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[email protected] Tel: 01929 552177 Fax: 01929 551862 Leisure Club Tel: 01929 554888 . . Garip is another chimp still THE ARRIVAL at the This was Garip in my arms By Alison Cronin when Jim & I confiscated OF TOPRISH & Hannah Barlow him with Turkish authorities in 1998 and now in 2018 At the beginning of the year Monkey World was contacted We are gradually for reassurance – my have we all aged!!! introducing her to and presenting by the Faruk Yalçın Zoo asking if we would be able to take Cindy’s group - a her rump. When an adult female that had been an illegal pet group of 16 which she first met has not had any Micky and Peppa and had been left at the zoo. new arrivals for at the mesh, she many years now. was a little over- We are taking confident and barked died. It is our understanding that Toprish the introductions at them or banged and was “ordered” from a Syrian animal dealer slowly; Toprish threw things at the mesh so that a wealthy family could have a pet. has a lot to learn when they approached! People sometimes think that at least the and we don’t want babies from the pet trade are not abused to rush her. We On 10th October we decided once they are in someone’s home, but they have started with it was time for her to experience a are. They are taken away from any form Toprish having a medical introductions at ‘full-contact’ introduction to Micky, that is, of meaningful behaviour, companionship of check up, before the flight the mesh, which letting them in to the same space, without their own kind, and end up with little if any means that it is possible for us to gauge the safety of a mesh barrier between chimpanzee behaviour which makes their how interactions are progressing without them. Instead of being submissive when rehabilitation very difficult. the risk of serious injury to either individual. Micky entered, Toprish lunged at him She has met several community members aggressively and slapped him! She soon Stolen from the wild - you can see in her eyes Moving an adult chimpanzee is never Toprish with at the mesh so far, including Micky, Peppa, realised that she was no match for Micky the trauma she suffered as a baby easy especially when it is overseas. The Vets, John Lewis Athena and Clin. One of the crucial things after a brief tussle and instead of lashing paperwork and organisation took several and Hilal Akbaş Faruk Yalçın Zoo did not have the facilities that Toprish needs to learn is how to show out at him again she watched him from months; we sent one of our specially to safely introduce the chimpanzee to their respect to more dominant individuals by a safe distance as he moved around the designed boxes out to Turkey ahead of other adult chimps and asked for our help showing submissive behaviours, such as the rooms eating her food. The next day we the move, and I asked John Lewis to come to give Toprish a family of her own kind. pant-grunt vocalisation, holding out her hand went back to mesh introductions, this time with me so that he could work with the zoo Monkey World had worked with this zoo bringing in Clin for the first time. Following vets on giving Toprish a health check and in 1998 when Jim and I had taken two her experience with Micky, Toprish seemed making sure that her anaesthetic went as confiscated to them. Their to have learned that to ‘attack what Toprish seems to enjoy her new home smoothly as possible. It was a 4.30am start names were Garip and Romeo and it was you’re scared of’ was not the best as we had to get Toprish to the cargo area a surprise to hear that Garip was still at approach, and we were very at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport before 7.00am the zoo and doing well. Like so many other pleased to see her pant- so her papers could be processed prior to chimps at Monkey World, Toprish will have grunting at Clin as the afternoon flight. By the time we finally been taken from her family in the wild after she entered. This made it back to Monkey World it was a 22 hunters killed her mother and probably demonstrates to hour day. Toprish was calm and seemed several others. The adults are usually sold us that she is happy throughout the journey, watching out as and the tiny baby orphans Alison with learning proper chimp of her windows, eating snacks throughout, are shoved into a basket and smuggled Toprish in her etiquette, which is great and enjoying the warm blankets inside of out of the forest and then across the travel crate news and a very positive the box. It was a great relief to see how globe in a horrific black market trade. We move forward in her relaxed she was. estimate for every chimpanzee that makes introduction to the group. it out of Africa alive at LEAST 10 will have Introductions can be a Introductions started through the mesh Toprish is a young adult female and we very delicate process, estimate that she is approximately 8 sometimes taking many years old. She arrived at Monkey World months for an individual to late in the evening on September 28th. be fully integrated into a new Having been kept as a pet during the group. Toprish has her age on early, formative years of her life, Toprish her side - she is at the stage in is very ‘humanised’ and has a few quirky life when a young female would behaviours not normally seen in chimps naturally transfer out of the group such as sticking her tongue out at people. that she was born in to a new Luckily for her, she has now arrived at group, but this doesn’t mean that Monkey World where she can start to learn it will be plain-sailing, she still has to be a chimp again but it will not be an Toprish was able to meet the hand-reared so much to learn! babies outside from time to time easy or fast process for her. Meeting Micky in the same space for the first time 2 3 s BABY BENGAL LORIS

NORA By Alison Cronin & Steph Sawyer

a judge gave permission for Nora to be released into the specialist care of Monkey World even though court proceedings were still pending. I contacted British Airways, DEFRA, and Border Force as I was going to need their help and approval to make special transport arrangements for the now 235g . Everyone could not have been more kept short Nora was looked after by Animals Lebanon after Nora was loaded into a specially prepared as Nora is her confiscation from a Beirut pet shop travelling crate for her journey helpful and recognised that this tiny, vulnerable, endangered species understandably needed special transport arrangements. nervous of such a British Airways not only donated tickets but large loris, when she’s such a tiny thing, Nora is a very young also allowed me to carry Nora onto the plane and can be a little growly towards Bu, which and keep her special transport box secured makes Bu a little nervous, so we decided in the space in front of my feet! It was a very little and often is the way to go to try and get Bengal slow loris early start and long day for all of us the two used to each other. Nicki, the female but little Nora took the move in her stride. from our other pair of loris, has also been On March 20th Lebanese authorities went to a pet shop in Beirut spotted eyeing up the youngster from the For such a tiny little thing Nora didn’t take neighbouring bedrooms so we also have her following reports of three tiny loris that were being offered for long at all to get over her long journey and as an option for an adoptive mother should

sale “for the first time ever” on an internet advertisement. ©Animals Lebanon settle into life at Monkey World. Her carers Bu not be convinced. It’s such a shame that from Animals Lebanon, Jason and Maggie, such a young loris isn’t in the wild with her The tiny loris only weighed 180g when she Nora’s carers Maggie and Jason from Animals specialist supplies of powdered nectar was confiscated in Beirut Lebanon accompanied her to her new home in Dorset came with her for the first few days to mother where she belongs but we’re happy and gum that along with live insects is a make sure she settled well and familiarised we’ve been able to offer her a home here at good basis for a loris diet. Jason Mier from herself with the PCS here at the park. She Monkey World and are really pleased with Animals Lebanon set up a good home quickly became a confident, inquisitive how well she has settled. and lovely routine for the tiny primate – loris- so much so that she often has to be every evening the little loris was let out of bribed away from her enclosure door the cage to climb around Jason’s office with food so that we can get into finding hidden insects and foods. While her bedroom to put food in. She’s the loris could have a serious toxic bite, the straight over to the door as soon little one seemed to relax and was happy as PCS enter the house to see what we have for her! She’s Three baby loris for were for sale in Beruit exploring a new home and discovering new foods that tasted good and also gave the gained a good amount of weight The baby loris were being offered for sale baby appropriate nutrients that were much ©Animals Lebanon since her arrival and is very fond of insects, particularly locusts. for $2,000 each. When police got to the needed. At this point we did not know if A great collaboration - the team from British Nora in her enclosure at Animals Lebanon We’re so glad that the Lebanese shop they found only one baby loris which the loris was a little boy or girl as it is not headquarters Airways, Monkey World & Animals Lebanon on they confiscated. The owner of the shop easy to tell, especially with such a small board with Nora Authorities and Animals Lebanon claimed he did not realise they were a individual, and we did not want to stress were able to rescue her before protected species and did not know where the little one by checking. On 26th March she was able to be sold into a the other two infants were as he only got the loris weighed 190g, TINY, but from the life of misery in the pet trade one. Our friends and colleagues from markings it looked like a Bengal slow loris. and we hope to integrate her Animals Lebanon were called to assist with into living with one of our the tiny primate. I first met the little loris when we were loris pairs. moving the guenons in May. Sadly, we This confiscation occurred just as I made were not able to move the tiny prosimian We have begun introductions arrangements for our veterinarian, John at this point as Lebanese courts were still with one of our females, Bu Lewis, to travel to Beirut to do health checks pursuing criminal charges against the pet in the hope that Bu might on Benny & Nia the two red-bellied guenons shop. I was able to get a good look at HER feel maternal and protective that were already moving to Monkey World! however and thought that it was a little girl. towards the youngster. So I was able to send John out with some She was named Nora. At the end of June, A pea pod is a big meal for tiny Nora Nora had special dispensation to travel in the far introductions have been cabin of the British Airways flight 4 5 ENDANGERED ASIAN SPECIES TRUST By Marina Kenyon www.go-east.org Email: [email protected]

Misu & Her Family Misu and her male Limhuyen were rescued in first while Limhuyen took several weeks 2008 when Dao Tien first opened. At the time before he would brave open skies. Once DAO TIEN UPDATE they were young and illegally hunted from the out however there was no stopping them On Dao Tien we now have eight golden-cheeked ready for release, and good forest wild to be sold as tourist attractions. The small as they became incredibly confident. 10 gibbons were rescued from a small concrete years on these gibbons are fantastic in the to release them into. The gibbons will be released in three social groupings; a family group, cage with chains around their necks. trees. Misu and Limhuyen, were released Limhuyen- a young pair and two single females ready to find themselves wild males. Soon after their rescue we built our first as a young pair in 2014, both with radio- when rescued forested enclosure on Dao Tien and the young collars so we could monitor their progress in 2008 gibbons were the first to test out the trees. post-release. On the first day Misu dropped Misu, a very confident young female was out Limhuyen and found herself a bigger wild male. Sadly, both individuals had to be returned to the centre as not enough It’s time for Release! space was available to establish their own territory. With lessons learnt we are ready to go again. Four years on the pair bond between Misu and Limhuyen has grown stronger, and with two infants, Savvy and Thai, they are a solid family unit. This 8 1 time we expect Misu to stick 0 2 n by her man who is now a bigger, i Misu and Thai in their forested enclosure y v stronger, and more confident male... v en arm a brok S a nd ith i a w ha ue u,T sc Mis e r Trang and Bien - Single Females Looking for Wild Males n o y z z i a white-cheeked male and Trang with are any problems we can intervene. As K younger gibbons. Both are very strong soon as Trang and Bien start singing we independent-minded young females, ready expect that it will not be long before wild to find themselves a male partner. In the single males appear! The area we are wild females find a new home and a mate planning to release the gibbons into does with help from their parents who assess not have any wild gibbons as it is a newly offspring from neighbouring groups and protected area. However, the area does Dong & Kizzy now perfect for release even annexe some of their own territory connect to a forest containing wild gibbons for their daughter. Trang and Bien will not so we will ensure that the single females have this support, but both young females are released close to this edge, so wild Kizzy & Dong - A Young Pair Trang as a juvenile learning the trees- always with an opinion will have GPS collars so our tracking team males can come across when they hear Kizzy was rescued with a compound broken arm was no different and she now can monitor them post-release and if there the single ladies call. fracture to her forearm. The bones had travels superbly through the trees. Kizzy Trang and Bien were both rescued as infants erupted out of the skin and her future looked was adopted by Dao, a gentle adult female in 2008/9 and had similar personalities. What is clear from all our work very dim. I remember clearly the next day gibbon, and along with Dong, a young After losing their mothers to illegal hunting is that putting young gibbons in Mr Thanh and I changing her dressing male of the same age, they entered one both infants became very protective of forested enclosures are key to good and Mr Thanh quickly turned around and of our four forested enclosures. Dao, who other young gibbons around them; they rehabilitation. On Dao Tien we only smiled from ear to ear - miracles can grew up in the cage, sadly is still not able both fiercely objected to other little gibbons have four of these areas, but we happen! With no sign of infection, the to travel as agile as a wild gibbon, but being introduced into their group, and have two more proposed enclosures. bones had aligned, and the skin naturally for Dong and Kizzy entering the trees at politically were very tricky to manage If you can help us build two more closed over the wound. A very confident a young age, it is no problem. As young during rehabilitation. On Dao Tien we have please contact [email protected]. little Kizzy then went on from strength to adults who would naturally be dispersing more young female gibbons than males On Dao Tien we have 10 young strength. We know wild gibbons break from their family group, they are perfect so there are not enough males for all the gibbons waiting for their trees. ladies. Bien is temporarily living with Tau, DongDong & Kizzy& Kizzy in 2014in 2014 bones and they heal naturally and Kizzy’s and ready for release. Trang in June 2018, a beautiful mature female We need your help. ready to find her wild male 6 7 LEVAR & EVA’S MEET OUR SAKIS,

LEMMY By Emily Wren DESMOND & TUTU By Karen Swan Desmond & Tutu

We have had some wonderful news at one of our woolly We have recently welcomed two beautiful new male Saki monkeys to houses and welcomed another new arrival in Levar’s Monkey World to be friends for Chloe. group! On the 18th July Eva became a first time mum and gave birth to a healthy baby boy, who we have named Lemmy.

taking to motherhood extremely well, doing all the right things, and being a very caring and attentive mum. We could not be prouder of her.

Lemmy is continuing to do really well. He is bright and alert, and is now getting very curious about his surroundings, reaching out New best friend, Chloe Chloe and Desmond sharing food Desmond & Tutu as far as he can to try and touch everything around him. As this is Eva’s first time she is Chloe, our female white-faced saki monkey, met the trio have been getting being extra wary and cautious with Lemmy has been living with some of our squirrel on amazingly well. Desmond is and is not ready to let him off her. No matter monkeys and marmosets since she lost her such a great dad and even how much he wriggles around she’ll scoop companion Jethro. Although Chloe seemed though he wants to spend Eva with baby Lemmy him back up into a big bear hug and keep content with her living arrangements we time with Chloe he makes him close. Hopefully she’ll relax a little more wanted to try and find her some company sure he regularly spends At just 6 years old Eva is one of the youngest over the next few months as she continues of her own kind. Chloe had been part of the time with his son. Chloe mums at the park so we were on the edge of to get used to life with an active baby boy, European breeding programme for sakis seems to enjoy spending our seats and monitoring her closely to see and then Lemmy can join in all the fun and and came to Monkey World to retire. We do time with both of the boys how she would cope. Eva has been brilliant, play sessions this group has to offer. not want to breed saki monkeys at the park as they shower her with but thought we could be a retirement home lots of attention. This The rest of the group have welcomed for others so we contacted the studbook introduction could not the new arrival into their family holder. Desmond, who is 10, and his son have gone better as always. Levar is yet again Tutu, 4, were living at Shaldon Wildlife and now all three a proud father and enjoys Trust, a park we already have close links can enjoy their having an ever growing with. Although both boys are still young retirement troop of youngsters around they are not wanted for breeding. Desmond together. him to keep him busy. has already fathered young and Tutu has Everyone else has gone health issues. We were all really excited for up and greeted the baby Chloe to meet the boys and really hoped it but are also being would go as well as we thought. On first respectful and giving sight Chloe seemed a little nervous Eva the space she and Desmond got over excited. After needs. Levar’s group half an hour of Chloe moving away is a lovely family, from Desmond she calmed down filled with lots of and allowed him to approach and youngsters, meaning sniff her. After that they both there’s always some settled down and it wasn’t long kind of mischief and before they were enjoying some mayhem going on. As mutual grooming. During all of Lemmy grows and gains the initial activity Tutu stayed some independence, he still. He has some issues with will be able to join in with his mobility and sight but once the fun and games that his everything had calmed down doting family have to offer. Desmond enjoying his outdoor enclosure he joined Desmond in getting to know Chloe. Since they 8 9 OPERANT CONDITIONING UK PET TRADE AT MONKEY WORLD By By Kate Diver UPDATE Charlie Crowther For more than 20 years Monkey World has been training our Primate Care We had a great response from our supporters to our Staff as well as our prosimians, monkeys, and to work together for STAMPitout campaign - our bid to get the government to the benefit of the animals’ health care. Our operant conditioning, or clicker Stop the Trade and Abuse of Monkeys as Pets. training, benefits our rescued as it is minimal contact, low stress, RECAP- The Problem! trust building, allows close observation, and gives us options for health, 85 species of monkey can be kept legally in the UK as pets without needing a license or nutritional and social issues that our monkeys and apes may have. register. We think the unregulated trade needs to STOP and the government need to act to protect pet monkeys. The government dismissed our petition calling for a change in reason. For moving the smaller monkeys the law in 2017. We are not asking for a ban, but simply for it to be harder to buy these we sometimes use a target pole. We simply monkeys - a licence, or register so that monkeys do not keep falling into the hands of place the target on the mesh of the area well-meaning but ill-informed buyers. These monkeys often end up either back for sale to which we want them to move to. If they or with debilitating mental or physical illness within a few months. To date, Monkey World arrive to the target they get a reinforcing has spent approximately a quarter of a million pounds to build facilities to house victims “click” and a reward. of this appalling and unnecessary legal trade. THIS HAS TO STOP. We use co-operative feeding with all our Simon presenting his nose large primate groups so that we can feed, need vet care. Scales can be inserted to get train and medicate subordinate animals in What we did accurate weights for health monitoring and We asked our supporters to the presence of more dominant individuals. accurate medication doses. While a lower ranking individual is being write to their local MPs and George Marmoset weighing trained, the more dominant primate gets a Eustice raising concerns over the reward for not disrupting, or intimidating, The Government Responds... plight of the monkeys behind the the subordinate. This form of co-operative Everybody Wins net curtains. Thank you for Operant Conditioning, Goals & Objectives What they said: The Animal Welfare Act 2006 promotes responsible pet training also gives us the opportunity Whether it is monitoring chimpanzee sending the responses from the ownership, and recognises that primates need specialist care and cannot be government - but many of the Operant Conditioning is the name given to the to give extra food to underweight Bart’s blood glucose levels for his Type 1 kept as other domesticated pets replies from the government type of learning where behaviour is determined individuals, medicate, and/or diabetes, giving out flu vaccines, training chimp The Truth: Nowhere in the Animal Welfare Act does it state that primates by its consequences. An animal’s behaviour perform daily health checks on Lola to present her eyes for an ophthalmoscope & to cannot be kept as other domesticated pets. It says that animals need to be contained incorrect low ranking monkeys or apes that take eye drops following her cataract surgery, getting kept to correct basic needs as “required by good practice”. NOWHERE does information! is encouraged or reinforced by the pairing of it distinguish between the needs of a normal domesticated animal and an a positive response. By offering an animal would otherwise be too frightened an elderly marmoset to step onto a weighing scale, exotic wild animal. something that they love or want, such as a to come forward with the more asking a woolly monkey to show us a cut on their tail, Individuals must be correctly licenced to own a primate as dominant members of their group. or getting a lemur to happily walk into a box, our What they said: favourite food item, attention, etc. in exchange a pet. Our primates are trained to present operant conditioning program is great for both us for a desired behaviour we increase the The Truth: This is incorrect! 85 species of monkey including all tamarins, likelihood of that behaviour occurring again. different body parts including: humans and for our rescued primates. We are marmosets, squirrel monkeys & titi monkeys can be bought and kept as easily Our main goals are to establish good husbandry hands, feet, open mouth, shoulder, able to communicate with them in a meaningful as a goldfish with no checks, licenses, or registers. If the government do not routines that allow us to move individuals from side/thigh, turn-around, bum, eyes, way and they are able to trust and work with realise this, then the general public have little hope. Desmond A to B, to interact with individuals either on their ears, head, stomach, chest and us to make their health care and lives that What they said: Defra put out a call in February 2018 for evidence relating own or within their groups, to check their entire tail. All of these exam behaviours are much better here at Monkey World. to banning 3rd party sales. body including the inside of their mouths, to be designed with a purpose - shoulder is used The Truth: They have got a public consultation at the moment asking for able to collect basic health care data such as to prepare the primates for hand injections opinion on the banning of third party sales at pet shops- but this applies only to puppies & kittens! This could surely be extended to all primates too? temperature or listening to their chests, and to for flu vaccine or anaesthetics, chest for weigh, box, and even anaesthetise primates a stethoscope, open mouth for dental What they said: Reforms will be bought in on the 1st October 2018 to animal with little or no stress. checks, ear for taking temperatures. activity licensing, including selling We continue to ask you to write to your All our primates Many of our monkeys are trained The Truth: These reforms will require that a code of practice for the welfare MPs, using this information here, and to step onto scales, whether they of privately kept primates is given to the buyer of primates. The code is not respond to their specific enough to each animal’s needs to correctly inform the owner, nor pester the government on this. If you’d names and have realise it or not! In our capuchin protect the monkey. This will also not help the unregulated trade rife on social like our #STAMPitout kit, please email been taught to and woolly monkey houses media and online selling sites. [email protected] we have in-built weighing Defra has worked with the Pet Advertising Advisory Group respond to a What they said: where you will be provided with all the visual and verbal and crating facilities that the to apply minimum standards on online pet advertising by five of the main request of ‘come monkeys pass through as websites. They recommend to remove adverts for primates. information, graphics and videos needed here’. This ensures part of their daily routine. The The Truth: They have - but this is only advice, and no website has to agree to put forward your argument and spread an individual animal crate can be removed from the to the guidelines. In fact, we know Freeads and UK Classifieds have many the word. Please keep sharing our posts adverts for primates daily, and have not taken any notice of our emails can be called tunnel making it easy to catch requesting they follow the advice from the Pet Advertising Advisory Group. on social media with the #STAMPitout. We and move an individual to a new over in a group Semach showing open mouth Until it is law - they will not. appreciate your support! situation for any house or to the hospital if they Tutu Freddy & stethoscope

Semach giving open mouth 10 presentation 11 PAVILION’S BUILDING & REFURBISHMENT MAINTENANCE By George Henderson

This year has been busier than ever with monkey and ape houses and enclosures needing repairs and refurbishment as Small monkey kitchen has a new roof & floor Entrance wall has a make-over Work on the Great Ape Play Area well as attending to our visitor facilities Other projects Gordon’s climbing frame Small Monkey Kitchen tunnel access to the house so that the Entrance Wall Previously the small monkey kitchen got a Primate Care Staff could better manage the At the entrance and Every year we try to expand and develop some of the ape new roof so over the summer we replaced three different species of primate that share exit to the park climbing frames and this year it was Gordon’s enclosure the floor with a heavy-duty sealed vinyl on this house and enclosure. the retaining that we worked on. It may seem fairly straight forward, top of a timber floor. Not a huge job but wall was starting but positioning the poles structurally and bolting them Play Areas important that our food prep areas are dry, to spring some into place at height requires a team effort with safety For our guests we are constantly monitoring clean, and tidy. leaks, so it was gear!! The fire hose and cargo nets are then applied all the children’ play areas, the largest being excavated, reinforced, to the poles to create good walkways, at 25m, and to Guenon House the Great Ape Play Area. We have replaced and redecorated. give these arboreal apes as much usable space as For our new guenons, Benny and Nia we several of the main structure poles as well possible. made some changes to the slides and as some of the nets and ropes.

Pavilion’s refurbishment

My biggest and most challenging project to date has MONKEY LIFE been the refurbishment of the Templer Pavilions. By Susan Tunstall This is home to two communities of chimpanzees who can’t be just asked to move out while their Here’s an update on what we have been up to at home is being refurbished! Solution: a new tunnel Primate Planet Productions from the playroom to the outside enclosure allows the Maintenance Team in while the chimps enjoy Monkey Life series 11 premieres the new tunnel, pavilion and enclosure as usual. Sunday 11th November on Pick! The addition of a tunnel allowed us to work on the The new series of Monkey Life will start on Sunday 11th 29 year old bedrooms, replacing the metalwork, Don’t Forget November on Freeview channel Pick. It’s been a great summer for filming the primates in their everyday lives fibre glassing the walls for ease of cleaning, and MONKEY LIFE at the park and we can’t wait for you to catch up on

GORDON’S CLIMBING FRAME importantly adding sky lights over the bedrooms their goings on. We’ve also been following Alison on her making the whole building bright and airy! Within rescue missions both in the UK and abroad so there’s the confines of the building we have rationalised lots of new primates to meet! Filming the lemurs the utilities and the roof space making the SERIES bedrooms taller. Room shuffling and redesign Monkey Life series 5 coming has allowed us create a more centralised larger soon to Pick We enjoy hearing from fans of the kitchen for the two chimp groups and gain a show so feel free to get in touch, you For those of you who haven’t managed to watch series couple of extra bedrooms for the new arrival, can do this by emailing us at 1-10 5 yet, there’s good news. Pick will be showing series 5 [email protected] or via our Toprish. There is still the roof at the Bachelor’s & Jim’s Dream for the first time this autumn. Look out on our Facebook Facebook Page. For more information end of the Pavilions to finish but that will be a are available on DVD and Twitter for the start date; we will announce as soon on the series please visit our website job for 2019. DVDs can be purchased as we know. www.primateplanet.tv. from the Monkey World gift shop and online at Amazon, For information or questions related to the Monkey Life TV series, please contact [email protected]. priced at £20 + P&P. 12 1317 JIM CRONIN MEMORIAL FUND JIM CRONIN MEMORIAL FUND Primate Enrichment Workshops Workshop Dates Santa is Coming to Monkey World! Join us for one of our primate enrichment From the 17th to the 21st of December 2018, from 5pm to 7.30pm each evening, workshops. After a brief introduction on the Thursday 25th Oct 2018 benefits of primate enrichment and a safety why not take a fairy-lit buggy ride deep into the park and visit Santa in his grotto! Mulled wine, mince pies and a gift for each child will make it a truly briefing, it’s straight down to work making a Thursday 23rd May 2019 magical experience for the whole family whole host of fantastic enrichment items for The Santa experience is designed to be a family event the primates at Monkey World. At the end of Thursday 11th July 2019 the day, there will be an opportunity to relax and unwind with fellow participants followed Single Parent family: £27.00 Thursday 10th Oct 2019 1 adult and up to 2 children aged 12 and under by a delicious two course dinner. It’s an early start the following morning as Family ticket: £32.00 we will need to transport our enrichment 2 adults and up to 2 children aged 12 & under items to the park and distribute them Individual or adults-only trip: £12.00 each around the enclosures - yes this workshop Tickets for this event are Extra children £5.00 each includes the opportunity to actually work £120.00 per person, alongside the park’s incredible Primate Care to include refreshments To book your place email Staff and put the enrichment items around throughout the event, [email protected] the enclosures before the morning’s release overnight accommodation, or call 01929 462487 now! routine commences and you get to watch the two course dinner and primates head out for the day and witness breakfast. the moment that they find the surprise enrichment that you have made for them. If you want to be part of our enrichment workshops, book your place now to avoid disappointment.

Contact us on 01929 462487 for further information or to book your place. Please Note: Tickets must be paid for at the time of booking and are non-refundable. Please Note: Pre-booking only for this event. Full Terms & Conditions available at www.jimcroninmemorialfund.org

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience How You Can Help the Jim Cronin Memorial Fund Tickets are £45.00 each Friday 16th November 2018 includes a delicious three course Sponsor a Rose Bush, Tree or Bench dinner with a two-hour Immerse yourself in Faulty Towers The Dining Experience at We have a variety of established and beautiful trees, roses and interactive show. Hethfelton House. Enjoy a delicious three-course meal in the company now memorial benches available for sponsorship at the Jim Cronin of Basil, Sybil and Manuel while the antics unfold as you dine.e.. Memorial Fund’s Education Centre. It’s the perfect way to support the charity’s rescue and rehabilitation work and leave a lasting Arrival is from 7pm, with everything legacy for years to come. kicking off at 7.30pm. Overnight accommodation is available on request for an In Memory of additional supplement. Jim Cronin M.B.E Your legacy lives on. To book your tickets call 01929 462487 or email [email protected]

For further information please call us on: 01929 462487 or email: [email protected] Jim Cronin Memorial Fund, Hethfelton House, Hethfelton, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 6HS For more information visit www.jimcroninmemorialfund.org or call us on 01929 462487 14 15 JIM CRONIN MEMORIAL FUND JIM CRONIN MEMORIAL FUND Supporter’s Flats A Little Slice of Monkey Heaven!

If you are planning a visit to Monkey World, why not check out our fantastic range of accommodation Fridge Magnets £2.50 Into the Sunset Hessian Bag £6.50 available exclusively for our charity members Tote Bag £6.50 and Monkey World adoptive parents. Our one & two bedroom flats in the nearby village of Wool are the perfect base for your 2018 Prices visit to Monkey World and with a mainline One Bedroom Flat £90 per night. Charity railway station and a wide range of local Wristband £1.00 Mugs £5.75 T-shirts £12.99 amenties within walking distance, they Two Bedroom Flat really are a monkey themed, home away Pewter Pin Badges £125 per night. from home. £3.49 Turkish Carli Into The Sunset As an added extra, all stays in our supporters and Jethro Mug £5.95 flats include early entrance to Monkey World and the Limited chance to have the park to yourselves before it opens to the Edition Prints general public. £24.95

Supporter’s accommodation is exclusively for charity members and Monkey World adoptive parents only Assorted Pin Minimum stay of two nights. Badges £1.99 each

Brass 3 Wise Ape Umbrella Our new supporter’s flats Monkeys £4.99 £59.99 The Retreat & The Hideaway are nestled amongst the trees, Chopping Boards £19.99 yet close enough to hear the call of the gibbons in the morning. Both properties are beautifully decorated throughout and can NEW plant pot be rented out individually or together if you are travelling with a feet large group - providing the perfect location to get away from it all. Please note: due to their remote location they are unsuitable for visitors without transport.

As with all of our supporters accommodation, early entrance to Brass Oak Leaves Monkey World is included. Prices for The Hideaway and The £59.99 Retreat range from £95 per night to £325 per night for a minimum Playmobile two night stay, but with a total of 6 bedrooms available they offer Chimp Keyring £2.50, Chimp family £4.99 excellent value for money. family £4.99 The Hideaway Set of three Rodders As a one Bedoom it’s £95 per night. Chimpanzee Potty Feet As a two bedroom it’s £115 per night. £19.99 The Retreat As a four bedroom it’s £230 per night Set of three Gordon NEW Orang-utan Potty Feet The Hideaway & The Retreat together £19.99 as a six bedroom it’s £325 per night. Monkey Business DVD Animal Gloves Three Chimpanzee Sculpture - Limited Edition - £24.99 Box Set £85.00 £3.99 Comes in presentation box with certificate For more information please visit www.jimcroninmemorialfund.org/local-accommodation/ or call 01929 462487 All of these products and more are available on our website www.jimcroninmemorialfund.org or call 01929 462487 16 17 of See our full range in the Make this a Christmas full Monkey World Gift Shop, LETTER FROM

online at www.monkeyworld.org or by calling Monkey WithMadness! fabulous gifts from the 01929 401004 THE EDITOR Life at Monkey World stops for no one! I always advertising monkeys as pets is harmful during the early winter evenings. Healthspan Monkey World gift shop keep saying “after this next job I will have time and unacceptable as well as letting the donated supplements for the primates and Monkey World to catch up and get other things done”…this Minister know that the laws protecting Verwood Pet Shop continues to have a regular 2019 Calendar £7.99 optimistic hope never seems to come true and these animals need to be changed. collection. Thanks you all so much. the last few months have been more busy Our thoughts are with the families and friends We have received some very generous than usual. Sadly, there are still more arrivals of supporters who have sadly passed away. We donations and useful products such as fruit, this year. We are of course very happy to get would like to remember Susan Ainsworth, John vegetables, peanut butter, bedding, bonios, any primates in need to the park but how sad Burns, Peter Callaghan, M Chapman, Isabel dried fruit, nuts in the shell, vitamins, tub trugs, that the global trade continues to decimate Docherty, Gewndoline Ettery, Edna Fitzgerald, tools, bedding, and baby rice. Everything is Kids T-Shirts £6.99 wild populations of prosimians, monkeys, and Charlie Friday, Frances Hickling, Karen Hilling, very much appreciated and put to use. Others Pink, Blue, Kiwi, Red apes. Many of you have been discussing our Ben Holben, Patricia Hollinrake, Christopher have had fundraising activities/parties Sizes 1-2 / 3-4 / 5-6 yrs new arrivals but you may not have been aware Hull, Judith Jones, Gillian Kirby, Jennifer Lee, Monkey World including sponsored silences, adopted primate of all of them?! As I have literally just arrived John Lowe, Hazel McCarthy, Valerie McKinley, 2019 Diary Kids Hoodies £15.99 birthday parties, summer fetes, donations back with our most recent rescue, some Eileen Millward, Kathleen Moran, Mark Neale, Large £8.99 Pink, Blue, Kiwi, Red instead of anniversary presents, household stories will have to wait until the next edition Susan Neville, Lynn Newell, Geraldine Nunan, Small £5.99 Sizes 3-4 / 5-6 / 7-8 yrs chores, gardening projects, tombolas, and of the ARC. John O’Boyle, Eugene Pearcey, Thomas a sale of personal Adults Hoodies £29.99 Reynolds, E Savage, Valerie Swann, Robert Our waiting list for UK pet trade marmosets is jewelry. Jointace kindly Light Blue, Tropical Blue, Taylor, Nicholas Tringham, Sheila Watson, now at 49 individuals. The trade continues to donated a large supply Plum, Kiwi, Pink, Brick Red Keith Wheatley, James White, and Doreen harm small monkeys that are sold like goldfish of supplements that Sizes S / M / L / XL / XXL Wright. They will all be dearly missed. Just last and take well-meaning people’s money who do they knew we needed edition I spoke of how hard it was to lose members not understand what they are getting involved for our arthritic primates, Adults T-Shirts £9.99 of our primate families…and we too have another with until it is too late. Please follow up on your while Qeeboo gave Grey, Orange, Kiwi, significant loss. There will be a tribute in the next letters to MPs and Ministers and point out the park two beautiful Light Blue, Coral edition. RIP Sally. Sizes S / M / L / XL / XXL all the lies and inaccuracies that their replies Kong torch statues to Christmas Charlie Mug contained! Let Freeads know that their illuminate the paths Bauble £4.99 £6.99

Monkey World Umbrella HOW YOU CAN HELP? £10.99 Preserves & we have established the Jim Cronin Memorial Shortbread Fund for Primate Conservation and Welfare Monkey World ting goods such as: (UK Registered Charity, No.1126939) and Gift Box £16.99 p by dona Christmas Gift Wrap Hel the Endangered Asian Species Trust (UK Equipment £3.50 Food Registered Charity No.1115350) which Advent Calendar £3.99 Small/Medium Baskets Variety of Vegetables Blankets & towels supports endangered primate rescue and (Pepper, Cucumber, Fennel) Hessian Sacks rehabilitation in Asia. Please remember our Winter Bedding Appeal Melons Thick Ropes for any unused bedding, blankets, or towels. Bluberries Red or Black Fire Hose Without your help, our rescue and rehabilitation We also have an On-line Shop (http://www. Cranberries To ys work would not be possible. If you are on The Saga Pineapples monkeyworld.org/Monkey-World-Online- Big Dog Toys holiday and see a monkey or ape being used, Continues Mangos Gift-Shop) & Gift Catalogue full of monkey Feeding Balls abused, or neglected, please let us know. Take T-Shirt Adopt a Primate Grapes memorabilia and ape accessories for anyone Kong Toys Nuts in the Shell down all the details and try to get a photo – we who loves primates…especially when planning Adult £14.99 Tub Trugs Seeds (Pumpkin, Sunflower) follow up on as many reports as possible. ahead for Christmas! Kids £10.99 for Christmas Rugby Balls Garlic In addition to the Kids Monkey Basketballs THE PERFECT PRESENT Supplements/Other list above, there We are continuing to rescue more monkeys Onesie Adoption packs include: Pure Baby Rice are many other and apes that will need our care and attention 2-3, 3-4, 5-6 Primrose Oil Capsules items we need for many years to come. Please help with their £10.99 • Annual pass to the park Wheatgerm to care for our on-going care by joining our Primate Adoption 6-7, 8-9, • Adoption certificate Milk Thistle rescued primates. Scheme for yourself, your family and friends. Jointace-Fizz 10.11 • Photo of your chosen Please see our As an adoptive parent, you will receive a year’s £11.99 primate or group There are many ways in which you can help Amazon Wish pass to the park, a photo of your monkey or ape, us to rescue and rehabilitate more primates. List that has all a certificate, and the Ape Rescue Chronicle three Mug & Coaster • The Ape Rescue kinds of different Chronicle, published All donations go into a 100% fund - NO times per year. Establish a legacy for the long- Set goods that we term welfare of the primates and be remembered three times a year! ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ARE REMOVED. Mimi’s birthday surprise £6.99 Monkey World is not a registered charity but currently need. in the park. 1818 19