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ISSN-1040-3027, Vol. 41, No. 1 April 2014
INSIDE: • A DRC chimp sanctuary recovers from arson • The Immuno lawsuit revisited • Twin ice storms strike IPPL A Note from Shirley IPPL: Who We Are IPPL is an international grassroots wildlife protection organization. It was IRXQGHGLQ E\'U6KLUOH\0F*UHDO Dear IPPL Friend, Our mission is to promote the conservation and protection of all nonhuman primates, Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who is helping us with the great and small. costs of recovery from Winter Storm Pax (an odd name for a storm that caused IPPL has been operating a sanctuary havoc, not peace). Visiting IPPL’s land as we checked out our damages, I realized LQ6XPPHUYLOOH6RXWK&DUROLQDVLQFH how far we have come since moving to Summerville in 1977. We moved to a house 7KHUHJLEERQV WKHVPDOOHVWRI on just 2.7 acres of land, along with four founding gibbons. the apes) live in happy retirement. Soon we learned of lab gibbons in need of care and decided to acquire extra land. IPPL also helps support a number of ,Q DQHLJKERUZKRRZQHGD¿YHDFUH¿HOGPRYHGWR1RUWK&DUROLQD0DQ\ other wildlife groups and primate rescue coveted his land, and my dear friend, the late Kit Woodcock, persuaded him to sell centers in countries where monkeys and it to IPPL. apes are native. In 2004, the people owning 12 acres behind Igor’s house began building a IPPL NewsLVSXEOLVKHGWKULFH\HDUO\ development that would hold 12 houses. Luckily, they abandoned the project, and a wonderful member from Louisiana stunned us when she donated the funds to enable us to purchase the land, which was directly behind her favorite gibbon, Igor. About the Cover Then the family living at the top of the road was stunned when the husband was $FRQWHQWHGFKLPSDQ]HHPXQFKHVDQDSSOH NLOOHGÀ\LQJDVPDOOSODQH+LVZLIHGHFLGHGVKHGLGQ¶WZDQWWKHFRVWVRIPDLQWDLQLQJ DWWKH-$&.&KLPSDQ]HH6DQFWXDU\ WKHODUJHKRXVHDQG¿YHDFUHVRIODQG:HFRXOGQ¶WDIIRUGLWEXWOXFNZDVZLWKXV$ LQWKH'HPRFUDWLF5HSXEOLFRI&RQJR foundation gave us a grant, and it covered the entire cost almost to the penny. We -$&. -HXQHV$QLPDX[&RQ¿VTXpVDX acquired this land in 2005. Katanga) was attacked by an arsonist last 0HDQZKLOHRXUJLEERQIDPLO\KDGEHHQH[SDQGLQJDQGZHNHSWRQORRNLQJIRU September. Thanks to IPPL’s generous PRUHODQG)LUVWLQFDPH¿YHDFUHVZLWKDFRWWDJHRQLW7KHQLQVL[ supporters, we were able to help them more acres going right up to the road on the front of the property and into the woods rebuild—and give them courage to carry directly behind, were added to IPPL’s property. on (see page 12). 1RZLW¶VDQG,33/RZQVDFUHVPXFKRILWZRRGHGDQGSURYLGLQJ VDQFWXDU\WRGHHUELUGVDQGPDQ\VPDOOPDPPDOV$QGLWLVKHUHWKDWZHFDUHIRU ZRQGHUIXOJLEERQV Best wishes, IPPL News EXECUTIVE EDITOR 6KLUOH\0F*UHDO
6KLUOH\0F*UHDO MANAGING EDITOR IPPL Founder and Executive Director Sharon Strong
In This Issue: ªAction Item! Page IPPL sanctuary’s wintertime blues 3 Painting for Primates fundraiser 7 The Immuno lawsuit revisited 8 Immuno’s long shadow 10 7KDQNVIURPD'5&FKLPSVDQFWXDU\ 12 Cedar, a Barbary macaque for kids 14 $QXSGDWHRQ&$5(¶VEDERRQV 15 ª Indonesian monkey poacher 17 An IPPL member recently did a )DUHZHOO*H]D7HOHNL 19 flyover above IPPL’s sanctuary. *RRGE\HWR&\ULO5RVHQ 19
IPPL ews 2 N | April 2014 www.ippl.org The winter storm ice that looked so pretty in January (above) had devastating consequences when it returned in February (below and left).
IPPL’s Wintertime Blues Sharon Strong, IPPL Program Coordinator
They say lightning never strikes in the &KDUOHVWRQZHUHFORVHGOHDGLQJWR no snow (to the disappointment of many same place twice, but something similar transportation headaches across several local children), but pellets of sleet bounced DFWXDOO\KDSSHQHGDW,33/¶V+HDGTXDUWHUV counties. Our governor declared a state around and accumulated on roadways. Sanctuary this winter. of emergency. Travel was treacherous, but the ice Two times within as many weeks, 7ZRRIRXUFDUHJLYHUV+DUG\DQG actually looked rather pretty as it bowed severe ice storms struck parts of the Samantha, spent the night before on the down clumps of bamboo, encased the buds southern U.S., and the IPPL sanctuary sanctuary grounds, doing walkabouts and bare branches of our shrubs, and left was in the path of both of them. The throughout the wee hours to check for IULQJHVRILFLFOHVDORQJURRÀLQHV7KHQH[W PHWHRURORJLFDORQHWZRSXQFKOHIWXV downed limbs or other problems as GD\WKHVWDIIKDQGHGRXWOLWWOH¿YHLQFK reeling. the storm approached. Fortunately, the icicles to some of the gibbons. Elizabeth, The first storm came our way on electricity stayed on despite the sleet and $KLPVD7RQJDQG0D\QDUGORYHGOLFNLQJ January 29, part of the same system that freezing temperatures. WKHLUV*XVELWLQWRKLVOLNHDFDUURW wreaked havoc all over the Southeast, $W¿UVWZHWKRXJKWZHZHUHOXFN\ZKHQ $VLWKDSSHQHGKRZHYHUWKLVVWRUP as far away as Texas, Virginia, and we managed to get through the next day’s was to have repercussions we never Florida. Bridges around nearby ordeal without loss of power. There was imagined.
IPPL ews www.ippl.org N | April 2014 3 The town of Summerville is also they were simply in for another cold and her. She radioed her fellow staff members known as “Flowertown in the Pines” for nasty day and might just have to go home WRLQIRUPWKHPRIKHUQHDUGHPLVH WKH\ its fragrant stands of loblolly pine trees. early. But it gradually dawned on them thought she was just being melodramatic. We have many of them on the sanctuary that things were going to get much worse. Then branches started raining down, property. They can reach heights of 100 feet That first storm, it turned out, had KDUGRQRXU$QLPDO&DUH&RWWDJHWKH or more. Their branches characteristically weakened numerous tree limbs around main building where we do food prep cluster toward the top of the trunk—until Summerville and beyond. The second for the animals and emergency vet care. (we discovered) they shear off from the onslaught of icy weather sent huge pine That’s when our caregivers went into weight of accumulated ice. boughs—some weighing hundreds of overdrive, quickly got the animals fed On February 12, only two days before pounds—crashing down from heights of breakfast, and started battening down Valentine’s Day, we were struck once over 50 feet. the hatches. They also corralled our six again by an unusual winter storm, this 2XUDQLPDOFDUHJLYHU6DPDQWKD0DUWLQ $VLDQVKRUWFODZHGRWWHUVDQGEURXJKW one ironically named “Pax” (Latin for ZDVWKH¿UVWWRVXVSHFWWKDWZHPLJKWEHLQ them indoors. Our caregivers worked as ³SHDFH´ &LWLHVDQGWRZQVDORQJWKH(DVW IRUDWRXJKWLPHRILW$WDERXW LQWKH a team, spotting each other and scanning &RDVWIURP*HRUJLDXSWR0DU\ODQGDQG PRUQLQJVKHZDVKHDGHGWRZDUG*LEERQ the treetops for imminent branch falls. beyond were covered in snow and ice. +RXVH ZKHQWZRVHFRQGVDIWHUKHDULQJ 7KH\KDGWR IRUPXFKRIWKHGD\ 7KRXVDQGVRIÀLJKWVZHUHFDQFHOOHG DORXG&UDFNDIRRWEUDQFKIHOOWRWKH Wednesday, nearly every 10 seconds Initially our animal caregivers thought JURXQGODQGLQJDERXW¿YHIHHWEHKLQG DQHQRUPRXV6QDSIURPDIDOOLQJOLPE
The first winter storm bowed down our bamboo and covered our trees and shrubs in ice (background). Two weeks later, a second storm sent weakened pine boughs crashing to the ground, battering a variety of structures (clockwise from top left): fences, our trusty pickup, gibbon enclosures and runs, gibbon houses and other buildings, and the otter ponds.
IPPL ews 4 N | April 2014 www.ippl.org somewhere on the property sent our moments, the three other animal care already been fueled, prepped, and animal caregivers scrambling in the staff members started sprinting toward stationed in readiness for the previous cold and freezing rain to make sure that WKH$QLPDO&DUH&RWWDJHZKHUHVKH¶G weather event. no animals had been harmed. The area last been seen. They politely asked her, But with a generator, you can’t EHWZHHQWKH$QLPDO&DUH&RWWDJHDQG once they realized she was safe, to please just “set it and forget it.” You have to WKHRI¿FHEHFDPHDQRI¿FLDO1R*R=RQH UHVSRQGDOLWWOHPRUHSURPSWO\ make sure the equipment hasn’t run from all the debris. %XWWKHPRVWGUDPDWLFQHDUPLVV out of fuel, tripped a breaker, or run Even worse, some branches, where FDPHZKHQ-RKQ0F*UHDOVWHSSHGRXW into some other difficulty. Our animal they sheared off the tree trunks, had RIRXUWUXVW\ )RUG5DQJHUSLFNXS caregivers took it in turns to monitor pointed ends that would pierce the roofs to remove a fallen tree limb that was the generators day and night to make of various structures like enormous blocking the path. Within seconds, a VXUHDOOWKH*LEERQ+RXVHVZHUH MDYHOLQV3DOX3DOXDQG-DGH¶VKRXVH large branch came crashing down and comfortable and secure. Our caregiver was especially pummeled (although, FUXVKHGWKHUHFHQWO\YDFDWHGFDE-RKQ Brandon Spivy pulled the unenviable thankfully, none of the branches made it amazingly, had escaped unscathed, but graveyard shift Wednesday evening/ LQWRWKHLUUHLQIRUFHGLQWHULRUHQFORVXUH the truck was a total loss. 7KXUVGD\PRUQLQJ$URXQG $0 we counted six holes in their roof from $WDERXW $0WKHIUHH]LQJ KHVHQWRXWDUHDVVXULQJ)DFHERRNSRVW wayward branches. rain started up in earnest and the power “I can report that all of the gibbons, $V6DPDQWKDVDLG³,WZDVOLNHDZDU went out. The storm left the sanctuary otters and dogs are currently warm zone.” ZLWKRXWHOHFWULFLW\IRUVRPHKRXUV DQGZHOO´ Once, our senior animal caregiver Fortunately, we had about half a dozen $OOGD\7KXUVGD\DVFOHDQXSHIIRUWV 0HJ0F&XH-RQHVZDVVORZWRDQVZHUD gas and diesel generators lined up to began, everybody kept an eye out for TXHVWLRQRYHUKHUZDONLHWDONLH:LWKLQ provide emergency power. They had returning power and residual snagged
Thank you to everyone who pitched in to
help! Our animal caregivers hauled away many, many loads of debris.
On Valentine’s Day, as we surveyed the mess, we knew it was time to reach out for help. We immediately sent out an e-blast to our online friends and asked for donations to cover the unexpected costs associated with these storms. We followed that up with a letter sent out in the mail, describing the destruction and asking for contributions. The response has been quick and generous. Thank you so much! In addition, our friends at the American Anti-Vivisection Society held their own e-fundraiser on our behalf. We at IPPL were astonished and delighted at how much they were able to raise in quite a short period of time. We are grateful to have such trusted allies. An extra-big thank you to all AAVS members who contributed in our time of need!
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IPPL ews www.ippl.org N | April 2014 5 EUDQFKHV$PD]LQJO\WKHJLEERQVZHUH ¿QHWKURXJKRXWWKHRUGHDOHDWLQJKHDUWLO\ and acting no more cranky than usual at being obliged to stay indoors. When, at last, the electricity came RQDJDLQDURXQG 30RQ7KXUVGD\ FDUHJLYHUV+DUG\%URZQDQG5DFKHO Schleicher spent another couple of hours making sure everything was going back online safely. We started thinking about recruiting volunteers. It was going to take us weeks, at least, to haul away debris, hire someone to cut down dangerous snagged branches, repair damaged structures, and replace the truck. But at least no animals or people were injured. $QGWKHHQWLUHVDQFWXDU\VPHOOHGRI fresh pine for days.
A sanctuary in recovery (clockwise from top): almost the first order of business was to look for a new truck to help with cleanup efforts (we settled on a bright blue Nissan Frontier); we quickly fixed the roof on Jade and Palu-Palu’s house; we hired extra workers to help remove the big stuff; we are awaiting new roof panels for Jade and Palu-Palu’s outdoor enclosure; it took weeks to clear away fallen branches from around the sanctuary grounds.
IPPL ews 6 N | April 2014 www.ippl.org Painting Sharonfor Strong, Primates IPPL Program Coordinator
+RZGLG youu celebratecelebrate WRPLQJOHVLSZLQHDQGQLEEOHRQJRULOOD hours, everyone each got to paint their own ,QWHUQDWLRQDOQDO 0RQNH\0RQNH\ VKDSHGFRRNLHVZKLOHDORFDODUWLVW&DOOL YHUVLRQRI,33/¶VRZQ*DU\WKH*LEERQ 'D\"7KLVXQRI¿FLDOKROLGD\IDOOV 'ULJJHUVFKHHUIXOO\RIIHUHGVWHSE\VWHS *DU\DQGKLVPDWHDQGWZRFKLOGUHQ on December 14, and every year it presents instructions as well as individualized had arrived at IPPL only seven months a golden opportunity for primate lovers attention. (Well, we all know that gorillas earlier, so he seemed to be an especially everywhere to (of course) monkey around. aren’t monkeys, but none of the IPPL staff appropriate model for this year’s party. $W,33/ZHPDUNHGWKHGD\ZLWKD could locate a monkey cookie cutter— *DU\LVDKDQGVRPHJLEERQZLWKDOXVWURXV special fundraiser at a local Wine and DQG0RQNH\'D\GRHVQRWGLVFULPLQDWH EORQGFRDWWKDWZDVDSOHDVXUHWRUHFUHDWH Design shop, part of a chain of DIY between monkeys and other primates, on canvas. painting studios that host parties where DQ\ZD\ :HDOVRRIIHUHG,33/7VKLUWV Last year was IPPL’s 40th anniversary participants get to create their own and gibbon adoptions for sale. year, and we wanted to highlight that DUWZRUN1RWRQO\WKDWWKHRZQHURIWKH It was a welcome break from the typical milestone with a couple of fun events. In VWXGLRLQ:HVW$VKOH\&KDUOHVWRQ6DUDK \HDUHQGKROLGD\PDGQHVV June, we welcomed a trio of orangutan Dubay, frequently hosts “Paint It Forward” In exchange for an admission fee, each advocates to our area to give a free public EHQH¿WHYHQWVWRVXSSRUWORFDOFKDULWLHV participant was given a palette of acrylic OHFWXUHDVSDUWRIWKHLU³+DQJ2XWIRU Last December it was our turn to paints, a handful of brushes, and a 15 2UDQJXWDQV´:RUOG7RXU$0RQNH\'D\ enjoy this relaxing and creative kind of x 20 inch canvas with some guidelines “Painting for Primates” party seemed like experience. IPPL supporters and staff got already marked out. Over the next two a great way to round out the year. Thank you to all! Many thanks to Wine and Design – West Ashley owner Sarah Dubay who agreed to host the event, to artist-in-chief Calli Driggers, and to everyone who took a break from the hectic holiday season to celebrate IPPL and spare a thought for monkeys—and all primates—in need.
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IPPL ews www.ippl.org N | April 2014 7 The Immuno Lawsuit Revisited Shirley McGreal, IPPL Founder and Executive Director 2QWKHQLJKWRI-XO\ DVKLSPHQW of 20 infant chimpanzees was loaded onto DFKDUWHUHGSODQHDW)UHHWRZQ$LUSRUWLQ 6LHUUD/HRQH:HVW$IULFD7KH\ZHUHRQ WKHLUZD\WR9LHQQD$XVWULD2QDUULYDO they were surreptitiously transferred to a research laboratory operated by WKH$XVWULDQSKDUPDFHXWLFDOFRPSDQ\ ,PPXQR$*$URXQGWKDWWLPH,PPXQR already held over 20 other chimpanzees, DOOGHVWLQHGIRUKHSDWLWLV+,9DQG LQÀXHQ]DYDFFLQHUHVHDUFKDQGWHVWLQJ On that same night, lawyers for Immuno ZHUHVLWWLQJLQD1HZ IPPL ews 8 N | April 2014 www.ippl.org RIIHQVLYH 5D\PRQG)HUVNRIRUH[DPSOH Back in the 1980s, we collected in connection with my activities at pages and pages of petition &RQIHUHQFHVRIWKH3DUWLHVWR&,7(6 signatures protesting DVNHGPH Immuno’s actions. Did you ever perform any sexual acts at any of these conventions to try to persuade delegates to vote a certain way? +HUHFHLYHGQRGLVFLSOLQDU\DFWLRQIURP the judge for using such demeaning and inappropriate tactics to intimidate me. $QWKRQ\/HZLVRIWKH New York Times ran a column based on this outrageous FRQGXFWE\,PPXQRDQGLWVODZ\HUV+H called the case “a top candidate for the outrageous litigation prize.” (YHQWXDOO\RQO\'U0RRU-DQNRZVNL ZDV³OHIWVWDQGLQJ´+RZHYHUDIWHUWKH MXGJH¶VUHIXVDOWRHQGWKHFDVH'U0RRU -DQNRZVNLDSSHDOHG7KHUHVXOW WKHFDVH was thrown out by three courts, all of which denounced the case as meritless. Friends to the rescue A hard-won victory Endless appeals During my five year battle with Immuno’s chimp lab in Sierra Leone Immuno appealed several times. This Immuno, wonderful people came to QHYHUPDWHULDOL]HG$QLPDOWUDIILFNHU PXOWLQDWLRQDOFRUSRUDWLRQKDGDOUHDG\ my rescue and filed affidavits about Franz Sitter, exposed during the case forced three of the four defendants to drop my credibility and my right to free IRUKDYLQJD1D]LSDVWDVD+LWOHU IPPL ews www.ippl.org N | April 2014 9 Gabi, a former lab chimp, is now being cared for at an Austrian sanctuary, as told in a recent documentary. Immuno’s Long Shadow Photo © Redemption Impossible, DENKmal-Film Sharon Strong, IPPL Program Coordinator The documentary opens with view *XW$LGHUELFKO7HDP±$IIHQ5HIXJLXP %RDUGPHPEHUV'U-DQH*RRGDOODQG of what appears to be a forlorn and ³$SH6DQFWXDU\´ $OOIRXUZRPHQKDYH WKHODWH'U*H]D7HOHNL,33/2YHUVHDV QHJOHFWHGIDFLOLW\ WKHGLODSLGDWHGIHQFLQJ formed deeply affectionate bonds with Representative Josef Schmuck, and others the abandoned gasoline pumps, the WKHFKLPSVLQWKHLUFDUH DVWKH\JRDERXW ÀHVKRXWWKHVWRU\ weedy enclosures. It’s the site of the old their everyday tasks, the women’s body ,Q ,PPXQRLPSRUWHGDVKLSPHQW *lQVHUQGRUI6DIDUL3DUN DERXWPLOHV ODQJXDJHDQGIDFLDOH[SUHVVLRQVFRQ¿UP RI\RXQJZLOGFDXJKWFKLPSDQ]HHVIURP HDVWRI9LHQQD$XVWULD ZKLFKZHQW WKDWWKH\³VSHDN&KLPSDQ]HH´7ZRRIWKH Sierra Leone. The animals were to be used to bankrupt in 2004. The camera draws us FDUHJLYHUV5HQDWH)RLGODQG$QQHPDULH develop vaccines for diseases like hepatitis inside the main building, and we catch Kuti, have been working with most of DQG$,'6 HYHQWKRXJKFKLPSVLQIHFWHGZLWK glimpses of darkened cages. Workers don these same animals since they were interns these human viruses do not get sick as we orange jumpsuits and begin their day. at Immuno in 1990. do). Inconveniently, even at that time there The opening sequence grimly evokes $JURXSRIWHQDSHVURDPVDODUJH was an international treaty in effect that what had once been the emotional tenor communal indoor area that offers plenty of banned the importation of this endangered of the inmates’ lives. The residents are climbing ropes, large windows, foraging species for commercial purposes. primarily chimpanzees who were once opportunities, and vertical space. We $FFRUGLQJWRGRFXPHQWVVKDUHGLQWKH KHOGFDSWLYHE\WKHQRZGHIXQFW$XVWULDQ watch the chimps hoot and bounce ¿OP,PPXQRKDGUHVRUWHGWREULEHU\ ZRXOG SKDUPDFHXWLFDOFRPSDQ\,PPXQR$* with excitement at the prospect of fresh the Sierra Leonian president appreciate a They were housed in isolation, in barren carrots, lettuce, and other good things for chandelier, or maybe a piano?), collusion cages only a few feet square, some of them breakfast. We see an elaborate “nest” made with a notorious smuggler (Franz Sitter IRUGHFDGHV0DQ\RIWKHVHFKLPSVZHUH by a female chimp named Pünktchen, was estimated to have illegally exported ZLOGERUQDQLPDOVZKRKDGEHHQVWROHQ created out of twisted fabric woven in and untold amounts of ivory and diamonds out IURPWKHLUPXUGHUHGPRWKHUVLQ$IULFD out of the wire mesh caging (none of the of Sierra Leone, in addition to as many $WOHDVWKDOIRIWKHPZHUHLPSRUWHGE\ other chimps ever untie her knots). We as 5,000 chimpanzees), and punishingly Immuno illegally. watch them groom each other. expensive lawsuits aimed at anyone trying to uncover the truth about their nefarious A new day at the sanctuary The origins of the Immuno chimps activities—including IPPL’s own Shirley Then the lights come on. It’s morning. $VGHVFULEHGLQWKH*HUPDQ 0F*UHDO VHHSDJH ,W¶VZRUWKQRWLQJ The four jumpsuited employees turn $XVWULDQ GRFXPHQWDU\ Unter Menschen that for every successfully exported chimp out to be expert caregivers who have (English title Redemption Impossible), baby, as many as 10 more likely died in worked with each other and with these these residents have made an extraordinary the process, starting with the youngster’s animals for years. Their uniforms say MRXUQH\,QWHUYLHZVZLWK,33/$GYLVRU\ mother. IPPL ews 10 N | April 2014 www.ippl.org See It For Yourself Please support the work of directors Christian Rost and Claus Strigel. DVDs of their documentary Unter Menschen/Redemption Impossible (in German and English with English subtitles) are available online (from http://denkmal-film.com/ paypalshop/PayPalorder.html). Additional information is available DWWKH¿OP¶V(QJOLVK:HEVLWH http:// Photo © Redemption Impossible, DENKmal-Film unter-menschen.de/Index2_E.html). And you can visit the Immuno chimps online (www.gut-aiderbichl.com). Caregiver Renata Foidl and her colleagues 0DQ\WKDQNVWRWKHVH¿OPPDNHUVIRU have spent years with these 40 former lab publicizing the touching story of these chimps (including Johannes here) and have incredible apes. formed deeply affectionate bonds with them. Chimps turn the corner and Austria, but this would be taking Wiedergutmachen? In 1997, Immuno finally got out of things to a new level. Initially reluctant, $WRQHSRLQWLQWKH¿OPWKHFDUHJLYHU the AIDS vaccine business as well as the KH¿QDOO\DJUHHGWRWDNHUHVSRQVLELOLW\ $QQHPDULHUHÀHFWVWKDW³UHGHPSWLRQ´DV lawsuit business—both fruitless ventures IRUWKHODEFKLPSVZKRKDGVDFUL¿FHGVR rendered in German—Wiedergutmachen, productive of more misery than anything much. Their four dedicated caregivers literally, to make good again—is not really else—and let itself get bought out by the were allowed to stay on, as well. possible for these chimps. Too much has 86SKDUPDFHXWLFDO¿UP%D[WHU%D[WHUKDG been taken from them, too much physical QRLQWHUHVWLQGRLQJH[SHULPHQWVRQFKLPSV Into the sun and psychological damage has been done. Not only that, instead of euthanizing the &RQVWUXFWLRQUDPSVXSRQWKHXQ¿QLVKHG Some of the 40 chimps have been so DQLPDOVLQ%D[WHUJHQHURXVO\DJUHHG chimp facility, particularly on a series of impaired by their years in isolation that they to send them to the Gänserndorf Safari Park 11 spacious outdoor enclosures that would are no longer capable of being re-socialized: and provide money for a retirement facility. ¿QDOO\HQDEOHWKHDSHVWRH[SHULHQFHWKH they are condemned to a life of solitude— Plans were made to re-integrate primates touch of nature once again. For some, and chimps can live up to 60 years. who had not been part of a normal social like Moritz (who was part of the Immuno Later, in 2012, 11 of the most severely group since they were toddlers. Hundreds shipment in 1986), this would be the traumatized chimps, who remain infected of careful pairwise introductions had to ¿UVWWLPHWKH\ZRXOGEHDEOHWRHQMR\WKH with AIDS and hepatitis and who live in be made. The 2002 footage of Ingrid and freedom to move about in the open air since WKHVHSDUDWH%+RXVHZRXOGEHTXLHWO\ 3QNWFKHQWHQGHUO\HPEUDFLQJIRUWKH¿UVW they left Africa; for others, like Xsara (who released into their own smaller outdoor time after years of separation is one of the was born inside the lab), this would be the enclosures. These specially-built areas are KLJKSRLQWVRIWKH¿OP ¿UVWWLPHWKHLUIHHWKDGHYHUWRXFKHGJUDVV made of a series of 30-foot-high arches %XWDOOWKLVSURJUHVVFDPHWRDVWXWWHULQJ The documentary’s finale highlights covered by heavy-duty wire mesh. There, halt two years later when the park went the 2011 gala release of a group of ten although they must live alone, they still bankrupt. It became clear that there was chimpanzees from A-House into a half-acre can see other chimps, have access to the QRWHQRXJKPRQH\XQGHUWKHH[LVWLQJ outdoor enclosure, open to the sky, complete outdoors, and feel safe. system to complete the original plan. For with climbing structures, visual barriers, and No one would never call the Immuno WKH¿YHIROORZLQJ\HDUVWKHIDWHRIWKH a water pool. The chimps waiting inside know FKLPSVIRUWXQDWH%XWQRRQHZKRZDWFKHV chimps remained desperately uncertain. something incredible is about to happen. The the footage of them scampering about and Then the chimps’ caregiver Renate JUHDWVOLGLQJGRRUVORZO\RSHQVÀRRGLQJWKH H[SORULQJWKHLUQHZVXUURXQGLQJVLQWKH approached the head of the Gut Aiderbichl interior space with unobstructed sunlight. sun can deny that their lives have been Foundation, Michael Aufhauser, asking The chimps—grinning, hooting, and hugging immeasurably improved since their bleak him to accept the chimps under his care. nervously inside their communal indoor days in the lab. For once, humankind has Gut Aiderbichl operates several well- area—cautiously appear in the doorway. actually shown some humanity toward respected sanctuaries (primarily for Then by degrees, singly or in small groups, other primates and taken responsibility rescued domestic animals) in Germany they step outside. for the harm done in our name. IPPL ews www.ippl.org N | April 2014 11 Out of the Ashes A Chimp Sanctuary in the Congo Recovers from Arson Sharon Strong, IPPL Program Coordinator In the early morning of September UHVLGHQWV $OOWKH\RXQJFKLPSDQ]HHV the sanctuary’s wonderful education WKH-$&.&KLPSDQ]HH living there were rescued from illegal complex had been burned, in addition Sanctuary suffered from a premeditated trade.) The city of Lubumbashi in to thousands of square meters of arson attack. The facility’s water system the southern Democratic Republic of sanctuary forest. Roxane and Franck had been furtively disabled the previous &RQJRZKHUH-$&.LVORFDWHGKDV &KDQWHUHDX-$&.¶VFRIRXQGHUV day. With thanks to good luck as much no municipal fire department, so the immediately set about rebuilding the as anything else—no wind that night, an sanctuary had to rely on its own resources KXWVUHVWRFNLQJWKHPZLWKUHSDLUHG alert security guard, and enough water to cope with the disaster. signage and educational materials, and available in the little stream that runs When IPPL learned of this cowardly (just as important) hiring additional through the property—the sanctuary attack—the second one at the sanctuary in security guards. Unfortunately (but not staff and helpers were able to put out seven years—we immediately appealed unexpectedly), the police have made no WKH¿UHEHIRUHLWJRWRXWRIFRQWURODQG to our supporters for assistance in the arrests in the case, and the criminal(s) HQGDQJHUHGWKHOLYHVRIWKHFKLPS recovery. Two huts that were part of responsible remain at large. IPPL ews 12 N | April 2014 www.ippl.org Photo © J.A.C.K. Sanctuary Thank you! It has been a miracle having the International Primate Protection League LQWHUYHQLQJVRTXLFNO\WRVXSSRUWXV(YHU\RQHDW-$&.²RXUWHDPDQGRXU Above, education hut #2, immediately “FKLPSDQ]HHERDUGHUV²DUHPRUHWKDQJUDWHIXOWR'U0F*UHDOKHUWHDPDQGWKH after the attack, is still smoldering. IPPL sponsors and members who have responded so fast and so generously. Thanks to all of you, not only has our sanctuary been able to restore the damaged education Below, the newly restored structure EXLOGLQJVEXWZHKDYHDOVRVKRZQWKHDUVRQLVW V WKDW-$&.LVQ¶WDORQHDQGKDV looks ready to welcome visitors again. JRRGDQGVWURQJIULHQGVZKRVXSSRUWLWVDFWLYLWLHV Roxane” and Franck Chantereau -$&.¶VFRIRXQGHUV Photo © J.A.C.K. Sanctuary IPPL ews www.ippl.org N | April 2014 13 The Story of Cedar Sharon Strong, IPPL Program Coordinator When we first meet a ground for pet macaques PRQNH\QDPHG&qGUH who have outgrown we see he is a lively little their “cute” phase and Barbary macaque, almost are no longer wanted. a year old, living with +RZHYHUWKH]RR¶VVSDFH his family in the cedar is limited, and in any case IRUHVWVRI0RURFFR+HLV LWFDQEHYHU\GLI¿FXOWWR the hero of a book by the Drawings © Mark Rademaker integrate mature animals VDPHQDPHZULWWHQLQ)UHQFKDQG$UDELF SDJHVKDUGFRYHU ZKLFKZDV into existing social groups. It makes more (Cèdre is French for cedar) and intended written and illustrated by a young Dutchman sense to reduce the “supply” of discarded IRU0RURFFDQVFKRROFKLOGUHQDJHVIRXUWR QDPHG0DUN5DGHPDNHUDQGSURGXFHGE\ monkeys at the source. HLJKW8QIRUWXQDWHO\&qGUHPHHWVWKHIDWH 0RURFFDQ3ULPDWH&RQVHUYDWLRQ 03& DQ ,QWKH¿QDOSDJHV VSRLOHUDOHUW RQH RIWRRPDQ\RIKLVIHOORZPDFDTXHV KH organization founded in 2005 to counteract RIKLVRZQHU¶VFKLOGUHQWDNHV&qGUHEDFN is trapped by a peasant farmer, sold to a WKHLOOHJDOWUDGHLQWKHVHPRQNH\V 03& to the wild, where he is reunited with his PHUFKDQWDQGHYHQWXDOO\¿QGVKLPVHOID director Els van Lavieren spoke at IPPL’s monkey family. Of course, the ending is lonely and neglected pet in a big city. ELHQQLDO6XSSRUWHUV¶0HHWLQJLQ never that straightforward for the young Last year, IPPL sent zoologist Keri 03&¶VJRDOLVWRJHWWKHVWRU\RI&qGUH macaques who are taken away from &DLUQVWRLQYHVWLJDWHWKHSOLJKWRIWKH LQWRDWOHDVWVFKRROVORFDWHGLQWKH their families in reality. But teaching %DUEDU\PDFDTXHLQ0RURFFR ZKHUHWKH PDFDTXHKDELWDWUHJLRQVRI$]URXDQGWKH children that monkeys are, in fact, much VSHFLHVLVQDWLYH DQG*LEUDOWDU ZKHUH &DVFDGHVG¶2X]RXGDVZHOODVDQXPEHU happier left in the wild is a lesson in both it has been introduced). In the course of RI1*2HGXFDWLRQFHQWHUVDQGWKHNLGV¶ conservation and compassion that bears his travels (see IPPL News$SULO SURJUDPDW5DEDW=RR,QUHFHQW\HDUV frequent repeating. IPPL is glad to partner SDJH KHVDZWKDWWKHVHDQLPDOV the zoo has become the de facto dumping ZLWK03&WRVSUHDGWKLVPHVVDJH DUHVXIIHULQJIURPDYDULHW\RIKXPDQ LPSRVHGLOOV KDELWDWGHVWUXFWLRQE\ORJJLQJ and quarrying operations, diseases like respiratory infections and obesity from too much contact with tourists and their junk food, and population declines from trapping young animals for the unlawful (but tacitly permitted) trade in pets or enticements for FXULRXVWRXULVWV$VDUHVXOWHYHQWKRXJK these primates (like macaques generally) are hardy and adaptable, it is likely that there are fewer than 15,000 of them left in the wild. IPPL has resolved to provide DGGLWLRQDODVVLVWDQFHWRQRQJRYHUQPHQWDO RUJDQL]DWLRQV 1*2V LQ0RURFFRWKDW are trying to curb the negative impact of human activities on Barbary macaques. One project is the sponsorship of this book Wild Barbary macaques in Morocco. IPPL ews 14 N | April 2014 www.ippl.org Photo © C.A.R.E. After Rita: A Letter from C.A.R.E. Rita Miljo, founder of the C.A.R.E. baboon rehabilitation center, has left a lasting legacy for South Africa’s baboons. Dear Shirley and all of our incredible destruction of some of our main buildings, largest baboon rehabilitation center—to be supporters at IPPL, so that we can continue Rita’s legacy. more sustainable. We are writing to update you on $IWHUWKH¿UHLWWRRNDORQJZKLOHWR $IWHU DOO WKH SODQQLQJ SHUPLW the progress we have made since the get things going again. “Primate People” applications, and the installation of an SDVVLQJRIRXUIRXQGHU5LWD0LOMRLQWKH have to be patient in their line of work, but HOHFWULFDOWUDQVIRUPHUZHFRXOG¿QDOO\ GHYDVWDWLQJ¿UHWKDWVWUXFNRXUEDERRQ KHUHWKHSKUDVH³$IULFDQ7LPH´DOVRFRPHV begin. But now there are lots of positive sanctuary in July 2012. The entire team to mind. In addition, we didn’t want to GHYHORSPHQWVWRUHSRUW DW&$5(LVVRJODGIRUWKLVRSSRUWXQLW\ UXVKDQGUHEXLOGVXEVWDQGDUGVWUXFWXUHV $Q\RQHZKRKDVYLVLWHG&$5(ZLOO to say a huge thank you. We are full of instead, we strategically decided to use be familiar with our infamous habituated gratitude to all those who helped us get our available funds to design facilities that wild troop of baboons, the Longtits. The over the tragic loss of our mentor and the ZRXOGDOORZ&$5(²DV6RXWK$IULFD¶V members of this resident troop know they “Thank you!” The grateful team at C.A.R.E. recently posed in front of their new baboon clinic built with funds from IPPL supporters. Photo © C.A.R.E. IPPL ews www.ippl.org N | April 2014 15 are safe within the boundaries of C.A.R.E., building and other areas of the C.A.R.E. and that has helped us to move forward and they are a source of enrichment sanctuary. in this regard. We have recently found and teaching to our captive baboons In addition, the foundations of the an incredible nature reserve consisting undergoing rehabilitation. C.A.R.E. is baboon kitchen have been laid. This is of almost 19,000 hectares (475,000 acres) situated within a larger “nature reserve” where the volunteers will prepare bottles of protected wildlife habitat. It has consisting of individually owned (and for the youngest orphans as well as food rolling hills, forests, rivers, and beautiful previously fenced) plots. Rita’s plot has and enrichment for all the sanctuary escarpments: a baboon paradise. We have been the home to the Longtits since the EDERRQV(YHUVLQFHWKH¿UHGHVWUR\HG done pre-release habitat assessments and early 1990s, when neighboring landowners our original facilities, we have had to now are just waiting for the permit to come used to kill baboons and other so-called carry out these tasks inside our volunteer WKURXJK6RZDWFKWKLVVSDFH vermin. The baboons took refuge within accommodations, which is far from ideal, C.A.R.E. has grown far beyond Rita’s the boundaries of Rita’s land, which later but the new building is coming along fast. expectations. It has been a long journey, became the C.A.R.E. baboon sanctuary. We have also constructed a prototype and we are inspired that so many people As much as we adore the Longtits, we of a new kind of electric-fenced, semi- have been willing to walk it with us, have planned for our new clinic facilities wild enclosure. Keeping captive baboons because we cannot do it without help. and visitor area to be within an electric in but wild baboons, vervet monkeys, We still have a long way to go to ensure fence, keeping them away from too many and leopards out is a challenge in this that our baboons will once again know humans and ensuring the safety of any HQYLURQPHQWVRZHQHHGWRUH¿QHWKLQJV freedom, but thanks to IPPL and all of visiting schoolchildren. The fence was a a bit. But once we have a workable design, its supporters, we are getting closer to KXJHXQGHUWDNLQJEXWLWKDV¿QDOO\EHHQ we hope to construct more of these our goal. ¿QLVKHG²DQGLVQRZOLYH enclosures at C.A.R.E. The baboons cannot speak for Thanks to IPPL, inside this fence we :HVWLOOQHHGWR¿QDOL]HIXQGLQJIRU themselves, but we know that they now have a brand-new, beautiful clinic, the new sanctuary enclosures, the nursery are sleeping soundly tonight with full GHVLJQHGVSHFL¿FDOO\IRUWKHEDERRQV,I enclosure, and the Education Centre. tummies and warm friends to huddle with. it weren’t for IPPL’s help, we certainly These structures will be built within Please continue to support us through the would not have been able to embark the electric fence, out of view from the next phases of development and help us on this project. The clinic has its own rehabilitation area, where baboons slated FDUHIRUWKHVHDPD]LQJDQLPDOV kitchen, storage facilities, examination for release will live with limited human With many thanks on behalf of the area, surgery, patient holding room, contact. Once all this is in place, we can C.A.R.E. team, ODXQGU\DQGRI¿FHVRWKDWWKHUHZLOO welcome schoolchildren to C.A.R.E. Samantha Dewhirst be no cross-contamination between this so they can learn to appreciate these Assisting Centre Manager incredible primates. Carrying out health checks.During the rebuilding process, we have Assessing a new baboon release site. also been busy with daily operations. Running a rehabilitation center for almost 500 baboons is an immense undertaking. IPPL has assisted our Welfare and Enrichment Development Coordinator, Molly Jorges, with funding for various projects around the center. Thanks to Molly’s hard work, many troops now have new, larger, or upgraded enclosures. Moving baboons into new enclosures provides us with a welcome opportunity to perform health examinations, which include administering TB tests, new kinds of contraceptive implants, deworming medications, and tetanus vaccinations, as needed. Our main goal is to release every baboon that comes into our care. Due to lots of red tape and relatively few release sites, we have struggled in the past to release baboons back to the wild as often as we would like. But we are opening new lines Photo © C.A.R.E. of communication with the authorities, Photo © C.A.R.E. IPPL ews 16 N | April 2014 www.ippl.org Charges Brought Against Indonesian Monkey Poacher Shirley McGreal, IPPL Founder and Executive Director Supporters of ProFauna Indonesia had 3UR)DXQDDQ,QGRQHVLDQSURZLOGOLIH RI ³&RQFHUQLQJWKH&RQVHUYDWLRQRI a shock when they discovered a certain activist group, started to receive complaints Living Resources and Their Ecosystems,” Facebook post, dated January 27, 2014. from supporters and members of the public Hunting, trading, and keeping They saw a photo of a group of eight LQHDUO\0DUFKDQGFDSWXUHGVFUHHQVKRWV a protected wildlife species without KXQWHUVVHYHUDORIWKHPKROGLQJULÀHV of the photos as evidence. It was suspected permission is determined to be a violation they were showing off dead Javan ebony that the dead langurs would be eaten and and whoever breaks this law shall be langurs, members of an endangered the babies sold at a local wildlife market, liable to punishment by imprisonment up species. perhaps to become pets. WRDPD[LPXPRI\HDUVDQGD¿QHXSWRD Two of the hunters were holding baby 2Q0DUFK5DGLXV1XUVLGL maximum of IDR 100 million [US$8,800]. langurs. Baby langurs are born with bright 3UR)DXQD¶V:HVW-DYDUHSUHVHQWDWLYH¿OHG ProFauna appeals to the police to crack orange coats. The Facebook account a case with the West Java Police. Ozzy’s down on these illegal acts by enforcing EHORQJHGWR2]]\6\DKSXWUD0XKDPPDG Facebook page is now deleted, and a the prevailing law, to give a wary effect $NEDU7KH)DFHERRNSRVWDOVRKDG search leads you to links to stories about to the wrongdoers. another photo of one dead langur propped the gruesome slaughter of the monkeys up holding a water bottle, his face covered and subsequent plans to arrest Ozzy and ProFauna is continuing to monitor the with blood. KLVFROOHDJXHV6RIDUKHKDVQRWDSSHDUHG handling of the case by police. The group In his complaint hopes the publicity it drew to the case will 5DGLXV1XUVLGLVWDWHG EHDGHWHUUHQWWRRWKHUZRXOGEHSRDFKHUV The act of hunting endangered wildlife IPPL and ProFauna species which are 6LQFH ,33/KDVEHHQKHOSLQJWKLV publicly displayed, in group with grants to assist with a variety this case on the social of primate projects. These have included network are likely to a successful campaign to ban a planned encourage other people export of proboscis monkeys, a study to do the same crime. of the status and abuse of macaques on This is a serious threat the island of Sulawesi, and inspections for our biodiversity! of Indonesia’s notorious “bird markets.” Radius stated The group also holds many creative demonstrations. In their effort to protect The shocking that, according to Indonesia’s Law no. 5 the Javan ebony langur, ProFauna Facebook photo. supporters bravely blocked the road along which a minister was travelling. How You Can Help Stop the Slaughter They asked him to add the langur to the Please send letters requesting the prosecution and punishment of Ozzy Syahputra protected animals list—and he did. 0XKDPPDG$NEDUDQGRWKHUVIRUWKHLULQYROYHPHQWLQWKHNLOOLQJRIWKH-DYDQODQJXUV WRWKH&KLHIRI3ROLFHRI:HVW-DYD Kapolda Jawa Barat $OVRSOHDVHH[SUHVV\RXUFRQFHUQWR Mr. Irjen Polisi Drs. Mochamad Iriawan, MM.MH Jl. Soekarno Hatta No. 748 His Excellency the Ambassador of Indonesia Bandung Embassy of Indonesia INDONESIA 2020 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 3OHDVHVHQGDFRS\RI\RXUOHWWHUWR U.S.A. ProFauna Headquarters His Excellency the Ambassador of Indonesia Jl. Raya Candi II No. 179 Embassy of Indonesia Klaseman, Karangbesuki 38 Grosvenor Square Malang 65146 London W1K 2HW INDONESIA UNITED KINGDOM (PDLO [email protected] IPPL ews www.ippl.org N | April 2014 17 Special Gifts to IPPL Given by: • Richard AbbottLQKRQRURI6KLUOH\0F*UHDO2%(D • Vannie HueyLQKRQRURI,33/JLEERQ+HOHQ “giant” in the primate humane movement • Geraldine Hufker, in honor of Pamela Dauphin • Jody Adams, in memory of golden spider monkey Lucy Jean • Mayumi Matson HughesLQPHPRU\RIP\GDUOLQJV&KHVWHU • Sheila AhlerLQKRQRURI6KLUOH\0F*UHDO and Smokie • Susan Andersen, in honor of IPPL gibbon Igor • Rosemarie KalinowskiLQPHPRU\RI$PDQGD • Rebecca AustinLQPHPRU\RI,33/JLEERQ0LFKHOOH • Lee Kayaloff, in honor of IPPL gibbon Igor • Pamela Baird, in memory of Kiley Baird • Joan Claire Knitaitis, in memory of IPPL gibbon Beanie • Barbara BassoLQPHPRU\RI*RQHDQG)ORSV\ • Ann and Bill KorosLQPHPRU\RI*H]D7HOHNL • Cynthia BocianLQKRQRURI&DURO\Q0%RFLDQ • Kristin LasekLQKRQRURI7KH*LEVWHU • Melinda BrisbenLQKRQRURIP\QHSKHZ%ULDQ*LRYDQQLQL • Beverly Law, in honor of Diana Brin IPPL board member • Cathy LissLQKRQRURI$QQ%DURQH • Debra Bruegge, in memory of my sister Bonnie Brown • Katherine LosifLQPHPRU\RI1DQF\6XH*URE\%HQHGLFW • Carole Anne Byck and Malia, in honor of Kayla Brenner’s • Mary Jane LowLQPHPRU\RI$OE\6SLFH±6XSHU.LWW\ birthday • Shane Lundberg, in honor of Vivian Lundberg • Carol ChapinLQPHPRU\RI+RSS\%RSDQG%LOO\:LOOLDP • Dani Maron-OliverLQPHPRU\RI$PEHUDVTXLUUHO • Judith ChristrupLQKRQRURI-DQHW&KULVWUXS¶VWK monkey birthday • Manuel MartinezLQPHPRU\RI0DQXHO0DUWLQH] • Gail ClingermanLQKRQRURI6DELQD&OLQJHUPDQ • Tina McCoyLQKRQRURI1RUWK¶Vth birthday • Brien ComerfordLQKRQRURIDOO*RG¶VFUHDWXUHV • Shirley McGrealLQPHPRU\RI*H]D7HOHNLZKRVH • Sian Evans and Bob Cooper, in memory of Evan Evans dedication to IPPL’s mission knew no bounds • Pam Dauphin, in honor of Joanne Pierce’s birthday • Shirley McGrealLQPHPRU\RI$OLVRQ-ROO\WKHOHPXUV¶ • Douglas De Camella, in memory of Blackie best friend • Martha Diaz, in honor of Treble • Mr. R. 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Throughout his life he was a crusader for chimpanzees and all primates. ,WLVOHVVZHOONQRZQWKDWLQKLVHDUO\FDUHHU*H]DVWXGLHGD FRORQ\RIJLEERQVEHLQJPDLQWDLQHGRQ+DOO,VODQGRII%HUPXGD +H³EOHZWKHZKLVWOH´RQWKHDEXVLYHWUHDWPHQWLQÀLFWHGRQWKHP by cruel experimenters. *H]DZURWHVHYHUDOVFKRODUO\ERRNVLQFOXGLQJ The Predatory Behavior of Wild Chimpanzees+HDOVRZURWHRQHFKLOGUHQ¶V book about gibbons, called Aerial Apes (and dedicated to ,33/¶V6KLUOH\0F*UHDODQG$UGLWK(XGH\ DQGWZRDERXW chimpanzees, titled Goblin: A Wild Chimpanzee and Leakey the Elder: A Chimpanzee and his Community. *H]DLVVXUYLYHGE\KLVZLIH+HDWKHU0F*LI¿QZKRLVDOVRD PHPEHURI,33/¶V$GYLVRU\%RDUGDQGKLVVRQ$LGDQ Goodbye to Cyril Rosen &\ULO5RVHQZKRIRXQGHG,33/ 8. LQ GLHGRQ 6DWXUGD\'HFHPEHU+HZDVDUHVLGHQWRIWKH,VOH RI0DQZKHUHKHPRYHGIURP(QJODQGLQ$PRQJ his accomplishments was testifying in a celebrated monkey cruelty trial (see IPPL News$SULO SDJH 7KH5R\DO&ROOHJHRI6XUJHRQVZDVFRQYLFWHGLQWKLV SUHFHGHQWVHWWLQJFDVH Working with IPPL’s Spanish Representatives, the ODWH6LPRQDQG3HJJ\7HPSOHU&\ULODOVRRUJDQL]HG a long and eventually successful campaign to end the abuse of chimpanzees used as tourist touts on Spanish beaches. The hapless young animals often had their teeth chiseled out and were fed tranquillizers to make them docile enough to pose for tourist photos (see IPPL News, $XJXVW SDJH 7KHVXUYLYLQJFKLPSDQ]HHVZHUH WUDQVIHUUHGWRWKH0RQNH\:RUOG$SH5HVFXH&HQWUH LQWKH8.+HZDVSUHGHFHDVHGE\KLVZLIH*LQDDQG EHORYHGPRQDPRQNH\6RXVD5,3&\ULO Photo © Howard Rosen • Trisha SwansonLQPHPRU\RI*ORULD6ZDQVRQ • Friedrich WendlLQKRQRURI,33/JLEERQ3DOX3DOX • Paul Toellner, in honor of Baru Toellner • Dr. Kristin Whitehurst, in honor of Scarface • George Vihlstrand, in memory of Sally • Edda and William WilliamsLQPHPRU\RI-RVLH9DQ*HQW • Susan WaldronLQPHPRU\RIWZLQUDFFRRQV+DQNDQG Eddell Damn • Eleanor Ziegler, in memory of Bro Roy Ferrin • Grace Wegman, in memory of Journey IPPL ews www.ippl.org N | April 2014 19 Remember the World’s Primates–In Your Will Ever since I founded the International Primate Protection League in 1973, IPPL has benefited from many caring supporters who have remembered IPPL in their wills. You, too, can help us ensure that future generations of apes and monkeys will live in a world where primates will have IPPL working tirelessly on their behalf—working to ensure that primates in the wild are free from fear of human abuse and that those in captivity have access to loving care. Thanks to the foresight of many of our departed supporters, IPPL has been able to accomplish many wonderful things to improve the lives of the primates we cherish: Providing the best possible care for the special gibbons at our Headquarters Sanctuary. Giving support to primate rescue centers in countries where primates are native. Assisting grassroots wildlife groups in their efforts to promote concern for primates. Carrying out investigations of primate trafficking and abuse worldwide. Doing outreach to make others aware of the plight of the world’s monkeys and apes. 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IPPL ews 22 N | April 2014 www.ippl.org IPPL Gibbons Currently Available for Adoption IPPL BOARD OF DIRECTORS 6KLUOH\0F*UHDO)RXQGHU Tong belongs to a different species from most of IPPL’s IPPL ews www.ippl.org N | April 2014 23 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED P.O. Box 766 NON-PROFIT Summerville SC 29484 U.S. POSTAGE USA PAID SOUTHERN MD PERMIT NO. 4507 PRINTED MATTER Meet IPPL’s Chloe! Ahhh, tempestuous Chloe—none of our gibbons are quite like her! If you meet her face-to-face, she’s definitely a little funny- looking, but she has tons of personality. Her goofy looks are partly due to the absence of her four canines, which were removed when she was a pet. But her companion Blackie does not seem to mind her appearance. He does not seem to mind her rowdy behavior, either. She famously does not like (other) blondes and will let you know it—but, just because you’re a brunette, don’t assume she’ll take to you, either! She does love her bananas, though, and the riper the better, even if they give her hiccups. She also has a distinctive, raspy voice. If you happen to be one of the favored few and manage to slip her an acceptable treat, she’ll make happy little “Oo! Oo!” noises like the other gibbons, but Chloe’s version is more of a throaty, blues- singer-esque coo.