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There are many ways in which you can T e help us to rescue and rehabilitate more t ”-eal . All donations go into a 100% Grea fund - NO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS “ SUMMER! ARE REMOVED. World is not a Charity No. 1126939 To help us reduce our shopping bill at this registered charity, but we have established difficult time, we’d really appreciate donations of the Jim Cronin Memorial Fund for fresh fruit, vegetables, pulses and supplements Conservation and Welfare (UK Your donations have been a big help during this through supermarket deliveries. Please follow Registered Charity, No.1126939) and the difficult time, thank you! the link www.monkeyworld.org/support-us/ Endangered Asian Species Trust (UK Registered Charity No.1115350) which going care – every penny. Let them know that donations-and-appeals/. These are hard times as an adoptive parent, they will receive a year’s for us all, and we appreciate your support. supports endangered primate rescue and A PE R ESCUE C HRONICLE rehabilitation in Asia. pass to the park, a photo of the monkey or ape, a certificate, and the Ape Rescue Chronicle Issue: 75 SPRING/SUMMER 2020 HigH Priority Without your help, our rescue and three times per year. Establish a legacy for items! rehabilitation work would not be possible. If the long-term welfare of the primates and be Vegetables Seeds you are on holiday and see a monkey or ape remembered in the park. Help us to rescue more Pepper Celery & Nuts being used, abused, or neglected, please monkeys and in need. Fennel Spinach /Kale Pumpkin Seeds let us know. Take down all the details and Sweetcorn Broccoli Sunflower Seeds Avocado Runner Beans Mixed Nuts in Shells try to get a photo – we follow up on as many Cucumber Peas Unsalted Cashews reports as possible. Dried & Walnuts Food Tinned Pulses Hazelnuts For Fun In addition to the list on the left, there are many Amazon Wish List Pecans Peanut Butter other items we need to care for our rescued Chickpeas If you are further afield, but would still like Almonds No-Added Sugar primates. Please see our NEW UPDATED Butterbeans to help, we update our Amazon wishlist Kidney beans Squash Amazon Wish List that has all kinds of regularly with all the items needed at Honey different goods that the monkeys and apes Fruit the park. These range from insects and need. And remember our Bedding Appeal seeds for our small monkeys, to nuts Mango Papaya for any unused bedding, blankets, or towels. and kongs for the apes. Pineapple Cherries Carbohydrates The On-line Shop has loads of new items for Items purchased from our wishlist are Kiwifruit Pomegranates Wheatgerm presents and stocking stuffers (http://www. delivered directly to the park, so please Lemons Blueberries Plain Oats remember to include your contact Grapes Blackberries monkeyworld.org/Monkey-World-Online-Gift- Baby Rice details in the Gift Note section, so that Oranges Raspberries Shop) & Gift Catalogue is full of monkey Figs memorabilia and ape accessories for anyone we can let you know your goodies have who loves primates as much as we do?! arrived safely. Supplements Thank you! Glucosamine & Chondroitin Toys As a supporter, part of the Monkey World (400mg/100mg) Dog Rope Pulls family, and adoptive parent, please tell Turmeric & Curcumin colleagues, friends, and family about the Capsules (500mg) Kongs (all sizes) Milk Thistle Feeding Balls Primate Adoption Scheme. All adoption www.monkeyworld.org/support- Jointace Fizz & Cubes monies go into a 100% fund for the rescue us/donations-and-appeals/ Garlic Powder of more monkeys and apes and their on- Abidec

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– – BETTERBETTER LATELATE THANTHAN NEVERNEVER By Hannah Barlow & Alison Cronin to Rodders’ boisterous behaviour even Over the summer of 2019 we were contacted and asked if we could when he is inviting her to play. For now, give a home to a 35+ year old that had been kept as a she seems to prefer to just be in the pet all of her life. company of others, without necessarily having to interact with them. Both Rodders and Ash were scared of Kalu to begin with, but since meeting her, both have attempted to have more friendly interactions by holding their hands out to her or attempting to groom her. Kalu’s Alison Cronin & Jeremy Keeling from Monkey World More than 30 years of treats left Kalu with rotten aloof attitude is frustrating as they cannot flew to to oversee Kalu’s transport teeth and diabetes understand why she is not reacting like a ‘normal’ chimpanzee to their friendly like her to be, so her diet is critical – she needs advances. She has however, only been foods like chicken and avocado that are high in with us for five months, so considering protein and fats to help her gain weight, while that she has not been with other chimps avoiding foods that are high in sugars and/or since she was stolen from the wild refined carbohydrates. over 35 years ago, she is doing pretty well! We are spending lots of time As well as providing a carefully balanced diet, using cooperative feeding so Kalu sits the Primate Care Staff (PCS) have worked alongside either Rodders or Ash and hard on Kalu’s training. Despite no prior we will start letting her spend the night experience of positive reinforcement training, with Bryan and Naree so that she is Kalu has proved to be a smart cookie! She with other around the Kalu was transported in the cargohold quickly learned how to present her fingers and Patricia Cavendish-O’Neil & Kalu of a passenger flight clock. Hopefully, given time, patience toes to allow PCS to check her blood glucose and gentle encouragement, Kalu will levels, not just once but twice a day, and now Kalu is the oldest chimpanzee that we transport box. Nothing went to plan but we learn how to ‘speak chimpanzee’, start she is even taking insulin injections as we find have ever rescued and we were concerned did get Kalu into her transport box following a to join in with the the right balance of medications for her. how she would make the long journey quick health check and were surprised to find others, and and if she would adapt to a new life with that the opinionated, aggressive lady that we Kalu has now met everyone in Bryan’s group. enjoy social other chimpanzees. It took months to had first met in the enclosure was now calm, She adores Bryan, has a reasonably good interactions complete the paperwork to transport an reasonable, and even friendly. relationship with Naree, and is happy to with her new endangered species internationally, but at family. The good news was see Lulu from time to time. She joins in with the start of February, Alison, Jeremy, and that Kalu took the long everyone when they pant hoot, but we are vet John Lewis headed off to Cape Town Entrance to Broadlands Farm journey in her stride seeing the psychological and social impact on what was going to be a very dramatic but sadly her health of so many years without contact of other Her name was Kalu. She was born in the wild rescue (be sure to tune in to Series 13 of check showed that chimps. Sadly, Kalu seems to know very little in the former Zaire (Democratic Republic of Monkey Life!). We had a couple of days to she had serious Type 2 about chimp social etiquette; she is happy Congo) and as a baby was found tied up get to know Kalu, learn how she was kept, Six rotten teeth diabetes and a mouthful of to be groomed, but is rarely seen grooming outside of an embassy when the country and most importantly work out a plan as rotten teeth. Clearly years of others, she is not very playful, and she objects was collapsing into civil war. Kalu was taken to how we were going to get her into her to South Africa where she became a pet processed food and treats had taken its toll. and lived on a racehorse stud farm with a After a couple of weeks settling into life in variety of animals. Kalu’s story is the same Bryan’s house, we had John back in to remove as so many of our rescued chimpanzees – six rotten teeth. Not only has Kalu had to deal as soon as she reached adolescence, she with a change in lifestyle, going from living became too big to control, unpredictable, alone to being part of a chimpanzee family, and potentially dangerous to anyone other but it was critical she got used to a healthy, than her owner. An enclosure and shelter balanced diet to stablise her dangerously high were built for Kalu where she has lived for blood sugar. She is a picky eater and wasn’t the past few decades. Since being taken keen on the fresh vegetables we were offering from her family, as a baby in the wild, Kalu at first, but she is coming around. She also had never been with other chimpanzees has a habit of very neatly eating foods like although she has lived with either a pig or Kalu with a goat on the farm tomato, cucumber and apple but leaving the Kalu with Naree & Bryan in the playroom a goat over the years. skins behind. She is slimmer than we would 2 3 DALUMIE MEETS NINI JIN MOVES HOME AND HOUSE SWAPS FOR OTHERS AND FINDS LOVE By Cat Talbot By Cara Buckley

Jin walked into his transport box Our Mueller’s , Adidas and Jin was born at Monkey World in 2009 and spent the last few years living Dalumie, both arrived at the park happily with the other youngsters in our orang-utan nursery. at the orang-utan nursery in 2001. Adidas did not cope well with our visitors, especially younger In 2019 Jin started to develop rapidly and On arrival at Wingham, Jin was the wild play sessions between him and keen to leave the crate and was children, so they were moved to a Silvestre became more aggressive. It was transferred into the bedroom area of private part of the park where they decided that Jin would move to Wingham their brand new orang-utan facility. shared many happy years together. Wildlife Park to live with a female orang-utan Jin was calm, keen to explore his named Molly. new surroundings and happily took food and fluids from the orang-utan Sadly Adidas died after a brief illness Our maintenance team installed a large crate staff. He quickly became aware Dalumie leaving Dalumie and Primate Care Staff at the end of the external tunnel system and that there was another orang-utan (PCS) shocked and devastated with his the PCS began daily training sessions to in the house so we let him have sudden loss. The best plan for Dalumie was de-sensitise Jin to his transport crate. Jin access to one of the large play-areas. Jin in his transport box was gently to get her another mate as soon as possible responded well and was happy to take some He immediately spotted Molly in the placed in the van and Nini was the obvious choice. Nini is time out from the nursery antics to engage in adjacent room. Not wanting Jin to also a Mueller’s who has largely daily training sessions. Before long he was get too frustrated, we let him through lived a bachelor life. He lived with Fox for Nini willingly entering the crate and allowing staff to say hello to his new lady. He was some years but the bachelor relationship to shut the slide. smitten but Molly initially played didn’t work out long term. After three weeks of daily introduction, Nini On the morning of November 13th, Jin hard to get! We left them together sat still when Dalumie touched him. She happily walked into his travel box as planned. for a while but decided to separate The best building for Dalumie & Nini to started trying to instigate play and after It was an emotional day for everyone, many overnight to give Molly a break from meet was our gibbon complex where both several attempts, Nini finally understood Jin’s amorous behaviour! would have an outdoor enclosure until they and they had a full on wrestle, both of whom had worked with Jin since he was were finally together as a pair. Dalumie walked into her transport box laughing and really enjoying it. PCS were an infant. He was given a light sedative to The next morning we reunited the moved to tears to see Dalumie happy again keep him calm on the journey and the crate pair over breakfast and as the day At the same time we were moving golden- With a little bit of training all seven gibbons and Nini finally having someone to share was fork-lifted into the back of a transport progressed they became closer – van. The owner and curator from Wingham cheeked gibbons Jake & Zoey down to the went willingly into a travel box making for his life and pair bond. sitting together and even sharing food. Jin & Molly’s new enclosure at Wingham gibbon complex and, in order to spread out a smooth transition. Tito & Vietta, Fox & had travelled down two days before to see Nic and I spoke to the keepers about all of our golden-cheeked pairs, we chose Ella, and Jake & Zoey all settled quickly Jin at Monkey World prior to the move. Jin’s routine at Monkey World, his to move Tito & Vietta to Dalumie’s old into their new home and seem to enjoy Myself and Nic Dunn, head of Primate likes and dislikes and showed them house in our private area. The final piece their new neighbours & surroundings. Welfare & Conservation, drove the Monkey some of his operative conditioning of the puzzle was moving Fox & Ella, our World van in convoy with the guys from behaviours. We continue to receive Mueller’s/Lar pair, down to the stump-tailed Dalumie also took the move in her stride Wingham and set off on the three hour drive regular updates from Wingham and macaque house with their own enclosure. and was curious about the handsome man to his new home in Kent. We stopped at a we are so happy to hear that the pair next to her. service station on route to check on Jin and are inseparable and enjoying their to give him some fluids. large outside enclosure. The feeling was mutual and Nini couldn’t take his eyes off her. First they had mesh contact, where they both showed interest Nini & Dalumie playing in each other so we opened the slide. Jin & Molly are now inseparable Nini has not had much to do with female gibbons before so we were all nervous as he approached her, while Dalumie just sat calmly. As he got close, he launched at her slapping and kicking, and learned the hard way that you don’t mess with ladies. Dalumie is no shrinking violet, defended herself well, and sent him off to rethink. Nini then became very curious but timid, running away every time she Vietta & Tito Fox & Ella in their new home moved towards him. 4 5 Dominant male Paulo (front) had lived with Carlos (behind) WOOLLYWOOLLY ARRIVALSARRIVALS several years ago but when s they were reunited it took Carlos several hours before he relaxed around & A NEW BACHELOR GROUP & A NEW BACHELOR GROUP Paulo By Sharon Perry & Alison Cronin

Over the past few months a lot has changed in our three woolly groups. Bachelor Troop: It was time to move a few people around, make space for a new With several births in woolly groups over the arrival, and create a fourth group! Don’t worry, all is well in Chippy’s past few years, it was inevitable that some individuals would outgrow their natal groups so and Enzo’s troops and you will hear more about them later in the year. we made the decision to create a fourth bachelor other group. In the wild, male woolly monkeys tend at first, to remain in their natal groups living in large giving a few mixed sex groups. They are generally more displays to test the water, but then sociable than the females and by eliminating gave in to a mutual “hand snuffle”, Levar’s group of eight with Pichihua the competition and resulting aggression over a greeting to reassure each other the ladies, the boys can get along peacefully. that there is no threat. Within the first couple of days they grew increasingly Bueno Junior was the biggest challenge as he The first two boys to be moved to the newly comfortable around each other. is not always socially aware. He is almost as big renovated house were Paulo, a 12-year- as Levar, but at six years is still adolescent, and old from our “Pond” group, and Carlos, a The third boy to join the group was three unaware how intimidating he can be especially Carlos is a beautiful boy five-year-old from Levar’s group. Paulo was and a half year old Claud, also from the and big for his age when he plays a little rough with the girls. He Pond group. Paulo and Claud had become is a big softie however, and we are sure with close friends over the past year and were a little time and patience he will soon win her happy to be reunited. Claud was nervous over! of Carlos, and stuck close to Paulo initially but soon gained confidence. Within a couple of days Claud was playing with Carlos. The final male to be introduced was Mani from Levar’s house. He had been living with Carlos for the past few months, so didn’t Pichihua come in a complete stranger. He is a very serious boy, so we had thought that he might take charge of this newly formed troop of tiny baby! Layla, Xingu’s younger Carlos was wary of Mani at first but their enclosure is so big, Carlos (below) didn’t even realise where boys but so far that has not been the case. Levar’s Woolly daughter, soon joined in with Mani (shelf above) was most of the time! Olivia and three-year-old Cosmo We have been surprised by how the Group: Mani is a big male, but is playing games with the new hand reared when his mother didn’t feed dynamics have worked out so far. Mani submissive to Paulo arrival. Everyone him, and despite his fantastic physical was a little overwhelmed at first as the other Woolly monkey Pichihua is 11 years old was smitten. appearance, he didn’t have the behaviour three boys had formed friendships, but he and came to us at the end of last year when of a dominant male. Carlos is also a very was keen to make friends with Paulo, who youth has brought the fun side in everyone her partner sadly passed away at Gaia impressive looking male and is already bigger initially stepped into the top spot of the and we frequently see him engaging in play in the Netherlands. When she first arrived, than some of our adult males, but hierarchy. Things are changing however, with the big boys. Maybe another young lad we were starting to move individuals Olivia & Pichihua at such a young age he is an and it appears that Carlos may make a bid would complete this bachelor troop?! We between groups so Pichihua had to wait adolescent and it shows in to be the leader of the group with Paulo hope the four continue to come together as a while until we were able to introduce her his behaviour. The boys disinterested in politics and Mani humbled by a group and enjoy some time free from the to Levar’s group. When the day came, she were wary of each moving house. What is great is that Claud’s drama of the ladies! fell in love with Levar and the feeling was mutual. Pichihua also made friends very quickly with Olivia. The only other adult female in the group is Xingu, and she had just given birth to a little boy we have named Leroy, so we wanted to wait a few days before introducing the two Left to right - Claud is the ladies together. Xingu is a placid youngest boy in the Bachelor Woollys, Carlos knew Paulo lady, and within minutes of the many years ago but had never door opening she greeted Pichihua met Claud, and Paulo is the and allowed her to say hello to the oldest and most dominant of Claud couldn’t take his eyes off of Carlos Xingu with baby Leroy & Layla them all! 6 7 ENDANGEREDENDANGERED ASIANASIAN SPECIESSPECIES TRUSTTRUST By Marina Kenyon www.go-east.org Email: [email protected]

needed each other long- term but had developed very An Expanding different coping mechanisms DAO TIEN UPDATE to deal with the trauma they Illegal Trade had experienced. Anthony had a busy daily routine which Anna as More Baby had to tag along with. In the Dao Tien’s Mission Doucs Arrive at mornings and afternoons they spend time in the area of forest Dao Tien’s mission is to provide a high from. For gibbons and douc we are where we released our black- standard of welfare for each individual still learning and collecting data to Dao Tien shanked doucs in 2010; Thanh’s rescued and where possible get the better understand the steps needed You will all remember the young family! The group is now 10 strong Vu from Thanh Son area primates back where they belong, in for their eventual release back into douc we recued named Anthony, with several infants. It was all new Vu From Thanh Son Area the wild. This is not always possible, the wild. Developing protocols for he is doing well but was lonely. to Anna and as expected she would scream but with 12 years of data from over rehabilitation and release is critical for Then in April the call arrived from time to time. The effect on Thanh’s troop 100 individuals, we now know how to saving our rescued primates but also about another infant douc that was amazing, they were frantic hearing an rehabilitate and enable pygmy loris to for others at difference centres or in had been spotted on Facebook. infant distress calls and the link was made return to the forests they were stolen different countries. If confiscated could we take her? Anna & Vu between our youngsters and the now wild troop of doucs! Anna and Anthony continued and was used to sucking fingers – anyone’s to bond and spend time out in the forest. to calm her down, but we soon learnt that this Just as we thought things were getting Bien Has Returned to Dao Tien! followed with a strong bite! Anna eventually settled with Anna and Anthony, in a relatively After 11 months living in the forests approaching people. In the forest she was tried to suck Anthony’s toe and when the Luom, male douc from Lam Dong was very bloated short period of time we received three more of Cat Tien National Park, we made very chatty making lots of contact calls, inevitable bite came, Anthony responded baby boys. Anna arrived in April, at the start the difficult decision to bring Bien just as wild single males do during this with a cuff and a quick kick to reprimand her. back to Dao Tien. solitary phase of dispersal. It may be that of May we rescued Vu who was sold for the upsetting to see their scared faces, bullet the damage done to young/infant gibbons The priority was to get her gut working equivalent of £100, on 15 June we received wounds, and bloated bellies knowing that She was in fantastic condition and slowly when they are removed from their mothers properly. She had diarrhoea, then her Luom who weighed 900g and was very their mothers are dead and that we will be developing and expanding her home range. is too significant to overcome. On Dao faeces would stabilize, and then she bloated, and then the following day we got the lucky to keep them alive let alone to find that She was not singing and still had not found Tien we have been focusing on getting would start to bloat. We had to respond to call to take Red who is a red-shanked douc, a bridge to get them back to the wild. We don’t a transient male to pair with, although one these young confiscated gibbons living the needs of her gut hourly to help keep it species from Northern Vietnam even though want to tempt fate but so far so good and all had been heard in the area. With careful with adopted mothers and out into the moving. Anna improved day by day, helped he was confiscated in five babies are doing ok to well. There is a monitoring, it became clear that the number trees as soon as possible with the goal of Baby douc, Anna by eating some of Anthony’s faeces, Saigon. It is clear long road ahead but with the companionship of people in the forest was increasing. Many stopping and/or reversing any imprinting or boosting her specialised gut flora, that the trade in of other doucs, us documenting and working people have legal rights to enter protected affinity with . It is not clear if we can Yes, of course, but the baby was not ready for leaf digestion. We kept baby doucs on their digestion 24 hours a day, and the forest; first the forest protectors or Kiem Lam reverse the damage done to baby gibbons well and had diarrhoea. We feared the encouraging contact between IS out of wild group overhead we are hopeful that who are familiar faces to Bien and also local that have been stolen from the wild so that worse for this very sensitive, critically Anna and Anthony as they control. Anthony, Anna, Vu, Luom, and Red will make people collecting chay oi fruits which are they are confident enough to be returned endangered species with a delicate and It is very it back to the forest…where they belong. believed to be a cure for cancer. It is crucial to the wild and life in the tops of the trees. specialised gut - they rarely survive in the that reintroduced gibbons ignore what is illegal trade. She turned up, SCREAMING, occurring on the ground, and quietly move had a shotgun injury in one arm and a WE NEED away. Sadly, for Bien the numbers of people nasty split to the top of her head but both YOUR HELP! in the forest, eating and sleeping, encouraged were healing well. She was hungry but We need to build a secure her to revert to her old familiarity with people. even after feeding well, the screams did Luom & Red baby unit and a release tower She started following them, coming down not stop. She wanted contact and only in Thanh’s Troop home range. close, and eventually taking food. The local then would the upset lessen enough Please help us to get them people were reminded about our project and for her to fall asleep. She was passing the wildlife laws protecting wild gibbons, but diarrhoea while sleeping. We named back where they belong. the risks became too high with photos of the the little douc Anna. She should www.justgiving.com/east “friendly” gibbon appearing on Facebook. have been with her mother 24 hours It would only take one person in financial a day and It became apparent that difficulty to take the risk and hunt her down. she had substituted contact for her missing mother. When we Loneliness and not finding a wild male in the Bien sat her near to Anthony, there was no forest may have also played a role in Bien recognition. Anna liked human contact Vu, Anna, & Anthony Luom, Red, Anthony, Anna & Vu 8 9 Extra Hosing for Hujan’s Arrival & Orang-utanCaring Nursery for the park’s BUILDING & trees UNCAS & MO - NOT QUITE THE LAST OF MAINTENANCE THE MOHICANS By Nic Dunn

Refurbishment of new For a number of years, it looked like Uncas would be the last of the bachelor woollys! Mohicans at the park following the loss of his mate, Alice who died Adding to the enclosure climbing frames Continued work on the in 2012 and then his companion Hawkeye in 2018. bachelor chimps pavilion Park-wide tree felling/cutting Primate Care Staff tried introducing a number If we were going to get of different marmosets to Uncas so that he another cotton-top tamarin would have a companion, but his behaviour for Uncas we wanted to find can be obsessive compulsive and with his an individual that was a similar larger size, he intimidated or frightened the age. As it happened Longleat’s smaller common marmosets. Prospective male cotton-top had died leaving partners all lost patience with him and his mate Mo on her own and it was introductions were not successful. Cotton- agreed that she would come to Monkey top tamarins are critically endangered in their World to be with Uncas. On November 18th native Colombia and yet in UK today there is Mo arrived at the park and was released in a legal trade in these beautiful primates as the bedroom next to Uncas. Both tamarins Mo is 10 years old and about 100g heavier pets. Sadly for Uncas, he was a victim of the were interested in each other and there was than 16-year-old Uncas but they both have Renovations to Hananya’s playroom wall Cutting trees in the woodland walk pet trade and had been sold from home to no aggression. PCS then let them together gentle personalities and clearly missed the home in a bird cage before he and Alice were for a full introduction and it is clear that the company of their own kind. Fingers crossed finally confiscated by Kent police in 2009. It two were very pleased to find one another, this will be a mature couple that spend many a is no wonder Uncas’ behaviour is not normal. sitting cuddled up together on the nest box. happy year together in their retirement. MONKEY LIFE By Susan Tunstall Monkey Life series 13 Sky have launched a MONKEY is in production! new channel dedi- Monkey Life series cated to nature and TO BE SHOWNLIFE ON 13 is in production; wildlife, for those of despite awful weather you that subscribe SKY’S over the winter, and to a Sky package NEW NATURE Don’t Forget lockdown we have you will be able to CHANNEL watch Monkey Life on MONKEY LIFE been filming all the their new Nature channel goings on at the park! as well as freeview channel Pick. We also followed Repairing back wall of Hananya’s playroom Upgrading the slide Securing slide upgrade into place, and using additional concrete blocks a fresh lick of paint! Alison, Jeremy and Kalu’s rescue in series 13. Monkey Life SERIES John Lewis on their Desmond & Chloe get a saki monkey enclosure spring clean & upgrade trip to South Africa to rescue chimpanzee Kalu and series 12 DVD Monkey Life series 12 will have been following her introduction into Bryan’s group. be available to buy on With several arrivals already filmed and lots to catch up DVD from the end of July; on with the arrivals from the last couple of years the 1-11 via the Monkey World series is progressing nicely. & Jim’s Dream giftshop and on Amazon, are available on DVD We will be delivering the series to Pick towards the priced £20 + P&P. The giftshop will be taking DVDs can be purchased end of the year, as soon as we know when it will be pre-orders from mid-July so you can reserve from the Monkey World gift shown we will let you know! your copy in advance of the release date. shop and online at Amazon, Rotten window frames in former gibbon house priced at £20 + P&P. For information or questions related to the Monkey Life TV series, please contact [email protected]. 10 11131711 Hsiao-ning & Niah. MEET OUR THREE NEW LADIES UK PET TRADE QUEENIE, JENNY & MILLY UPDATE By Charlie Crowther By Karen McGilchrist & Alison Cronin

Milly, Queenie and Jenny are common Jenny had lived with a male marmoset for 12 A Call for Evidence years until he recently passed away. Queenie marmosets that arrived at the park within a UK pet trade rescues continue to bombard the park, as you’ll see from the rescues Curved had lived alone for at least eight years but with a & fused week of each other so our aim was to see if of Queenie, Milly and Jenny, all rescued since Christmas. Our waiting list now has Right angle very caring family and Milly had suffered some bend in the spine they would all live together. We didn’t know reached the dizzying heights of over 100 primates – truly huge. left femur of the worst abuse, from one of her former Broken if this would work as they had all had such Missing owners, that we had ever seen. A cruelty case We’d love to be able to help them all but You can read the full report online at tail teeth different backgrounds even though they is pending. our facilities and resources just can’t stretch www.monkeyworld.org/support-us/the-uk- were all from the British pet trade. Milly & Jenny When they arrived, they were all nervous, to this at the moment, which is why we’re pet-trade. desperate for the UK government to act to which is to be expected. A lot had changed for Bowed long bones change the law. In the report, we had to try and categorise them. Milly and Jenny were both underweight each heart-breaking case down to numbers femur & humerus and Jenny had a large mass in her mouth. At the moment over 85 species of monkey and statistics, to show, without prejudice, the Queenie was actually a little overweight and can be kept LEGALLY in the UK, without breadth of the problem and the rise in cases, seemed a little more confident than the other needing a license or register to buy or keep to prove that this is an ongoing and pressing Betty Boo’s skeletonBetty shows Boo’s skeleton how being shows fedhow two. Jenny started on a course of antibiotics them- just as easily as keeping a goldfish or issue. It was shocking to see the scale of the an inappropriate dietbeing and fed keptan inappropriate in a small diet cage had affectedand her kept bones in a small cage had and pain relief straight away to help what we budgie. Sadly, the conditions these monkeys problem represented in the graph below. It affected her bones initially thought was a dental abscess. Milly are kept in often lead to both physical and showed not just how many primates we’ve would try and disappear whenever she saw us, psychological problems. been able to rescue but how many out there We included the story of Betty Boo whose skeleton (pictured) was deformed due to her flattening herself behind branches. This was Queenie & Mojo Bedding Down that are in need of rescue. really upsetting for us to see as we knew it was Last August, Environment Minister Zac life as a domestic pet; kept inside, in cramped Queenie was purchased at a very young age due to her traumatic past. We would have to Goldsmith met Alison at the park to discuss We felt we had to include some of our conditions, with incorrect food and no company spend a lot of time with Milly to gain her trust. stable pairing. These two pairs are getting along the problems with the primate pet trade. Since primates’ stories too to give these numbers of her own kind. LIFE IN THE UK PET TRADE really well. Long may it continue! then, the Department for Environment, Food “faces”. It was so difficult as each and every Jenny finished her course of antibiotics but the Since we handed in our evidence, we have mass was still very large so the vet came in to and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) launched a call for one had their own unhappy story of life in the Introductions with Milly were not so easy, she been contacted by DEFRA who invited take a look. Unfortunately, what we thought was evidence on the welfare of primates kept as pet trade, and just one monkey mistreated in was terrified of everyone and everything. Initial Alison to a roundtable discussion to discuss an abscess turned out to be a growth in her gum pets, which was completed in January. We the UK pet trade is too many in our opinion. meetings with Comet went well but it became the government’s next steps. Sadly, due to and jawbone growing around her teeth. The vet thank each and everyone one of you who apparent that Milly doesn’t completely understand Covid-19 this has been postponed. Monkeys in removed as much as he could and a sample supported this, by writing to tell DEFRA your marmoset behaviour which is making the the pet trade must wait a little longer! was sent off. Jenny was able to eat much better opinions on the primate pet trade, and any introduction difficult. Watching all the meetings, it even with just some of the lump removed. An evidence you had to the extent of it. is clear that Milly is one of the most psychologically anxious wait for results followed but luckily for damaged marmosets we have rescued from the Queenie had an indoor and outdoor cage Jenny the lump is benign. It may still grow back We handed in our own report which reached What now?? UK pet trade. We knew straight away that she was a staggering 25 pages, but still couldn’t cover but we are monitoring her closely. We still need your help and support to gather scared of people and she has very few marmoset everything we had to say! social skills. She doesn’t seem to understand their evidence against the trade, which is ongoing still. It was clear when we compiled our different vocalisations or how to act in different While we were compiling it, we were confronted evidence that public sentiment is important, situations. This can occur when babies are taken with just how many primates had been affected, as was the need to show the breadth and away from their families at a very young age and and all the different ways they had been abused spread of the problem. If you see monkeys have no conspecifics to learn from. Comet was or neglected. It’s so tragic to see the number of Alison has been called as an expert witness being kept or sold as pets in the UK please boisterous and unforgiving so we decided that we primates that have been let down by the UK in a cruelty case for this marmoset that fell continue to report them to us, preferably needed to try a more mature and stable male to laws- a nation of “animal lovers”. out a window of an upstairs flat help Milly gain confidence and learn marmoset with a link to the page or a screenshot, so behaviour. 11-year-old male Jock was just the Number of requests for rehoming vs rescues we can continue to make our case. Sites such as Facebook and UKClassifieds.co.uk Milly suffered terrible abuse in the UK pet trade Jenny had a large growth in her mouth character. He was living with Max so we tried completed since waiting list started Comet with Max and they were great together continue to post primates for sale. We’d urge Social introductions started after Jenny 50 which meant that Jock could meet Milly. And it everyone to report the Facebook sites. For recovered from her visit to the vet. However, at worked! It is so wonderful to see that Milly is happy a while they were enforcing their ban on the the same time as starting the girls’ introductions 40 to follow and sleep with Jock and we have even sale of animals online but this seems to have we had some group breakdowns with other petered off and selling posts have crept back seen her grooming him in their outside enclosure! 30 marmosets, so we now had Albert, Mojo and in. Please continue to report to Facebook Comet to consider in any new groups we tried We were worried that Milly’s abusive past may 20 all selling posts you see, as well as sending to make. Many combinations were tried, almost have caused her permanent damage, but them to us. everyone met everyone at some point. Fairly companionship of her own kind and an appropriate 10 quickly we found we had one settled pair, the environment was what she needed. It is what While we remain hopeful, the deal isn’t done ladies Mojo & Queenie and not long after it ALL marmosets need and deserve regardless of 0 yet to protect monkeys in the UK, so we 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Jenny used to share this cage with her partner became clear that Albert & Jenny made a good where they are living. continue to need your support! Forest who died Rehoming Requests Number of Primates Rescued per Year from UK Pet Trade 12 1313 JIM CRONIN MEMORIAL FUND JIM CRONIN MEMORIAL FUND

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No-one could have predicted last Our other concern was to ensure that we Keith Shepherd, Robert Smallwood, had several weeks supply of dry or frozen Christiana Smith, Linda Stredwick, December that we were all about food stuffs and essential medications such Brenda Suitters, Dorothy Temple, Russell to face some of the toughest times as insulin, birth control pills, antibiotics etc. Thornhill, Barbara Turner, Kath Webb, Regardless of finances we created a stockpile Stephen Williams, Amy Witt, and Elizabeth in our 33 year Monkey World of primate pellets, dried pulses, sunflower Wootton. They will be greatly missed. history – a pandemic sweeping seeds, peanuts, baby rice, cereal, Arabic and lump gum, dried milk, and frozen vegetables. Finally, please accept our apologies for the globe. With the addition of fresh cut browse and this Spring edition arriving so late. We leaves we would be able to feed our monkey have been busy staying focused on Covid-19 was an unknown and potentially and apes if food supply chains broke down. ensuring the health and welfare of the deadly virus that had already jumped We also stored extra supply of woodwool for monkeys and apes and making a plan for a species and was a particular concern for me nest making, especially as we stopped all gradual reopening. We hope that you have and our team as other coronaviruses have of your donations of bedding and linen. It is been able to keep in touch with the extra been documented in wild chimpanzees in only in the last couple of weeks that we Facebook and Instagram postings, the West Africa. Our first thoughts turned to have started taking donations of bedding Zoom tours, and the new online Monkey protecting our rescued monkeys and apes again – they are put in trays, dated, and World Educational course. All great ideas but more importantly our Primate Care Staff set aside for several days which is long from our Communications and Education who are essential carers for our vulnerable The park has been a ghost town enough to prevent C19 spreading. teams that we hope to continue. primates. The virus took hold in UK by the From all of us in the Monkey World Family, end of February and it was clear to me by maintained high standards of disease people had to Financially this has been a very difficult Albert Hamblin (aka Big Al) THANK YOU SO MUCH and hope to see March 17th that we needed to shield our PCS prevention/hygiene but the high rate of pre- isolate at home TT and worrying time at the park. I cannot will be sadly missed hh you soon! for a headache ee and non-human primates as best we could symptomatic infection was a concern. We m m uu thank you all enough for all your support oo oo and close the park. It was the anniversary of have spent thousands of pounds on extra or other symptom, nn f fy y Many of our supporters have also lost loved kkee o o both financially, with our Amazon wish yy aallll Jim’s death and a very sad day… gloves, disinfectant, and masks and at a others were returning ss & & gg list, and supermarket deliveries. You have ones. Our thoughts and condolences go out aappee eeeeinin time when we have no money coming in and to work. We have had ss ccleleaarrlyly mmisisss ss made a big difference to helping us stay to the family and friends of Joyce Arnell, I have had to deal with some very difficult a significant monthly deficit. periods of staff shortages afloat. As part of Monkey World’s licensing, Carol Barker, Keith Barker, Len Bartlett, situations in my life, but this was unchartered but everyone has pulled together to make we are REQUIRED to have a “disaster relief Thelma Barry, Brenda Batchelor, Richard territory and we were trying to predict and All aspects of our lives at the park sure the monkeys and apes get everything fund” and so is every zoo and wildlife park in Bateman, Fred Bell, Joan Bowers, Eric WELCOME prepare for all eventualities. We identified had to be considered they need and are used to – with two the country that is open to the public. I am Bowyer, Patricia Burn, Julie Campbell, our essential staff – namely PCS and our exceptions. We immediately limited the shocked and stunned to hear of so many Esther Clements, Catherine Connelly, BACK! Maintenance & Grounds team which meant from where, what, & how everyone was amount of contact we/PCS have with our institutions threatening to put the animals Trevor Coombs, Iain Carson, Bryan that 49 staff members were put on furlough. eating, what shoes were worn around the primates to reduce infection risk and the lack they care for down unless they get financial Cridland-Winter, Pamela Davies, We are planning to open the park to Those that were still at work needed to be park, how locks and keys are used, to how of visitors in the park is clearly a big change. assistance after only three months. As far as Ann Edwards, Pauline Edwards, our adoptive parents ONLY starting Monday extra cautious in their personal lives outside the radios are used and stored overnight. The monkeys and apes clearly miss seeing I am concerned it is irresponsible to not have Pauline Fahy, Joyce Fawcett, July 13th - the anniversary of the first group of of the park but also we needed to bolster We could only do our best to prevent the all of you. The upside is that our rehabilitated arrangements/monies in place for worst Luan Fenn, Patricia Field, chimps arriving at the park in 1987! our quarantine and hygiene standards. spread of any infection. And people did monkeys and apes need to look to each other case scenarios at least in the short term. Nigel Ford, Emma-Jayne If you want to bring a partner, family member or friend, they Monkey World is both UK Quarantine and get “normal” colds, runny noses, and for interest and companionship rather than Godwin, Dorothy Grace, too will have to be an adoptive parent. We will be limiting the European Balai approved and has always eventually hayfever. We found that as some spending time looking at people. So many of us have lost loved ones over the Ann Grogan, Josephine number of people we allow in on any one day so you will need past few months. I was very sad to hear that Hancocks, Marilyn Hart, to book ahead either on-line through our website Albert Hamblin (aka Big Al) passed away Joyce Hayman, Vicky or by calling the office. recently. When the park first opened Big Al Heathcote, Elizabeth During this initial opening we will REQUIRE all adoptive parents came to set up fun activities for children when Hicks, Adrienne Hollick, to wear face masks. After three weeks we are hopeful we will there were very few monkeys or apes at the Roy Hudd OBE, Brian be in a position to open to the general public in early August. park. There was a go-cart track, small boats, Jeanes, Alan Jackson, and video games – not exactly the primate Derek Kenny, Joy Maidman, We wanted to thank you for all your support and give experience that Jim had in mind but a source Sylvia Matthews, Evelyn adoptive parents a chance to visit the park before of extra income and also something different Messenger, Miss J E Minns, everyone else! for kids to do when the monkeys and apes Elizabeth Munns, Andrew Nigh, We are asking Some facilities could not be seen. We will miss Big Al and Heather North, Mary Parkes, for a small donation and services will be our thoughts are with his wife Barbara and Winifred Parsons, Susan Ray, of £3 per adoptive parent restricted to ensure the sons Martin and Steve. Ruth Reed, Pamela Seymour, on entry, to help us cover welfare of our primates the costs of reopening whilst and staff. Please visit the Lunchtime social distancing at Monkey World The Monkey World Covid 19 emergency stores Months’ supply of dried pulses were ordered receiving no income from the website to see what you general public. Your help and support is so appreciated can expect during 18 1918 at this time. your visit.