HOW YOU CAN HELP

e There are many ways in which you can T help us to rescue and rehabilitate more t ”-eal . All donations go into a 100% rea fund - NO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS “G Autumn & Winter! ARE REMOVED. World is not a Donated fuit & veg. Charity No. 1126939 To help us keep our primates happy and registered charity, but we have established the Jim Cronin Memorial Fund for healthy through the winter months, we’d love Adoption Scheme. All adoption donations of all the below items! Every winter, Primate Conservation and Welfare (UK Registered Charity, No.1126939) and the monies go into a 100% fund for the rescue of we request honey and lemons, which are more monkeys and and their on-going great for warming drinks for the primates! Endangered Asian Species Trust (UK Registered Charity No.1115350) which care – every penny. Let them know that as an supports endangered primate rescue and adoptive parent, they will receive a year’s pass A PE R ESCUE C HRONICLE high priority rehabilitation in Asia. to the park, a photo of the monkey or ape, a iteMs! certificate, and the Ape Rescue Chronicle Issue: 73 AUTUMN 2019 Vegetables Seeds Without your help, our rescue and three times per year. Establish a legacy for Pepper Celery & Nuts the long-term welfare of the primates and be Fennel Spinach /Kale Pumpkin Seeds rehabilitation work would not be possible. If Sweetcorn Broccoli Sunflower Seeds you are on holiday and see a monkey or ape remembered in the park. Help us to rescue more Avocado Runner Beans Mixed Nuts in Shells being used, abused, or neglected, please monkeys and apes in need. Cucumber Peas Unsalted Cashews let us know. Take down all the details and Dried & Walnuts Food try to get a photo – we follow up on as many Tinned Pulses Hazelnuts For Fun Pecans reports as possible. Chickpeas Peanut Butter Almonds Butterbeans No-Added Sugar In addition to the list on the left, there are many Kidney beans Squash other items we need to care for our rescued Amazon Wish List Fruit Honey primates. Please see our NEW UPDATED If you are further afield, but would still like to help, we update our Amazon wishlist Mango Papaya Amazon Wish List that has all kinds of regularly with all the items needed at Carbohydrates Pineapple Cherries different goods that the monkeys and apes the park. These range from insects and Wheatgerm Kiwifruit Pomegranates need. And remember our Bedding Appeal Plain Oats Lemons Blueberries seeds for our small monkeys, to nuts for any unused bedding, blankets, or towels. and kongs for the apes. Baby Rice Grapes Blackberries The On-line Shop has loads of new items for Oranges Raspberries Items purchased from our wishlist are presents and stocking stuffers (http://www. delivered directly to the park, so please Supplements Figs monkeyworld.org/Monkey-World-Online-Gift- remember to include your contact Glucosamine & Chondroitin Toys Shop) & Gift Catalogue is full of monkey details in the Gift Note section, so that (400mg/100mg) memorabilia and ape accessories for anyone we can let you know your goodies have Turmeric & Curcumin Rubber Dog Pulls Capsules (500mg) Kongs (all sizes) who loves primates as much as we do?! arrived safely. Milk Thistle Feeding Balls & Cubes As a supporter, part of the Monkey World Thank you! Jointace Fizz Tub Trugs www.monkeyworld.org/support- Rugby balls family, and adoptive parent, please tell Garlic Powder us/donations-and-appeals/ Abidec Basketballs colleagues, friends, and family about the ACCOMMODATION NEAR MONKEY WORLD Fingle Bridge White Horse Farm Breachfield B&B B&B 01963 210222 07776 043140 Camping or Glamping An award winning site, Longthorns is a small farm nestled next to Monkey World. Join us for camping Self-catering accommodation & glamping in a relaxed atmosphere. We Two ensuite rooms offering comfortable 4 cottages, farmhouse annex don’t offer regimented pitches, just camp- accommodation with free WiFi, full Friendly B&B located in the heart of Wool, and lodge in rural . just 2 mins from Monkey World. Offering fires, stargazing and quiet evenings. Enjoy English or continental breakfast and 2 acres, garden, paddock & our wonderful woodland walk, alpacas, cosy, country-style rooms to suit all needs, wonderful views. We offer you a friendly, duck pond. Pets welcome. chickens, horses and cows. from single occupancy to family rooms. happy place to stay! Popular Inn 150 yards. Longthorns Farm, Longthorns, Wareham, Dorset BH20 6HH, Tel: 01929 401539 Duck Street, Wool, Dorset, BH20 6DE Middlemarsh nr Sherborne DT9 5QN 9 Breachfield Rd, Wool, nr Wareham BH20 6DQ www.longthornsfarm.co.uk 01929 462739 www.finglebridge.co.uk www.whitehorsefarm.co.uk www.breachfieldbedandbreakfast.co.uk 20 THE RESCUE OF CAPUCHIN

By Alison Cronin, Donna Phillips CHOOK & Katie Dobson

In April, Monkey World was contacted by the RSPCA who had received complaints about a single monkey living at a Yorkshire home in an outdoor cage. Maggie & Chook hit it off. Chook grooming Gizmo. We were particularly concerned about the It was a nightmare and potentially dangerous reports as it had been a very harsh winter for the monkey. The owner refused to comment and suspended branches which will improve group activity and is thought to have She is always up for long grooming sessions, and spring, with a substantial covering of on if the second monkey had died, her core strength. She is curious about the medicinal, anti-parasitic, and social benefits preferably on the receiving end although she snow in the area, and temperatures refused to acknowledge that grass and bushes which attract insects along as well as keeping their coats clean and is happy to return the favour, and Gizmo has were still falling below zero there were any issues with rotten log piles. Chook’s confidence in her healthy - Chook does not display any of persuaded her that a play session makes overnight. RSPCA liaised with with the care of the new house and enclosure has grown. After these behaviours. every day better! living for so long with little or no heat, it must be local police to attend the capuchin monkey she Introductions to Gizmo’s small troop are Chook is learning so much in her new home home and asked if we would called “Chicken”, and wonderful to be able to choose to stay inside Chook’s cold and wet enclosure. when the cold wind blows. going well. From the start, Chook ‘flirted’ with with her new family – they are come along to check out the refused to willingly sign the other capuchins, and PCS, to make forming a lovely troop. conditions and welfare of the her over to RSPCA or Although she has pretty good social skills, friends and joined in group displays to monkey. Monkey World. On our Chook lacks other important species frighten away any potential threats. advice the monkey, we behaviours. She took special interest in foraging Gizmo, an ex-pet himself, has On April 5th we arrived at the have nicknamed Chook, and how the others use enrichment items we struggled socially at the park since property to find a single female was confiscated and we provide, her favourite being the wobbly kong his arrival but is now thriving. The capuchin monkey, living in a very basic brought her back to the park where she had toy filled with mealworms. She was initially four other ladies, Maddie, Maggie, cage, with virtually no heat. The owner a medical check and began her rehabilitation wary of the straw and wood wool and avoided Ginger and Sophia, do not always had paperwork indicating that she had with Gismo’s group of five. touching it at all costs. It was fascinating give the warmest welcome but previously owned two monkeys but did not to see Chook observe the other capuchins can be won over with patience. have a Dangerous Wild Animal’s Licence and tentatively take the plunge to delicately Chook knows how to interact with which is required to keep capuchin monkeys pluck at the wood wool in search of insects, the other capuchin monkeys, is privately in UK. We inspected the conditions her favourite food item. keen to make friends, and we and found that while the concrete floor of Olfactory behaviours have seen her interacting the cage had been cleaned, the rest of the such as onion, more with the other area the monkey used was filthy, especially chilli, or urine ladies lately, which The only shelter was soaking wet. the top of the nest box where she spent fur rubbing should help her most of her time sitting. is a key integration.

Along with the cleaning there were many other problems with the monkey’s care such as:

• access to the electrics of a bar heater Chook was living alone in the cold and filth. that was inside the nest box, • an unsatisfactory amount of heat that the An initial health-check revealed that Chook bar heating element put out – it was only had bronchitis, a likely result of living 11˚C at midday inside of the nest box outside in freezing temperatures, and while it was 8.7˚C outside, she is also missing tips of many of her • loads of rotten food, rubbish, and faeces fingers. Primate Care Staff (PCS) had in a gap outside the cage along the back some initial concerns over her mobility wall that the monkey could reach, with signs of rickets around her hips and her tail. Chook’s coat condition • access to rotten food and stagnant was also terrible, and she was bald water, over her back end with dry, thickened • an inadequate nest box, that was not skin. This makes her no less wonderful protected from the elements, where and she is coping well with her new water leaked in leaving the monkey with larger environment which includes soaking wet bedding. moving furniture such as the hosing Chook enjoying the outside enclosure. 2 3 HANANYA’S BREAKFAST POND RUBY & OSCAR DO IT & WOOLLY APPLE PARTY AGAIN! - MARMOSET TWINS By Steph Sawyer

Levar’s woolly monkeys had Our Primate Care Staff and Grounds Team are always working on ways to Over at the marmoset complex Ruby and Oscar’s family of improve our monkey and apes’ diets – both in terms of new and different loads of leafy apple branches four has now turned into a family of six! high fibre feed items as well as new and different ways to give it to them. for breakfast! Both these “breakfast parties” proved to be exciting, fun, and healthy feeds for the whole group! share the work of rearing two tiny babies. As the two babies have gotten more Hananya’s group have a surprise independent, it’s very common to see all breakfast pond with tasty treats! four of Ruby’s children bouncing around the enclosure like maniacs having wild games while their parents look on enjoying a bit of peace and quiet. Watching this close- Merry eating outside. knit family unit work together, protect each other and thrive only helps to hit home just how much marmosets kept alone in the pet trade miss out on, and how unnaturally they are kept. Seeing Ruby and Oscar We think they are both boys. being such fabulous parents has been lovely, and now that the two youngest After the birth of Merry and Pippin, dad are becoming more independent, and Oscar had a vasectomy, however it seems spending less time being carried, Primate that the amorous marmoset managed one Care Staff have been trying to determine last bit of mischief before this was done, the gender of our newest arrivals, which and Ruby now has another set of twins on is quite tricky when they are so young! At Oscar carying two new her hands! Though this was unexpected, the moment we’re reasonably confident babies with Merry at the this family of six has become an extremely we have a pair of boys, though they’ll be front and Pippin at the back. strong family unit. When the newest pair monitored closely to confirm and the team arrived, older brother and sister Pippin are currently deciding on what to name and Merry stepped straight in to help carry them. Whatever their gender though, their new siblings, passing them back to because this is a natural family group, they mum at feeding time and generally keeping should all be able to stay together in the a close watch. This co-operative rearing of long-term meaning Ruby and Oscar will young is such a wonderful natural part of have their hands full for the foreseeable Breakfast is wild marmoset society and it’s fabulous to future, but I’m sure they wouldn’t have it prepared. see this little family all working together to any other way!

Merry with one of the Trudy enjoys maize. Semach with a tasty new babies. aubergine.

Pippin It’s all action at Hananya’s! Surprise twin boys?! Pippin. 4 5 Lopez Logan Lucille

Frank Fred Luna Freya

Azzi Turvey Topsy

Caesar Brass Pikachu Evi All Rescued

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Douglas

Reggie Jock Fidget

Chuva Julio Lopez Colin Logan Lucille Ronnie Frank Fred Luna Freya

Albert

Clydie Charlie Mojo Amy Azzi Turvey Topsy Comet Red Caesar Moon Brass Pikachu Evi

Caesar Brass Maximilian All Rescued Toby Leo Bud Chuck Norris Loki Bassett from the Sparky Oscar Ruby UK Pet Trade Charlie Tom Samantha

Sidney Mikey Georgia Marcel II Sammy Manuel Douglas Gizmo

Reggie Jock Fidget Mystic Billy Chuva Chica Jerry Milo Julio Bonnie & Clyde Rattler JamesColin Tya Ronnie

Rio Lucky Albert Taz Squeak Clydie Charlie Phoebe Mojo Amy Solomon Comet Red

Moon Napoleon

Betty Boo Harry Bubble Connie Max Caesar Brass Maximilian Toby Leo Bud BUD & CESAR – ANOTHER Chuck Norris Loki Bonny Gismo & Baby Andy UK PETJack TRADEMickey Tom Uncas Salt By Clyde Terri Sidney Mikey Georgia Marcel II Charlie Crowther Sammy Manuel Gizmo Storey Marcel I MARMOSET RESCUE Kayla Amy II Mystic UPDATE Jerry Billy Jethro Alice Chook By Alison Cronin & Karen McGilchrist Chica Jerry Milo Pepe Lopez Logan Lucille Bonnie & Clyde Rattler James Tya Frank Fred Luna Freya Trudy Pumpkin Arthur Rio TJ Lucky On April 11th we were contacted by the RSPCA who had Hickory Tom Al Peanut Yellowstone Taz Squeak A step in theAzzi rightTurvey Topsydirection? Phoebe Solomon been called to a flat in Caterham following a forcible eviction Caesar Brass Pikachu Napoleon Evi Betty Boo Harry of a tenant by police. Gismo Babe Dino Caesar Bubble Polly Flint Micky Kaiyah Sinbad All Rescued Connie Max

Lopez Bassett Bonny from the GismoLogan Lucille As you can see from this chronicle, Sparky Pet Trade & Baby Andy Oscar Since the meeting, the conservative Ruby Charlie Frank Fred cage. The cage was left open, Jack Luna UK Pet Trade Freya Mickey we have continued to rescue Samantha party has announced a plan to ban Uncas appeared to have never been Salt Clyde Terri Douglas : in Numbers Topsy individuals from the UK pet trade, Azzi cleaned, and the marmosets the sale of primates in their animal Turvey Reggie Caesar Storey Jock BrassMarcel I Amy II with Bud, Cesar and Chook all Fidget Kayla Pikachu spent most of their time welfare manifesto! Evi Jerry arriving since spring.Chuva Jethro Alice Chook on top of it. Following Julio All Rescued Pepe Colin What would this mean for the 114 the previous day and Ronnie Bassett 105 Whilst this is good news for these from the Sparky Oscar at least!Trudy primates rescued Ruby Charlie all the strange people, trade? Pumpkin UK Pet TradeArthur TJ individuals,Albert the situation for primates in the from UK Hickorypet trade Samantha Tom Al Peanut Yellowstone Clydie Charlie On the waiting list Bud and Cesar were Mojo Amy UK remains dire - but we are hoping there ALL sales/trade of primates wouldLopez be illegal. since 1989 Cesar and Bud enjoy Comet Lucille Douglas Red Logan understandably wary Moon Frank Fred The conditions in the flat were terrible. their outside enclosure. is light at the end of the tunnel! ThisLuna means online sales, pet shop, and the Reggie Freya overJock and it was not going to Fidget We have received contact from both Labour sale or trade from peer to peer. However, it Polly Flint Micky Kaiyah Sinbad Gismo Babe Dino Caesar Caesar Brass Maximilian Toby Bud Chuva Leo Loki Julio The Animal Collection Officer found be easy to catch them! andChuck NorrisConservative ministers regarding a would not beAzzi illegal to keep Turveya primate.Topsy This £250.000 Colin Caesar spent by Monkey Brass Ronnie an incredibly filthy smelly flat where Cesar, the Geoffroy’s ban on the sale of primates in the UK. would reducePikachu the number of new primates 2 Evi Lopez Lucille World on rescuing & Tom Logan petitions raised two marmosets, one common and one overcame any concerns Frank Fred rehabilitatingAlbert victims Sidney entering the trade or being pushed from MikeyLuna Freya All Rescued Manuel Georgia Marcel II Clydie Charlie Geoffroy’s, were running loose. She asked in order to take waxworms We mustSammy thank all of our supporters Gizmo of the pet tradeMojo Amy Bassett pillar to post once their owners’ realise how Comet from the Sparky Red Oscar who have written letters to their MPs Moon Ruby Charlie the owner to give them up, but he refused from me but not Bud. I did Azzi Turvey Topsy Lopez UKhard Pet they Trade are to keep. Logan Lucille Mystic Samantha Caesar Billy Frank Fred over the years - it wasBrass great to have this Luna manage to catch them without too Freya so she got in touch with Monkey World to Jerry Pikachu Chica Caesar Milo Evi Maximilian Douglas Brass Bud Bonnie & Clyde Toby Leo Loki issue highlightedRattler to all parties! Chuck Norris James see if anything could be done. While on the much upset, thanked the RSPCA and police enclosure, Tya 16 110,764 Azzi Topsy What does this mean for Turvey All Rescued Reggie Caesar Jock Fidget signaturesBrass on species rescued call, I spoke to the owner to find out that who came to make sure the previous owner and they Rio Lucky Pikachu Bassett from the Monkey World? Evi Alison has met with ministers from both Sparky Tom the 2016 petition Oscar Taz Chuva did not show up and become a problem, Squeak Ruby Charlie All Rescued the monkeys were called Bud & Cesar, have certainly Julio UK Pet Trade Phoebe Sidney Mikey Solomon Sammy Manuel Georgia Marcel II parties over theColin years and presented WhenSamantha discussing legislation to control Bassett Gizmo from the Sparky that he had kept them in the flat for several and it was straight back down to Dorset made up for lost Ronnie Oscar Ruby Charlie Napoleon UK Pet Trade evidenceDouglas as to why the laws surrounding the pet trade, a very real problem with an Samantha months, and that really he understood that to get the boys settled into their new clean time enjoying the Betty Boo Harry Lopez Logan Lucille Bubble Albert Lopez Mystic Connie Logan Lucille Reggie Douglas Billy primates as pets must be changed. Minister outrightMax ban of primates as pets would Frank Fred Jock Clydie Charlie Jerry home, complete with branches and a lovely Fred Fidget Amy Luna Chica his care for them was not good enough. sunshine over the past Frank Mojo Reggie Freya Milo Luna Freya Bonny Comet Jock 85 53 Fidget Bonnie & Clyde for Animal Welfare, Zac Goldsmith,Gismo hasRed have been the immediate rehoming of an & Baby Andy Rattler James species appropriate dinner. Chuva Tya By the end of the call the owner said he few months. Since arriving Moon Julio species LEGALLYChuva letters written to Jack Mickey Julio always championed this cause. We were unknown number of primates. There would Azzi Turvey Topsy Colin Colin Rio Lucky would give them up…but only to Monkey the two marmosets’ physical Azzi Turvey Topsy kept in the UK MPs since July Uncas Ronnie Ronnie Salt Clyde Caesar Caesar Terri Brass Bud and Cesar are settling in well and delighted whenCaesar in AugustBrass heMaximilian requested not be enough space in rescue centres Taz Bud 2018Pikachu Brass Toby Leo Loki Squeak World! Even though we did not really have condition has greatly improved, Chuck Norris Pikachu Evi Albert Phoebe Albert Evi Solomon Clydie Charlie have been showing us their very different Alison come to a meeting at DEFRA to such as Monkey World and no place for Mojo Amy Storey Marcel I Clydie any room for them we agreed to take them Kayla Amy II Charlie Comet they have begun to trust all Red Mojo Amy All Rescued Napoleon All Rescued Moon all the simian refugeesComet to go. The ban on personalities. Cesar is super confident and discuss howTom the laws couldRed be changed Betty Boo Harry Jerry Bassett on for the sake of the monkeys but also of the PCS, and they Alice fromBubble the Sparky JethroMoon Bassett Chook Sidney from the Mikey Sparky Oscar Connie Max Pepe Ruby Caesar doesn’t seem phased by his recent move and then came to the park again to find out sales, rather than keepingGeorgia as pets, should Brass Maximilian 3 Charlie 3,551 Bud Oscar Sammy Manuel Marcel II Toby Leo the police and RSPCA who were trying have remained the Ruby Charlie Gizmo Chuck Norris UK Pet Trade Loki Samantha Bonny UK Pet Trade shares of our Ministers met Gismo Caesar to Monkey World. From day one he was more about the victimsMaximilian of the pet trade. We limit the floodSamantha of pet primates into rescue & Baby Andy Brass Trudy Bud very hard to find a solution for the welfare closest of Toby Leo Loki Pumpkin Chuck Norris Arthur Lopez TJ Jack Facebook posts on with Logan Lucille Douglas Tom Mickey Mystic happy to come over and take food from presentedHickory ZacDouglas with a large poster of all our centresTom and wildlife parks while steadily Billy Sidney Mikey Frank Fred Al Peanut Yellowstone the UKUncas pet trade of the monkeys. The landlord agreed friends. Sammy Manuel Georgia Marcel II Luna Jerry Gizmo Reggie Clyde Freya Chica Salt Milo Reggie Terri us. Common marmoset Bud, on the other UK rescues and showed him our HUGE decreasing the numbers over the years Jock Fidget Tom Jock Bonnie & Clyde that the monkeys could stay in the flat Rattler Fidget James Tya Sidney Mikey Mystic hand is extremely timid and we are working waiting list - he was shocked. with the ban on sales or trade. Chuva Billy Storey Georgia Topsy Marcel II Marcel I Julio Amy II Sammy Manuel AzziChuva Turvey Gizmo Kayla Chica Jerry overnight and that we would collect them Rio Lucky Milo Julio Colin Bonnie & Clyde Caesar Kaiyah Sinbad Gismo Babe Dino Caesar Rattler James very hard to gain his trust. He definitely Polly Flint Micky Tya ColinBrass Ronnie Jerry Pikachu Taz Alice the following day. Squeak Jethro Chook Evi Ronnie Phoebe Rio Lucky Pepe seems to prefer male PCS but is slowly Mystic Solomon Billy Albert Taz Squeak Albert All Rescued Chica Jerry Phoebe Napoleon Milo Clydie Solomon Charlie I have been in a lot of houses with coming around to us all. One similarity Trudy Amy Clydie Bonnie & Clyde Mojo Betty Boo Rattler Harry Charlie Pumpkin Arthur Bassett Mojo James Amy NapoleonComet TJ from the Bubble Sparky Tya Red Comet Betty Boo Hickory Harry Tom marmosets over the years but this flat they definitely have is their love of the Oscar Connie Red Max Yellowstone Ruby Charlie Moon Bubble Al Peanut Rio Moon UK PetLucky Trade Connie Max Samantha Bonny was particularly filthy, especially in the outside. At their previous home they • The advantagesGismo and disadvantages of Bonny & Baby Andy Gismo What now ?Taz & Baby Andy Squeak ? Caesar Maximilian Douglas Jack Phoebe Jack Brass Bud Mickey Caesar Mickey Toby Leo Loki bedroom where the marmosets had a didn’t have access to an outdoor Brass Maximilian Solomonrestrictions or a ban on ownership, a ban Chuck Norris Toby Leo Bud Chuck Norris Loki Uncas Uncas Salt Clyde Reggie Kaiyah Sinbad Gismo BabeTerri Dino Caesar Salt Clyde Napoleon Polly Flint Micky On OctoberJock 1st, the government announced on the trade, import and/or sale of Terri Fidget Betty Boo Harry If you’would like to show your Storey Bubble Marcel I a call for evidence regarding the keeping of Tom Kayla Amy II Connie primates as pets; and Tom Chuva Max Storey support in the meantime Marcel I Julio Amy II Sidney Kayla Mikey Jerry Alice Sidney Mikey Sammy Jethro Manuel ChookGeorgia Marcel II Colin primates as pets in regard to a Bonny Gizmo Pepe Sammy GismoManuel • The impact onGeorgia rescue centresMarcel II and & BabyRonnie Andy Jerry Gizmo Jethro Alice Chook OUR STAMP T-SHIRTS ARE Jack ban on the salesMickey of them. Pepe Trudy animal welfare charities if restrictions Arthur Pumpkin AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE. TJ Albert Mystic Uncas Hickory Tom Mystic EvidenceSalt will be sought Clyde Al Billy Peanut Yellowstone Clydie Billy Charlie are in place. Terri Jerry Mojo TrudyAmy They are £5 + postage, and Chica JerryArthur Milo Pumpkin Chica Comet TJ Milo Red Bonnie & Clyde on a number of areas, Rattler Hickory Tom Bonnie & Clyde we’d love to see you posting James Storey Tya Moon Marcel I Rattler Al Peanut James Yellowstone Kayla Amy II Tya including: At the time of print, the call for evidence photosPolly Flint in your t-shirtMicky with Kaiyahthe Sinbad Gismo Babe Dino Caesar Rio Lucky Rio Lucky Jerry Jethro Alice Caesar Chook #STAMPitout logo. Funds will go Brass Maximilian • The scale of ownership of hadn’t opened yet, but we will update you Taz Toby Leo Bud Pepe Chuck Norris Taz Loki Squeak Squeak towards more rescues as well as Phoebe Phoebe Solomon primates as pets, and how Kaiyah throughSinbad ourGismoSolomon website, e-newsletters,Babe Dino and on Caesar Polly Flint Micky caring for the 34 marmosets we Trudy Napoleon Pumpkin Arthur social media as soon as TJit does. Napoleon Tom they are acquired; Betty Boo Harry Hickory Tom have at the park today. Betty Boo Al Peanut Harry Yellowstone Bubble Sidney BubbleMikey Connie Max Georgia Marcel II Monkey World worked with the police and Cesar (L) and Bud cowered in the Sammy Connie Manuel Gizmo Max

Bonny Gismo RSPCA to rescue Bud and Cesar. filthy bedroom. Bonny & Baby Andy Gismo & Baby Andy Jack Mickey Mystic Jack Mickey Polly Flint Billy Micky Kaiyah Sinbad Gismo Babe Dino Caesar Uncas Jerry Chica Salt Clyde Milo Uncas Terri Salt Clyde Bonnie & Clyde Terri Rattler James Tya

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Polly Flint Micky Kaiyah Sinbad Gismo Babe Dino Caesar OUR SPECIAL

NEEDS PRIMATES Bryan being groomed by By Alison Cronin Naree.

Monkey World exists to assist governments around the globe to stop illegal smuggling of primates from the wild and to provide a home for primates that have suffered from abuse or neglect. This means that many of our rescued monkeys For all of us at the park, it is difficult when we are unable to and apes come to us with profound physical and psychological problems. Young Bryan. Foster mum, Sally and Bryan hugging. fix the damage that has been done to our rescued monkeys and apes in their previous lives. In Bryan’s case PCS have Over 32 years we have found that the Mica our patas monkey spent a couple of rescued Bryan, he had infected gums with Now with his mental anguish, Bryan is grabbing been working around the clock to identify Bryan’s triggers, physical problems are usually much easier years in a small cage after her owner died loads of broken shards of his baby teeth his arms and legs, slapping himself, and provide his group interesting distractions, and use intensive to treat compared to the psychological and developed an abnormal behaviour of embedded in the swollen and angry gums. sometimes mouthing his knees and wrists. It is operant conditioning to train him new coping mechanisms. It trauma that most of our primates have bouncing up and down in place. It isn’t very We were able to fix Bryan’s dental situation upsetting to see and very similar to stump-tail seems to be working with his episodes decreasing and while encountered and continues to haunt them often now, but whenever Mica gets upset or and give him an adoptive family with a macaque named Nick that we rescued from a we will never “cure” Bryan of his anxiety we are hopeful that throughout their lives. stressed she starts bouncing. mother, Sally, who looked out for him. laboratory who would “talk” to his foot before he will mature into a stable leader with the support of his getting upset and grabbing and wrestling with it. group and our PCS. Stump-tailed macaque, Nick. s BOBBI DAZZLER & NORA MOVE IN TOGETHER By Steph Sawyer

is so important for Bobbi so that she can unable to care for her, the primate care learn how to behave around others team couldn’t be happier to see Bobbi’s of her kind, and she has had progress into such a healthy, happy to learn a few important loris and are delighted that she is lessons, like that she now spending the majority of may have to actually her time with another of her Pacito chained in a shed. Trudy. Bryan’s dental work. share food! own kind. At Monkey World we have cared for primates Trudy the shuffles along the Sadly Sally passed last year just as Bryan Nora has not only who are agoraphobic, food hoarders, hyper floor with armfuls of bedding most evenings reached full maturity. It seems that his loss been wonderfully aggressive, anti-social, self-harmers, and but it is not surprising in that her bedtime is too much to bear especially just at a time patient with Bobbi, those who exhibit repetitive abnormal routine with the Chipperfields was so but also a valuable when the group are looking to him to be . ra behaviours (also known as stereotypic traumatic that she is scarred for life. And their leader. Bryan’s coping behaviour has teacher, which includes Bo No bbi grooming behaviour). You may recall that Pacito the there are our laboratory primates whose historically been to rock back and forth, Bobbi still has her baby coat. letting Bobbi know when chimpanzee had lived chained inside of a former lives continue to haunt them. Clin often banging his back against a wall – he she’s being a little too much of a brat! shed before we rescued him. As a result, he the chimp is obsessive/compulsive and a has done this since the first day I met him Our fuzzy little baby Bobbi Dazzler has grown The two have some nice interactions, was terrified of the outside world and it took food hoarder while our capuchin monkeys in 2006. into a beautiful young loris and has continued including some mutual grooming and the him ages to get the courage to go outside. still exhibit head twists and turning in circles her socialisation with progressively longer odd spot of play, but also respect each To this day he suffers from anxiety and is even when walking through their large and longer introductions with our other young other’s space and spend time moving often seen carrying a sock around like a overgrown enclosures now. They all have female Nora. Spending time with another loris around their enclosure separately when comfort blanket. psychological baggage. they need a bit of a break. Nora used to be very over the top and just too Most recently we have been working to excitable around Bobbi, but now she has help Bryan who following Sally’s passing spent more and more time with Bobbi has been exhibiting more abnormal she is much more chilled out during their behaviour than usual. At a very young time together. They now spend all of age Bryan was hunted from the wild, their waking time together, and are just smuggled out of Africa to Cuba, separated over night when they sleep, and from there sold to a beach although we’re hopeful that they will tourist photographer in Mexico. spend the nights together too at some All very traumatic but then the point in the near future - when Bobbi photographer had all of Bryan’s has decided she’s willing to share her teeth, bar four, knocked out so cosy blankets! After months spent hand- that he could not bite. When we Nora is ready to groom, wrestle, & play with rearing Bobbi when her mother Nicki was Mica at her previous home 2011. Bryan. the Dazzler! Bobbi Dazzler. 8 9 ENDANGERED ASIAN SPECIES TRUST By Marina Kenyon www.go-east.org Email: [email protected]

sufficient food. During these observations we have also noticed how lonely she appears. are social animals and are used to living in a family. The dispersal stage is hard DAO TIEN UPDATE and this is what we are seeing from Bien. So, following on with our plan, we have Golden-cheeked now introduced some neighbours to Bien including a handsome adolescent young gibbons Bien, Misu, male, Savvy, with the hope that the two Bien in the trees. may become a pair in future. Misu and Limhuyen, Savvy, family were put back into the forest, not too Misu, Limhuyen & family on their way to far from Bien, in August. The adult male, rangers). Vietnam is going through a boom Thai & Vuu return the release site. Limhuyen, is 8kg of pure muscle having in economic growth, and more than ever made a miraculous recovery from breaking the number of affluent people is rising. reLease at Last! his arm in December 2018. One week after Running parallel with this new money are back to the wild! release the family group performed their increases in demand for wild meat and unusual pets. Sadly, the demand for wild Returning golden-cheeked gibbons to the Our first release took place in May -a first duet, letting everyone within hearing distance know that they are here, a strong meat in Vietnam has never been stronger. wild is a main mission for EAST and the Dao single 10 year old female named Bien. In close pair, and this is their territory which To support the monitoring in the Tien Endangered Primate Species Centre. In the wild, young male and female gibbons forest, the next stage is continuation naturally leave their families when they are they will actively defend. the last 10 years we have attempted two sets and expansion of our education and 8-10 years. Young sons are forcibly ousted of gibbon releases, with both success but community awareness in the villages from the group while daughters are helped neighbouring the protected forest ensuring also failure - some gibbons not surviving ChaLLenges! more to set up their own home often in a we reach the 30% ethnic minority who are and others returned to Dao Tien when they neighbouring territory. The other major Post-release the gibbons looked amazing, not keen on traditional learning at school. are not coping with life in the wild. factor we have learnt from our years of data just like wild gibbons, and ignoring our For generations the forest has been their age and their three youngsters Savvy, Thai by using a base station that downloads the data collection is that communities of gibbons are provisioned food. But at this time many best school. We will also continue with and Vuu were born in the 20 hectare forested from the collars if you are within 50 metres of influenced significantly by kinship - who is storms have been hitting Vietnam with our educational program to the affluent More than 10 enclosure on Dao Tien. The other major the gibbons. related to who. Dispersing gibbons are often relentless rains morning, afternoon students, the next generation, in years of development is improved telemetry tracking tolerated and helped out by extended family and through the night. Rain the city. Stay tuned, both equipment. For any releases we monitor our members. limits the movements on our website and preparation. primates post-release to find out where they For Bien, she is on her own, with no support of gibbons, preferring in Monkey Life, for go, how they cope, and if they survive or if and importantly in this area empty of wild sensibly to sit quiet more information Each time we have learnt so much about intervention is required. In the past we have gibbons, no gibbon neighbours at all. On in a sheltered spot, about this year’s release site quality, space availability and the fitted gibbons with GPS collars that were over release she shot up the tree, and then so the provisioned releases. suitability of individual gibbons. Now we go 250g, now the collars weigh less than 70g! quickly came down to tell us to go food is valuable on again! This time we have an excellent gibbon This provides a radio beacon for finding them away - well done Bien, humans are not your the heavy storm release site; there are no wild gibbons, good in the forest, a GPS to get location fixes at set friend! Single females are naturally quieter days. The storms fruit tree density, tall trees, and rehabilitated times, plus an accelerometer so the different than males when dispersing, so as expected are also hitting our activities can be identified (when sleeping, gibbons that are fantastic. Misu and Limhuyen Bien before release. Bien has not performed a morning call, or gibbon monitoring started living in the forest at around one year of travelling, feeding etc.). We access this data the rare female solo that Nomascus gibbons team hard, wet to can produce. the bone for several hours every day. We hope for a break in the post-reLease weather soon, fingers crossed Monitoring. as October is the official start of the dry season. Vo Thanh Binh, monitors Bien daily, provides supplementary food (soft release), and Binh and the team will now checks on her daily condition. In addition to follow Bien and Misu’s family the data from her collar we can assess how for 12 months. In addition she is doing. She is being very sensible to checking their condition, and week by week expanding the area she they provide extra protection Misu, Limhuyen & family being covers - her home range. We estimate she patrolling the area with Bien having radio collar fitted. carried to the boat. On the boat to Cat Tien. will need approximately 30 hectares to find the local Kiem Lam (forest Misu, Limhuyen & family in the trees. 10 11 The bachelor boys get a BUILDING & bedroom make-over! SAKIS DESMOND &

MAINTENANCE CHLOE MOVE HOUSE By Karen McGilchrist

New loris Stump-tail macaque enclosure needed Chloe and Desmond, our resident Saki monkeys, have made the move enclosures! some new support poles. across the park to the squirrel monkey house, where Chloe used to live.

Chloe moved out of the squirrel house last year to move to an enclosure that was more suitable for her introduction to Desmond and his son Tutu. After successful introductions and the sad passing of Tutu the decision was made for the pair to move back. The plan was for us to introduce Chloe and Desmond to our group of seven squirrel Chloe & Desmond. Bart’s pavilion roof and window were monkeys and allow them all access to two refurbished and replaced. large enclosures and lots of indoor space. from them which to Lopez and Nueve looked Initial introductions went well; however our like a fun game of chase. There was never any two youngest squirrel monkeys, Lopez and aggression seen but we all felt that the sakis Nueve have very cheeky, some might say would be much happier having their own space. naughty, personalities and they began to Mixed species exhibits sometimes work really show. It became a bit of a game for them to try well and are beneficial and enriching for all and get a reaction out of the sakis. Chloe was the animals so we are glad that we tried this quite calm around them but Desmond found combination even though this time it was them quite unnerving and would run away unsuccessful. MONKEY LIFE By Susan Tunstall Monkey Life series 6 to be shown on Pick Monkey Life series 6 will be shown on freeview channel Pick for the first time. The series will start airing on Sunday 20th October. Highlights of this series include the arrival of baby orang-utan Gibbon pulley feeders were made. Silvestre and capuchin Tau from Slovenia while chimp Kiki integrates into Hananya’s group. Don’t Forget Monkey Life Naree. MONKEY LIFE series 12 near completion! Thank you for your We have been very busy Inoverwhelming the last ARC we asked support for fans to filming and editing the next Nia & Biff. contact Sky to let them know how SERIES series of Monkey Life. We much you enjoy watching Monkey Life have also been to Vietnam to have been following Toprish’s and that you would like to see more catch up with the work being Old Malagasy lemur houses were integration into Barts group after series 12. Your response was done at Dao Tien and were and how Naree has settled amazing and Sky were overwhelmed replaced with new ones. very pleased to be there for into Bryan’s group. There with emails from fans about the show. the recent gibbon release. 1-11 have been a few births at the We hope to have news about future & Jim’s Dream park so have been following The series will air towards series by the next addition of the ARC! are also available on DVD their progress closely, the end of the year and we it’s been great fun filming will announce the date on We enjoy hearing from fans of the show so DVDs can be purchased feel free to get in touch, you can do this by guenon baby Biff playing in social media as soon as it’s emailing us at [email protected] or via from the Monkey World the outside enclosure. We confirmed. our Facebook Page. For more information gift shop and online at on the series please visit our website For information or questions related to the Monkey Life TV series, Amazon. please contact [email protected]. www.primateplanet.tv 12 1317 Hsiao-ning & Niah. JIM CRONIN MEMORIAL FUND JIM CRONIN MEMORIAL FUND JIM CRONIN MEMORIAL FUND JIM CRONIN MEMORIAL FUND A fantastic time was had by all at... Check out the pictures from The Great Big Weekender! Full gallery of images available at www.jimcroninmemorialfund.org/ SUPPORTER’S ACCOMMODATION the-great-big-weekender/ The Great BIG cedars Our one and two bedroom flats in the nearby village of Wool are the perfect base for your visit to Monkey Weekender World. Both flats are located close to Wool Railway Station, with a wide range of amenities all within walking distance. ~ ~~ ~

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