Sacred No More
Nature, second prize stories
January 15, 2016
Toshikazu Nobuhara, manager of the Awajishima Monkey Centre in Hyōgo, Japan, feeds sweet potatoes to dominant male macaques.
In recent years, the Japanese macaque, best known as the snow monkey, has become habituated to humans. As the range of the macaque habitat expands from mountain areas to subalpine and lowland regions, the animals have lost their fear, have taken to raiding crops, and are often seen as pests. Despite macaques being officially protected in Japan since 1947, some local laws allow them to be tamed and trained for the entertainment industry. Once considered sacred mediators between gods and humans, monkeys in Japan also came to be seen as representing dislikable humans, deserving of ridicule. Commercial entertainment involving monkeys has existed in Japan for over 1,000 years.
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Jasper Doest
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Jasper Doest is a Dutch WWF ambassador and a fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP).
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Jasper Doest
Jasper Doest is a Dutch WWF ambassador and a fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP).
Jasper Doest is a Dutch WWF ambassador and a fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP).
His work covers conservation and travel stories.
Throughout the years his photographs have received multiple awards and appeared in international journals and books including National Geographic Magazine, GEO and Smithsonian Magazine.
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