# @bbcnews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOAsxadCJnT
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34016215-bbcnews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-31T07:25:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

Until the 1980s people roamed the mountains of Shennongjia in central China hunting monkeys for their meat and fur.
 
The local population of golden snubbed-nosed monkeys dropped below 500 in the wild but now, the figure has become more than 1,600 with scientists hoping this will pass 2,000 within 10 years.
 
Professor Yang Jingyuan, director of the Shennongjia National Park Scientific Research Institute, spent his entire working life trying to understand and protect this endangered sub-species of snub-nosed monkeys, which exist only in these mountains in Hubei province.
 
Tap the link in BBCNews’s bio to read more about the lives of snub-nosed moneys and how Professor Yang’s team protect them.
 
#GoldenMonkey #Wildlife #BBCNews

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