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THE OLD BLOCK STUMPY By Jeremy Keeling & Karen Swann By Emily Wren Chippy Freddie

It’s been an eventful time in Chippy’s woolly house recently as he’s On November 29th 2016, Freddie and Toto, two male stump- been busy giving us more babies! tailed macaques arrived at Monkey World. Unlike the majority baby at the young age of seven. Primate of our macaques, these two are not “ugly monkeys” and did Care Staff (PCS) managed to retrieve the baby, warm him up which took some time, not come from a laboratory. Toto and Freddie came to us via and give him some vital fluids. Natuurhulpcentrum rescue centre in Belgium.

We wanted to give Ayla another chance Previously Toto had been living in Split Very soon after they moved into our with the little man, so the next day, Zoo in Croatia and Freddie came to stumpy house, we opened the connecting under careful observation, we put the the Belgian centre from a zoo and had door between the two new arrivals. After baby back into a bedroom and let Ayla been living with an elderly female who the usual pushing and shoving to establish Toto’s in the house. through in the hope that she may pick unfortunately died before we could bring a hierarchy they settled in just fine. There him up. Sadly Ayla showed no interest them to Monkey World. Toto and Freddie were lots of nice greetings with Freddie at all and actively stayed away from lived in cages next to each other but had taking the submissive role. We believe the baby. Our second option was to try Alison feeding baby Cosmo. no physical contact. Toto is the younger of the two, due to body Cassius another female. Xingu, as her most condition, which is why Freddie may have recent offspring, Olivia, is nearly a automatically taken the submissive role. At the end of last year on the 6th year old and doesn’t rely solely on Xingu’s Physically they both look healthy but Toto December, experienced mum Piquita milk anymore. If Xingu chose to adopt the has some stereotypic behaviours that may gave birth to a healthy baby boy who was baby she could feed him naturally. Sadly have developed when he was living in named Cassius. Piquita and Cassius are Xingu was not interested either and made unsuitable conditions. doing extremely well. Piquita has always no attempt to pick him up or interact with Cosmo snuggled in blanket been very confident and relaxed when him. Unfortunately our other females, who The two boys are living on one side of the it comes to raising her babies and takes have proved to be excellent mums, are tied stump-tailed macaque house but have yet to motherhood in her stride. Little Cassius is up with their own young babies, therefore Our stumpy family wait to meet the new boys. Jeremy brought the stumpies back to Monkey be introduced to our grumpy lot. Socialising already growing in confidence, spending it is now down to Alison and the PCS to World. is a very deep and meaningful (for want of thus giving all the macaques more space time climbing off mum, and interacting hand-rear the baby boy, who has been a better description) part of a stump-tail’s Negotiations had been in the pipeline for to use in their outdoor enclosures. Our well with all the other individuals in the named Cosmo. He has had a rough start life so we are taking plenty of time before a considerable time before I (Jeremy) was macaques are not the most welcoming of group. You may remember that at the end in life but we have managed to get him we introduce Toto and Freddie to the other able to drive to Belgium to collect these groups so introductions will be slow and of November Pacaja also gave birth. Both healthy and strong and we will continue “people” that will make up their new family. chaps. The plan was to add them to our steady. We hope to create a lovely stump- are well and Pacaja’s little boy has been to care for him until he is five months old We also wanted to wait until spring for the established group of eight “ugly monkeys” tail group for Toto, Freddie, and all the named Claud. and able to rejoin his woolly family. At just introductions when the weather is better others to live out the rest of their days. over three months old, Cosmo now weighs (two males & six females) who had been On February 16th, first time mum Ayla also 900 grams and is already spending the rescued from two different laboratories. gave birth to a baby boy. Unfortunately, days down at Chippy’s house in a bedroom The Belgian animal care staff were very when we arrived in the morning we found specially designed for him. Chippy, in efficient and they had the boys crated the baby lying alone on the playroom floor, particular, is very interested in the baby so late at night with very little effort. Both of cold. We don’t know why Ayla did not care we are hopeful that Cosmo’s future in the Cosmo is climbing really well now. them, in true stumpy style, were very stoic for her beautiful baby but this was her first group will be a good one. in their transport accommodation and munched the miles away until we arrived back at the park in the early afternoon.

Piquita and Cassius Pacaja and Claud Cosmo Jeremy with Toto Toto and Freddie 2 3 ENDANGERED ASIAN SPECIES TRUST By Marina Kenyon www.go-east.org Email: [email protected] Same but different DAO TIEN UPDATE Loc and Duane were hunted from the same region in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, Kon Tum. On February 25th the Vice President Vice President of Vietnam of Vietnam, Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, We are waiting for DNA to confirm they are Four months on, Duane has a beautiful coat, accompanied by 50 officials and family not Nomascus gabriellae but Nomascus is gaining weight and condition, swings and visits Dao Tien Endangered visited Dao Tien. This visit was an annamensis, a species identified in 2010, plays throughout the day without stopping, unofficial visit, as the Vice President was located beyond the northern range edge and in the last week has slowly started to Primate Species Centre choosing to visit Cat Tien in her spare of Nomascus gabriellae. They still have pick up fruit and eat. At last! time. She saw the young gibbons Hoi and Vang in the trees from golden-cheeks and sound very similar to our high viewing tower, learnt all about our last 10 years of pygmy gabriellae, but DNA suggests a significant As for Loc, her time in the illegal trade was loris releases, and watched all our educational videos. What was difference. short but equally her time with her mother so lovely was that she paid attention to every detail of our work. was also short, estimated less than 6 weeks. It was an honour, especially knowing that in the Vice-President’s Duane was rescued in November 2016, Her mother would have been hunted, most Baby Loc was tiny on arrival at Dao Tien. free time she wanted to see and learn more about the primate and was mentally and physically one of the likely for meat, and Loc was rescued by a we have selected two adult females who we conservation challenge in South Vietnam, being led by Cat Tien. most damaged individuals we have ever worker at the construction camp. When hope will be able to fill the role of a surrogate rescued on Dao Tien. He was discovered the construction worker returned to Ho Chi big sister/mum for Duane and Loc. The in the illegal trade by Facebook posts of Minh City he contacted Dao Tien to take her. two females, Dao and Uh have suitable him swaddled like a baby. Friends of Cuc All we knew was that we had a 500g baby personalities and affinity with youngsters. Phoung in the North of Vietnam had seen who needed immediate rescue. Imagining Watch this space! the post and we got the call for help. The a very sick individual we organised rescue young male, estimated at 14 months old, the next morning, but were pleased to find had been swaddled tightly with his arms and a healthy young female with a strong will to live. For the next days it was feeds round the clock every hour and a half. She was Vice President Thinh and family with the director of the Cat Tien National being fed a pet cat milk which was not rich Park, Nguyen van Dien, and his team. Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh and family had a tour of Dao Tien. enough for her. We gradually transferred her to the correct milk and the difference in her strength was amazing and equally at last she would go a little further in the Have you seen my mum? night without feeds, full on the human milk powder. It was wonderful to see that people Loc’s cage next to Duane’s enclosure. Over the last months Dao Tien has rescued five young gibbons, all with different from all walks of life were prepared to try levels of physical and emotional damage. Two of the gibbons, Tinh Tin and and help protect wild animals. Duane are from the illegal pet trade and the other three (Hoi, Vang and Loc) Loc is a very precocious young female, were rescued soon after their mothers had been hunted from the forest. Loc living next to Duane in the day but instead of Duane showing her how to be a gibbon, he appears to be regressing and behaving like Loc! We make sure Loc Facebook picture of Duane. spends a lot of time around legs bound so that he had not been able to the other gibbons on Dao Tien, reach out for food or to climb or move. He especially when singing, and was half the size for his age and he refused she is already trying to sing to use his arms for feeding. Duane started with them. As soon as she can using his legs within a few days and slowly swing around we will move her started to swing, but refused to use his away from direct human contact, hands for feeding. He had a good appetite in the hope she can reach fitness Tinh Tin soon after rescue, enjoying fresh air. Vang & Hoi, doing what they love, eating & playing! Duane but only if food was placed at his mouth. for release when mature. Already Loc

4 5 THE HONG KONG FIVE By Alison Cronin & Hannah Richards Axl Nicki Marley Tina Bruce As Monkey World has experience rescuing, transporting, and courting by making ‘whistling’ calls. They quarantining slow loris, we agreed to help organise the paperwork have mated a few times since and never and move five slow loris that had been confiscated from the black seem to leave each other’s side. market trade in Hong Kong and were being kept at Kadoori Farms We also paired Tina and Marley & Botanic Gardens. together. Marley was very interested in Tina and followed her but Tina got defensive. Eventually she calmed down and got used to Marley being Axl so forward and let him groom her. They eventually started courting and Tina have possibly mated – we are not 100% sure due to the nocturnal lighting in the house and the mass of furry limbs that we see!

Bruce is still living by himself as Bu is waiting for him until their quarantine period has finished (which has just happened). We often find him looking over at the other pairs so he Tina must be looking forward to getting a companion of his own. All five loris seemed comfortable in their Loris arriving at Heathrow animal reception Axl and Nicki were inseparable after their Nicki Axl specially made transport box. centre. introduction.

You may recall that in 2014 I (Alison) went with the import of the five loris so that With the hope to breed these individuals, to the Maldives to rescue a single female they could be the start of an organised we housed them opposite each other loris named Kan’bulo who had been breeding program in Europe. Best of all, with visual access so they were able confiscated by local police as part of a drug three of the five loris are boys, and one to get to know each other before being raid. There was no one in the international of them is destined to be a mate for our introduced with contact. Axl was housed MONKEY LIFEBy Susan Tunstall community that would help the Maldivian female Bu! opposite Nicki and was so eager to meet authorities to re-home the loris so the her that he performed play behaviour. authorities were going to have to put the It took a lot of organising but finally on We’ve described this behaviour as endangered species down. Monkey World December 20th the five loris arrived at ‘pretzel-like’ because they cross their SERIES 10 UPDATE agreed to help as a charitable act in order Heathrow in one purpose built container arms above their head in a pretzel shape to support the Maldivian police who had with five separate compartments, as and wriggle up and down vigorously. With With spring in the air at Monkey World we have done the right thing. Once Bu had finished none of the loris had ever lived together this positive response, we decided to put been busy filming updates on all the primates her quarantine at Monkey World we found in Hong Kong. All appeared healthy them together. The introduction went well at the park, including the chimpanzee groups her a home at Shaldon Wildlife Park. This and large – they were big slow loris! and after a bit of grooming and exploring playing in the sunshine and the lemurs now time it was Shaldon who came to us asking We transported them to Monkey World each other, they eventually started that they have a new member in the huddle. if we would help and got all five settled into their new Away from the park we have been filming bedrooms that were designed & built for Alison and the team on more rescues in the them and they are doing really well. Axl UK, Belgium and Russia and recently we is our most confident, vocal loris and he MONKEY LIFE followed Mikado and Tia Nang’s journey to is very inquisitive towards the primate their new home in France. care staff. Bruce is very gentle-natured We will announce when Monkey Life series and spends most of the day exploring for 10 will air later in the year! treats and resting in bamboo. Marley is SERIES our most speedy loris as he gets excited Don’t forget Monkey Life series 1 - 9 DVD’s when food has been put in, especially are available to purchase from the Monkey World locusts. Tina likes to keep to herself giftshop and online at Amazon. but is very protective over her food; her favourite being gum (tree-sap). Nicki has We enjoy hearing from fans of the show so feel free to get in touch; you can do this by emailing us at the ‘fullest figure’ and she loves sticking NINE [email protected] or via our Facebook Page. her head in a bowlful of mealworms. Axl available on DVD Marley explores his enclosure. For information or questions related to the Monkey Life TV series, please contact [email protected]. 6 7 MOON THE MIKADO & TIA-NANG START THEIR NEW LIFE By Karen Swann MARMOSET TOGETHER By Cat Talbot Hazel with Moon Mikado

Sadly the trade in primates in the UK is still prolific with the At Monkey World we have bred five golden-cheeked gibbons newest victim coming to Monkey World being a 4-5 month old over the years, but for the past few years all our ladies have been baby marmoset named Moon…supposedly a girl. on birth control as there are not a lot of good homes for them to go to when they reach maturity. After a tip off to the RSPCA from a concerned pet shop worker, Moon’s just sat quietly while she was close. He also owner was located and agreed to demonstrated how well he could sing but sign Moon over to the care of Monkey Tia-nang didn’t join in. For the next hour or World. Moon is in good health and was so both gibbons were quite active moving obviously loved by his owner but in around each other; sometimes sitting close the wrong way with clothing, shampoo or touching, other times looking at the views products, and an abundance of food from the window. This was a perfect start items that were not needed. Most with both being calm and relaxed; neither Tia-nang & Mikado were happy to meet each other. importantly without company of his (yes were stressing the other out or giving cause Moon is a boy and not a girl!) own kind for fear. he would have started to suffer living in Moon and Hazel solitary confinement. Alison and RSPCA officer Selina Chan with tiny The long journey and the excitement meant Moon in his travelling box. Tia nang the rest of the day was uneventful as they When a young marmoset comes into Moon take some food from her, Solomon Luckily for Mikado & Tia-nang, Parc were napping quite a lot. I felt very happy Monkey World we try to find a pair that on the other hand does not share food! Animalier de Sainte Croix in France to leave them in beautiful new surroundings will adopt the youngster. For Moon we The introduction went so well we decided was building a new house and an island with each other for company and the decided on Hazel and Solomon. These to leave the trio together overnight enclosure with lots of trees and was happy excellent team at Parc Animalier de Sainte two have been together for a number of and they bedded down together in the to take on a new pair of gibbons. Mikado and Croix. We wish them every success for their years and are a nice settled pair. Unlike same basket. When checking on them Tia-nang were living in separate houses so future and have heard that they are doing most of the marmosets at the park Hazel the following morning it became very it was decided to do the introduction when very well together. was reared by her parents and even apparent that Hazel was now highly they arrived in France. On April 29th it was Mikado saw them raise her younger siblings. protective of her new ‘son’ when she told an early start for the gibbon team and two We believed this experience would off any member of Primate Care Staff unsuspecting gibbons. First up was Tia- help Hazel interact with Moon. Solomon that she thought was getting too close. nang who walked into her tunnel system arrived at the park when he was even Moon was taken from his family at an and after a few moments went into her younger than Moon and was adopted extremely young age but thanks to a pet travelling box with little fuss. This was then himself. The introductions started with shop worker, the RSPCA, and Monkey repeated with Mikado and they got their Hazel first and straight away there was World he now has a new family who first look at each other as the boxes were cautious interest from both of them. appear to love him already. Moon lived alone in a birdcage at his previous loaded into the van. Hazel was the more home. confident, with Moon I travelled with them so they had a familiar Tia-nang and Mikado’s new house and island enclosure. staying in his nest face to help make the transfer easier for box. After Hazel went them and provide their favourite snacks in to see him a few on route. Both were very calm and quiet times his confidence throughout the journey and eleven hours started to grow and he later two tired gibbons were unloaded into ventured out. When we separate bedrooms in the new house. We added Solomon, Moon’s left them to get an early night ready for the interest peaked even big day tomorrow. more. Throughout the day After a tasty breakfast, we went ahead the interactions between the and opened the slides to let them meet three became more prolonged for the first time, always a tense moment. and affectionate. Hazel even let Both calmly entered the others’ room and checked what they had left from breakfast, then Tia-nang came up behind Mikado, sniffed him, then touched his back a few Hazel and Solomon with baby Moon. times. Mikado was a perfect gentleman and 8 9 MONKEY WORLD 30TH ANNIVERSARY 1987 - 2017 Picnic 4 Primates

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1987 1987 1987 1989 1992 1997 ‘Picnic at the Park’ Jim Cronin, a New Yorker, opened Jim enlisted Jeremy to help care The Pavilions under construction, Charlie arrived at Monkey World. Alison first met Jim to discuss fencing Monkey Business TV show Monkey World on August 7th 1987 for the primates, pictured with Amy which now provide home to two One of the original chimps rescued for rescued bears. They married in (now Monkey Life) first airs, to provide a stable home for abused a Bornean orang-utan, the first groups of chimps and one group of from abuse and neglect as a beach 1996, with two degrees and a PhD documenting the work of Monkey for Monkey World’s chimpanzees. resident at the park. orang-utans. photographer’s prop in Spain. Alison became scientific director. World from rescue to rehabilitation. 30th Birthday on Monday 7th August Join us for a day of entertainment, fairground stalls, fun kids activities and the 1998 1999 2000 2000 2002 2005 Monkey World joins the EEP Jim pictured with Sinbad, a rescued Alison with Lulu, rescued from a Stump-tailed macaques rescued Jeremy with Tuan, rescued from Meeting with Dr Pei of Pintung chance to meet VIP guests! breeding programme for woolly capuchin. One of the many rescues circus in Cyprus. Lulu is one of the from British laboratories where they Taiwan, found wandering the streets. Rescue Centre, Taiwan. The two monkeys, and has had success under-taken by Jim and the team at many abused chimps who have had been used in medical research. One of the many primates rescued centres have worked closely for Bring your own picnic or buy one with several births. Monkey World. been re-homed at Monkey World. as a result of the illegal pet trade. over 10 years. at the park. Also available are exclusive 30 year goody bags!

2006 2007 2008 2008 2009 2011 If you can’t make the day, join Members of the European Breeding Jim sadly passed away. JCMF (Jim Largest primate rescue in the world East (Endangered Asian Species Pygmy loris Mistletoe and Thang Continuing to rescue apes from programme, Monkey World becomes Cronin Memorial Fund) charity set up when 88 capuchins were rescued Trust) charity set up supporting are the first primates to be released abroad, with the rescue of chimpanzee in the fun by holding your own home to Europe’s only orang-utan for primate welfare and conservation from a laboratory in Chile. conservation work in South-East into the wild at Dao Tien, Vietnam, Kiki from Lebanon, who had been kept créche. and to continue his legacy. Asia at Dao Tien in Vietnam. fitted with radio collars. in a small cage on the side of a road. Picnic4Primates wherever you are! Simply buy a picnic planning pack from the gift shop website (coming soon!). Invite your guests & request donations for the primates! Create a buzz about your event by sharing it on social media, and on the Monkey World Facebook and Twitter pages #Picnic4Primates. 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 For more information First two families of golden cheeked 11 new primates arrive at Monkey Rescue of a single female loris JCMF (Jim Cronin Memorial Fund) Petition handed in to Downing Monkey World continues to offer please email [email protected] gibbons complete their rehabilitation World as victims of the legal UK pet named Kan’bulo who had been set up primate conservation and Street, with the aim of regulating the a home for primates in need from at Dao Tien and are released back trade. confiscated by local police as part of education centre at Hethfelton growing pet trade in the UK. around the globe. with a subject heading Picnic4Primates into the forest. a drug raid in the Maldives. House. 10 11 Modernising The Small BUILDING & Monkey House CHOCOLAT DINGA MAINTENANCE FROM CONGO TO KENYA By Alison Cronin By Alison Cronin Chocolat

Over winter our Maintenance and Grounds Teams have been kept busy with repairs, renewals, and care of the animal enclosures as On November 21st Monkey World veterinarian, Dr. John well as the visitor areas of the park. It is a never ending job to keep Lewis, and I made an emergency trip to Nairobi, Kenya to our monkey and ape houses and enclosures modern, refurbished, and in good working order. This is the work that goes on “behind help with an adult female chimpanzee named Chocolat. the scenes” that makes our primate rehabilitation work possible.

It was time to refurbish & modernise the squirrel Replacing Sally’s & Tuan’s Fences monkey, saki, and marmoset house.

Dr. John Lewis anaesthetised Chocolat so that x-rays could be taken.

The fences at Sally’s & Tuan’s enclosures Both ape enclosures had poles, chain were dropped and replaced. It was a big job! link, and aluminum overhangs replaced. Chocolat was Luckily for Chocolat, she was taken in adapted had been putting extreme pressure A new roof was put on and better viewing windows. a victim of the by Graziella Cotman who has cared for on her hip which now shows evidence of bushmeat trade her ever since. In 2005 Graziella took deteriorating bone disease. John has put in the Republic of Chocolat with her to Kenya, where she had Chocolat on medication to help with pain Congo 15 years hoped to rehabilitate Chocolat with other and the deteriorating condition of her hip, ago, when her chimpanzees that were also orphans of the and I discussed a weight loss program and mother was shot bushmeat trade; but this was not possible nutritional supplements that would also and killed for food due to the lack of specialized facilities in help Chocolat to get back up on her feet. by local hunters. Kenya and Chocolat’s profound handicap. At present Chocolat is only shuffling along As an infant, Over the years Chocolat has lived in a small on her bum and for her to have a future at X-ray showing gunshot Chocolat would house in Graziella’s back garden and gone Monkey World she must be able to stand fragments. Sally’s fence was done first and then Tuan’s. When both fences were replaced the have been clinging for walks in the local countryside. It was up and hobble around to live with other two ape groups swapped sides! to her mother’s body and was also hit with during one of these walks that Chocolat fell chimpanzees. We are continuing to monitor shot gun pellets when they were hunted. and suffered further damage to her hip. Chocolat’s condition, which has improved, Chocolat survived and was taken to the but only time will tell if she has a future living Other Projects local chimpanzee sanctuary, but her injuries I was asked by Graziella if Monkey World with other chimpanzees. Inside cages and tunnels were increased in size Keeping the stream that runs through and complexity. and the shotgun pellets that remained in could help Chocolat, in the short-term with Peanut & Pung-yo’s enclosure clear her head and neck were doomed to leave medical assistance and advice, but also in is hard work! the young chimpanzee crippled with little the long-term with the goal to move her to use of her right side. the park where we would introduce her to other chimpanzees. We agreed, so it was off to Kenya for a two day visit to see what her mobility was like, anaesthetise Chocolat and take x-rays, and give advice as to what could be done to help her recover to Five new the same mobility she had before her fall. bedrooms with Since she was shot in the wild Chocolat connecting has never had the use of her right hand tunnels were or foot. They have grown in a distorted Chocolat’s built for the Tunnels at the marmoset manner but luckily the pellet fragments right hand arrival of the The refurbished house now has 7 bedrooms so that complex were “baffled” did not effect her shoulder or hip joint, so and foot slow loris from the different species of monkey can co-exist more so that neighbouring she was able to walk and move her arm. have grown Hong Kong. peacefully. pairs cannot threaten Chocolat had life threatening injuries when she However, the limping gait that Chocolat distorted. each other. and her mother were hunted from the wild. 12 13 www.jimcroninmemorialfund.org

Fantastic events funding primate Great Big - Two Night Family Sleepover Event welfare, conservation & education Friday 4TH & Saturday 5th august

Join us for a fun-filled family weekend! Arrival is from 2pm on Friday followed by a light supper served at 4pm. An early evening stroll to Monkey World to watch the primates bed down for the night will be followed by a delicious dinner and mouthwatering desserts. We finish the evening around a traditional campfire with entertainment from the JCMF team! After a good night’s sleep, a full English Breakfast will be served from 8am before heading off to Monkey World prior to the park opening to the general public. You get to spend the day exploring the park at your leisure, but make sure you are back in time for dinner at 6pm, as Saturday night is movie night before relaxing around the campfire in the company of family and new friends. Finally, a light breakfast will be served on Sunday morning before guests depart.

Tickets RENT A TENT Spaces are limited - Contact us now Family (2 adults & up to 3 children) £265 Pitched and ready to go! to book your place at the event! Priced from £30 for 2 nights. Single parent (1 adult & up to 3 children) £175 call us on 01929 462487 or email [email protected] Tickets include high tea & dinner on day one, breakfast and dinner on day two and breakfast Please note that tickets for this event are on day three. Soft drinks and refreshments are available exclusively to charity members provided throughout the event. and Monkey World adoptive parents

Great Big - Two Night Adults only Sleepover Event! Friday 14TH & Saturday 15th July Remember a loved one by sponsoring a tree or a rose bush These sponsorship opportunities are a perfect way of creating a lasting and beautiful memory of a loved one no longer with us, while also supporting primate welfare and conservation. Prices start at £100 for a sponsored tree and it’s £85 for a rose bush. Both include a personalised engraved plaque placed in the beautiful Get away from it all and join us on this adults only 2 night sleepover event, exactly 30 RENT A TENT gardens surrounding the charity’s education centre. Sponsors are welcome to visit the centre by arrangement and will also receive a photograph of years to the day of the first nine chimpanzees arriving at the park! Arrival is from 2pm Pitched and ready to go! their plaque and a sponsorship certificate. on Friday the 14th of July with afternoon tea served at 4pm. Prices from £30 for 2 nights Next its off to Monkey World to watch the primates as they bed down for the night. For more information, please call us on 01929 462487 A delicious dinner and a selection of truly scrumptious desserts will then be followed or email [email protected] by our traditional campfire and entertainment from the JCMF team! After a good night’s sleep, a full English Breakfast will be served from 8am before heading off to watch the primates before the park opens to the general public. Dinner will be served from 6pm and then it’s party time! A light breakfast will be served on Sunday morning before guests depart.

Tickets are priced at £150.00 per person and are available exclusively to charity members and Monkey World adoptive parents and will include the meals mentioned above as well as refreshments throughout the event. However if you prefer something a little stronger in the evenings, please bring your own drink and a glass (preferably plastic). To book your tickets, please call us on 01929 462487 or email us on [email protected] www.jimcroninmemorialfund.org Jump for Jim Meet some of our brave jumpers! Monkey World 30th Anniversary Party! 9th September 2017 - 7.30 pm until midnight Join us in celebrating 30 years of primate rescue, welfare & conservation Sunday 3rd September 2017 Live music and fantastic food - book now to avoid disappointment! Minimum Sponsorship £375.00 Dance through the night to the incredible Alison Georgina Martin Helen Experience the thrill of a tandem skydive from 10,000ft Tickets are priced at £30 The Sweet & Lowdown, playing everything and raise funds for a great cause! per adult and £15 per child from retro swing and rock & under 16 years to include roll, to 80’s funk, 90’s R&B and We have teamed up with the lovely people at GoSkydive to modern chart - all delivered in supper and arrival drinks. offer the adrenaline junkies among us the ultimate thrill. Full their own unique style training and the experience of a lifetime will be provided by the UK’s only specialist centre for first time jumpers. To book your place, please contact us on 01929 462487 or So why not take this amazing opportunity and join Alison Heather Sam Jenny [email protected] on Sunday the 3rd of September 2017 and Jump for Jim!

Are you brave enough? Call us for more information! Primate Drawing Class with DAvid DAncey-Wood - 13th SeptembeR Zoë Gemma Join internationally renowned wildlife Artist David Dancey-Wood for a full day’s tuition drawing the primates from the park. For more information or to book your place at the event, get in touch with us on: Email: [email protected] | Telephone: 01929 462487 | Website: www.jimcroninmemorialfund.org This course is aimed at beginner to intermediate ability and a list of required materials will be sent out in advance. Tickets are priced at Sponsored Walk - A Mile For Every Year £150 to include overnight accommodation Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd September as well as breakfast, lunch and refreshments throughout the day.

For those of you who like to keep your feet on the ground, Covering 16 miles on day 1 and 14 miles on day 2, the route To book your place get your walking boots out and join us on Friday 1st and is listed as good walking terrain, but with some steep ascents please call 01929 462487 or email Saturday 2nd September for a 30 mile sponsored walk and in places. All meals as well as overnight accommodation are [email protected] complete a mile for every year that the park has been open! included. Minimum sponsorship per participant is £175.00. Meet some of our walkers! The Life of a Keeper Talk - What’s it really like to be a primate keeper? If you have ever wondered what its like to work with primates, this event is not to be missed! Join us for a frank and honest discussion about what it’s really like to be a primate keeper; the Jenny Clare Ashley highs and the lows, the good and the bad.

Arrival is from 6.30 pm, with the talk scheduled To book your place, please call us on 01929 462487 to start at 7.30 pm. Tickets are priced at £20.00

or email [email protected] to include refreshments. Overnight accomodation

is available for an additional supplement. Or for more information, please visit http://www.jimcroninmemorialfund.org/event-detail To book your place, please call 01929 462487 or /sponsored-walk-a-mile-for-every-year/2017-09-01/ Helen & Chloë Lucy & Liza You? email [email protected] Friday 20th October 2017 16 17 LETTER FROM HOW YOU THE EDITOR CAN HELP?

This newsletter has taken a while to get to go to Verwood Pet Shop for their continued you as there have been so many recent support. If you want to help more please see Hsiao-Quai such as: Volunteer Day. rescues and more that we are still working our Amazon Wish List for items we need for onating goods Help by d on. Just look at the front cover – these are all our rescued primates. We have used the quieter winter months to ent Food Equipm There are many ways in which you can attention for many years to come. Please our new arrivals since the last edition of the get the park ready for our 30th Anniversary mall/Medium Baskets Our thoughts are with the families and Melons S help us to rescue and rehabilitate more help with their on-going care by joining our ARC! It is always wonderful to see individuals year with lots of tidying, refurbishments Towels friends of supporters who have sadly Pomegranates Blankets & primates. All donations go into a 100% Primate Adoption Scheme for yourself, come good when they start living more and plans for events throughout the year. edding passed away. We would like to remember Blueberries B fund - NO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS your family and friends. As an adoptive healthy, natural lives, with others of their own We hope you will be able to join us in essian Sacks Margaret Aitchison, Michelle Aldred, Cranberries H ARE REMOVED. Monkey World is parent you will receive a year’s pass to kind but at the same time how sad that our remembering all the monkeys and apes we Thick Ropes Kenneth Alfred, Susan Arnold, Victor Pineapples ose not a registered charity but we have the park, a photo of your monkey or ape, a job doesn’t seem to stop or slow down. As have been able to help over the years either Red or Black Fire H Baker, Shirley Bannister, Mary Crane, Mangos established the Jim Cronin Memorial certificate, and the Ape Rescue Chronicle always we have been filming our work ready by visiting the park or by having your own Toys Marion Dixon, Barbara Elkins, Ernest Nuts in the Shell Fund for Primate Conservation and three times per year. Establish a legacy for the next series of Monkey Life which will 30th Anniversary Picnic 4 Primates. Please Big Dog Toys Ellerton, John Galleymore, Charlie Vegetables Welfare, UK Registered Charity, for the long-term welfare of the primates Feeding Balls be out on Sky Pick later in the year. join us in celebrations and send in photos of Garlic No.1126939 and the Endangered Gardener, Cyril Goldsworthy, Phillip Kong Toys and be remembered in the park. your event. Which reminds me, a big thank Herbs Over winter we received many lovely Hill, David Hindle, Dorothy James, David Tub Trugs Asian Species Trust, UK Registered you needs to go out to everyone who has Supplements/other and useful Christmas presents as well as Jones, Mrs B Kleiser, Jean Kicks, Daniel Rugby Balls Charity No.1115350, which supports sent in photographs of our primates. They Pure Baby Rice generous donations for the monkeys and Krumhorn, Sharon Lee, Lesley Martin, Basketballs endangered primate rescue and help so much with up to date adoption Cod Liver Oil Capsules apes. Every last bit is put to use and helps Philippa Miles-Ryan, Timothy Mills, rehabilitation in Asia. photos and with the newsletter. Primrose Oil Capsules us to give our monkeys and apes as good Dominick Naylor, June Nevett, Joan 60mg Chewable Vit C and interesting a life as possible. We have Pitts, Anne Ragsdale, Su Sedgwick, Edna In addition to the list above, there Baby Oil received donations in place of Christmas Singh, Phyllis Slyfield-Ford, Colin Smart, are many other items we need cards and Christmas presents; from scrap Sue McMillan-Staff, Valerie Staunton, to care for our rescued primates. metal recycling, and the birth of a 1st child, Jean Trewinnard, Arthur Vincent, Peter Please see our Amazon Wish List that to handmade greeting cards and earrings Wootton, Aileen Wright, Doreen Wright. has all kinds of different goods that we to sell in the shop. Particular thanks should They will all be dearly missed. currently need. We also have an On- line Shop (http://www.monkeyworld.org/ Monkey-World-Online-Gift-Shop) & Gift Catalogue full of monkey memorabilia SPRING IN THE GIFT SHOP and ape accessories for anyone who loves primates. You might also consider being a Monkey World volunteer (not working with Chimp animals), or organise a group volunteer Backpack day with friends, family or colleagues. £12.99 We are continuing to rescue more monkeys Volunteers from New Look help renovate the Thelma playing with Kong toys. capuchin enclosure. Chimp Lunch and apes that will need our full care and Bag £8.99 Large Big Hands Chimp ACCOMMODATION NEAR MONKEY WORLD Orang-utan Pencil Case £25.99 £3.99 Monkey World Ladies T Shirts Black, Purple, Pink Sizes: S / M / L / XL / XXL Mug & £9.99 Coaster Set £6.99

See our full range in the Monkey World Gift Shop, online at Monkey Shell Necklace Thelma Backpack £14.99 www.monkeyworld.org Tuan Gym Bag £6.99 or by calling £5.99 01929 401004 18 19