In Pictures: Rescued Monkeys Find New Home in Peru

A bunch of 39 monkeys that were rescued recently and have now been moved to a sanctuary.

Here’s some good news on the conservation front.

The 39 monkeys, South American coatis and kinkajous — also known as honey bears — that were recently rescued have found a new home in Peru.

The animals were flown from Lima to the northern city of Iquitos on a Peruvian air force transport.

From there, they were loaded on boats and taken up the Rio Nanay to a private sanctuary at Pilpintuwasi, where they were released into large fenced enclosures.

The animals are accustomed to human contact and feeding and could not be released into the wild.

The animals will be evaluated individually to determine whether they can eventually be released into the wild, said Jose Rafael Vilar, regional spokesman for the British charity Animal Defenders International, which organised the action.