Depressed Monkeys



Black Howler Monkey

(Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Black howler monkeys at an Argentine ecological park have been suffering depression following the death of two of the oldest females in the group and had to be given medication because they refused to eat, the press reported.

Two alpha females died 1½ years ago from natural causes at the Rio Cuarto Urban Ecological Park some 650 kilometers (400 miles) west of Buenos Aires, and from that moment “their male companions began suffering depression and four let themselves die of sadness,” park director Miriam Rodriguez told Clarin newspaper.

Psychiatrist Sergio Castillo prescribed anti-depression medication.