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From Treetops to Trash: The Lion-tailed Macaques’ Fight for Survival

Lion-tailed macaques live on treetops and need connected canopies to travel, but the destruction of forests is forcing them to descend to the floor and look for food in the trash
Film by: Sustain Team
Updated   July 28, 2025
Film by: Sustain Team
Updated   July 28, 2025
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Lion-tailed macaques live on treetops and need connected canopies to travel, but the destruction of forests is forcing them to descend to the floor and look for food in the trash


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Sustain Team

Sustain Team

We are a driven group of people from diverse backgrounds, bound by an abiding love for India’s natural world.

Published Dec 04, 2020

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