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. No hunting is permitted around Turtle Beach and monkeys are protected. A troop of monkeys comes daily to the Turtle Beach bar to drink passion fruit juice. 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 neurodegenerative 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. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches; Bikinis
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
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Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-19
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: St. Kitts and Nevis Minister of Tourism, Dwyer Astaphan, holds a St. Kitts calendar showing a vervet monkey and a woman at Turtle Beach, in Basseterre, St. Kitts, the capital city, June 19, 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. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export. It resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African green 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. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. 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 neurodegenerative 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. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Dwyer Astaphan
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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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 young girl holds up a baby vervet monkey she and her mother (right) adopted after the monkey's mother was killed at Turtle Beach, St. Kitts, ten miles outside Basseterre, the capital city, June 21, 2002. Mother, daughter and monkey have received rabie shots. A troop of vervet monkeys show up daily at Turtle Beach for food and passion fruit juice served to them at the local bar. 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. 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. 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. No hunting is permitted around Turtle Beach and monkeys are protected. A troop of monkeys comes daily to the Turtle Beach bar to drink passion fruit juice. 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 neurodegenerative 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. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
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Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-19
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: St. Kitts and Nevis Minister of Tourism, Dwyer Astaphan, stands above an undeveloped part of Frigate Bay outside of Basseterre, St. Kitts, the capital city, June 19, 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. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export. It resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African green 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. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. 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 neurodegenerative 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. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Dwyer Astaphan
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
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Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-19
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A woman carrying a child walks through a small park in Basseterre, St. Kitts, the capital city, early in the morning, June 19, 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. 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 green 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. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. 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 neurodegenerative 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. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
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Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-19
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A woman walks along a bay at Turtle Beach, St. Kitts, ten miles outside Basseterre, the capital city, June 19, 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. 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. 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. No hunting is permitted around Turtle Beach and monkeys are protected. A troop of monkeys comes daily to the Turtle Beach bar to drink passion fruit juice. 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 neurodegenerative 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. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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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: Trapper Joe Cabey, "Monkey Joe", stands in the forest near one of the areas where he sets his chicken wire traps, June 21, 2002, to catch vervet monkeys, outside of Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts. Monkey Joe has been trapping monkeys for nearly twenty years while also running his nearby farm. He sells the monkeys to the island's research facilities. He uses bait (sugar cane, peanuts) to attract the monkeys and pushes them into a funnel at the bottom of the chicken wire cage. Monkey Joe sits in a "blind" or hut near the top of a caged area. Once the dominant male vervet monkey enters the cage, he will wait for others to join before rushing out forcing the monkeys to run into the funnel. 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. 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. 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. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative 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. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
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: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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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 waitress at the Turtle Beach bar watches as a vervet monkey drinks passion fruit juice, ten miles outside Basseterre, the capital city, June 21, 2002. A troop of vervet monkeys show up daily at Turtle Beach for food and passion fruit juice and has become a tourist attraction. 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. 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. 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. No hunting is permitted around Turtle Beach and monkeys are protected. A troop of monkeys comes daily to the Turtle Beach bar to drink passion fruit juice. 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 neurodegenerative 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. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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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: Trapper Joe Cabey, "Monkey Joe", stands in the forest near one of the areas where he sets his chicken wire traps, June 21, 2002, to catch vervet monkeys, outside of Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts. Monkey Joe has been trapping monkeys for nearly twenty years while also running his nearby farm. He sells the monkeys to the island's research facilities. He uses bait (sugar cane) to attract the monkeys and frightens them into a funnel at the bottom of the chicken wire cage. Monkey Joe sits in a "blind" or hut near the top of a caged area. Once the dominant male vervet monkey enters the cage, Monkey Joe will wait for other monkeys to join before rushing out forcing the monkeys to run into the funnel. 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. 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. 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. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative 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. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
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: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
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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, June 20, 2002, at Yale University's Biomedical Research Foundation, outside of Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts. Yale's St. Kitts facility uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. Monkeys are separated by sex and age. 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. 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. 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. A green vervet monkey can sell up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
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: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
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Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An African vervet monkey under anesthesia is taken back to its cage, June 20, 2002, at Yale University's Biomedical Research Foundation, outside of Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts. Yale's St. Kitts facility uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. Monkeys are separated by sex and age. 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. 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. 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. A green vervet monkey can sell up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
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: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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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: Trapper Joe Cabey, "Monkey Joe", stands by his pick-up outside one of the mountainious areas where he sets his chicken wire traps to catch vervet monkeys. Monkey Joe has been trapping monkeys for nearly twenty years while also running his nearby farm. He sells the monkeys to the island's research facilities. He uses bait (sugar cane, peanuts) to attract the monkeys and pushes them into a funnel at the bottom of the chicken wire cage. Monkey Joe sits in a "blind" or hut near the top of a caged area. Once the dominant male vervet monkey enters the cage, he will wait for others to join before rushing out forcing the monkeys to run into the funnel. 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. 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. 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. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative 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. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
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: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
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Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-22
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An African vervet monkey is put under anesthesia, June 22, 2002, at Yale University's Biomedical Research Foundation, outside of Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts. Yale's St. Kitts facility uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. Monkeys are separated by sex and age. 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. 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. 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. A green vervet monkey can sell up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
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: Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
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Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-22
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An African vervet monkey is put under anesthesia, June 22, 2002, at Yale University's Biomedical Research Foundation, outside of Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts. Yale's St. Kitts facility uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. Monkeys are separated by sex and age. 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. 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. 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. A green vervet monkey can sell up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
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: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0017_web.jpg
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: Trapper Joe Cabey, "Monkey Joe", stands in the forest near one of the areas where he sets his chicken wire traps, June 21, 2002, to catch vervet monkeys, outside of Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts. Monkey Joe has been trapping monkeys for nearly twenty years while also running his nearby farm. He sells the monkeys to the island's research facilities. He uses bait (sugar cane) to attract the monkeys and frightens them into a funnel at the bottom of the chicken wire cage. Monkey Joe sits in a "blind" or hut near the top of a caged area. Once the dominant male vervet monkey enters the cage, Monkey Joe will wait for other monkeys to join before rushing out forcing the monkeys to run into the funnel. 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. 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. 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. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative 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. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
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: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0012_web.jpg
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: Trapper Joe Cabey, "Monkey Joe", shows the funnel area in the forest near one of the spots where he sets his chicken wire traps, June 21, 2002, to catch vervet monkeys, outside of Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts. Monkey Joe has been trapping monkeys for nearly twenty years while also running his nearby farm. He sells the monkeys to the island's research facilities. He uses bait (sugar cane) to attract the monkeys and frightens them into a funnel at the bottom of the chicken wire cage. Monkey Joe sits in a "blind" or hut near the top of a caged area. Once the dominant male vervet monkey enters the cage, Monkey Joe will wait for other monkeys to join before rushing out forcing the monkeys to run into the funnel. 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. 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. 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. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative 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. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
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: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0013_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
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Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-22
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An African vervet monkey is put under anesthesia, June 22, 2002, at Yale University's Biomedical Research Foundation, outside of Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts. Yale's St. Kitts facility uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. Monkeys are separated by sex and age. 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. 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. 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. A green vervet monkey can sell up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
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: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0018_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
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