Shi-Tou and A-Jing, the gray snub-nosed monkey breeding pair in Beijing Zoo. The pair and their three children make up almost half of the whole R. brelichi captive population. The rest of the population lives in the breeding center in Mount Fanjing Reserve, which consists of another breeding pair, their three offsprings and an old female.
@DelacoursLangur They certainly hope so. The current captive population is actually the result of a breeding program started with seven wild-caught founders in 1992, and the Beijing pair is the second-generation born in captivity. However for a critically endangered species with less than 400 individuals, it is highly impractical to bring in new founders just for the program. Good news is the breeding pair in Mount Fanjing Reserve is totally unrelated to the Beijing pair, both being wild-born animals rescued in recent years.
