Letter From the editor It has been a very eventful year celebrating our 25th anniversary. We have had many new arrivals at the park, our building and maintenance team have worked non-stop rebuilding, expanding, and improving many monkey and ape houses and enclosures, we continue to campaign and collect signatures for our Pet Trade Petition, we held numerous events celebrating our 25 years, our rehabilitation and release work in Vietnam continues, and we have received 3 awards this year, the last inducting Jim into the Dorset Hall of Fame. He would have been so happy with all of these achievements. Charity No. 1126939 We now have more than 57,000 signatures - up from 31,000 at the time of the last ARC!! Our target is 100,000 so please help us UK Charity No. 1115350 to get people to sign for the sake of all the monkeys currently kept in the legal British pet trade. The legal trade in primates as pets in Britain continues to be a big problem for us and more tragically for the hundreds of monkeys that are kept in solitary confinement as pets in Britain today. Please help us with our campaign to give ALL monkeys the legal right to specialist care by getting a copy of our Pet Trade Petition and collecting signatures from family, friends, colleagues, or schoolmates. Over the past few months many people have helped with our rescue and rehabilitation work by donating goods such as fruit, vegetables, nuts, dried fruit, seeds, dog biscuits, garlic, peanut butter, honey, jam, vitamins, fleece blankets, sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers, curtains, hessian sacks, heavy dog toys, tub trugs, baskets, “really useful” boxes, fire hose, rope, ladders, un-used stamps, A PE R ESCUE C HRONICLE medical supplies, biscuits for the team here at the park, and hand made cards to be sold in the shop. We also have received more excellent photos that adoptive parents and visitors have taken at the park. Our Linen/Bedding Appeal has been great with people Issue: 53 Winter 2012 clearing out their airing cupboards. We have had the help of several groups of volunteers to fold, stack, and store all of your donations that will be much appreciated over the winter months. We have also been getting donations from the Charities Aid Foundation and Give as You Earn scheme. We have received several donations and some have raised money by organising collection tins, donations instead of birthday presents, used DVD and CD stalls, old toy sales, sponsored bike rides, sponsored swims, and sponsored fun runs. All of your donations are put to use – thank you so much. In particular we would like to thank Verwood Pet Shop who continue to collect donations for the monkeys and apes, Graham Milliner for donating building materials and fixings, Asda, Tesco, and Co-Op for giving loads of pumpkins for the monkeys and apes over Halloween, Lamberts Healthcare for giving us nutritional supplements, SW Ambulance Service Trust for donating needles for our hospital, Jason Corbett who raised money at the Scottish Tattoo Convention, the Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation and the Charity Committee of the BP Andrew Offshore Installation for generous donations, Paragon Laundry for two cages of towels, and Iris, Pauline, and Janice Norris for a thoughtful and generous donation. Special thanks go to Euro Tunnel and Breeze Volkswagen who helped transport Hsiao-ning to Rostock Zoo. Thank you all so much. Many people have lost loved ones over the past few months, including our Monkey World family. In July Mike’s partner, Jeremy Jones, passed away unexpectedly. Jeremy was a regular visitor to the park and was always ready to help out whatever the need. My thoughts are with Mike during this difficult time - Jeremy will be greatly missed. Our condolences also go out to the family and friends of Sabine Du’Verne-Harrison, Audrey Starling, Ray Robinson, Abi Haythorne, David Watkins, Shirley Sims de Martinez, Janet Harris, Walter Phillips, Jean Birch, Janet Hezlett, Betty Jenkins, Maureen Dickson, David Court, Marianne Searle, Rosemary Snell, Mary Guess, Dudley Loud, Doris Ottaway, Dorothy Webb, Emma Lewthwaite, Rosemary Jennings, Victoria Turvey, John Mauger, Betty Wigglesworth, Mrs. D Charters, Mrs. J Mann, Mr. R Higgs, Janet Underhill, Michael Dicker, and Carol Lee. They will be greatly missed. Without your support Monkey World would not be able rescue and rehabilitate monkeys and apes from around the world. We are proud to have the best captive facilities in the world for the care and welfare of our rescued primates and we are committed to maintain this high standard. Indeed, some of you may have noticed a new enclosure in the oak woodland leading down to the capuchin complex. As I write this plans have already been made for Jeremy and I to go and collect our next new arrivals and as it happens they will arrive on Jim’s birthday. Happy Birthday Jim, Happy Anniversary to everyone at Monkey World, and Merry Christmas to you all. Chica, Chuva and Lucky enjoying nesting in a How You Can Help donated basket There are many ways in which you can help us to rescue and walnuts, hazelnuts, pecans, and almonds in the rehabilitate more primates. All donations go into a 100% fund - NO shell are all good. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ARE REMOVED. Monkey World is Our small monkeys and gibbons like small to medium not a registered charity, but we have established the Jim Cronin sized baskets. They are good for the squirrel monkeys, capuchins, Memorial Fund for Primate Conservation and Welfare, UK and marmosets to nest inside but they need to be quite robust. We Registered Charity, No.1126939 and the Endangered Asian can also use more sheets, blankets, and towels. The monkeys Species Trust, UK Registered Charity No.1115350, which and apes simply love them and we can never have enough. Heavy- supports endangered primate rescue and rehabilitation in Asia. duty dog toys, hessian sacks, un-used stamps, and thick ropes Without your help our rescue and rehabilitation work would not be are always used. We are running low on “feeding balls”, “kong” possible. If you are on holiday and see a monkey or ape being used, toys and tub-trugs. They keep the monkeys and apes busy trying abused, or neglected, please let us know. Take down all the details to get the hidden treats from inside and we also use the rope pulls as and try to get a photo – we follow up on as many reports as possible. part of the climbing structure for the monkeys. American football Help by donating goods such as fruit, vegetables, bread, or strands and rugby balls seem to have a tougher exterior – monkeys and of garlic. We are in particular need of cod liver oil capsules and apes love playing with them and they last a little bit longer. 60mg chewable vitamin C tablets at present. Any type of melon You can help by adopting a monkey or ape and you will receive is also good as they are not too fattening! For the gibbons and a year’s pass to the park, a photo of your monkey or ape, a monkeys they love exotic fruits, but due to the cost they are not part certificate, and the Ape Rescue Chronicle three times per year. of our regular fruit and veg order. And for our capuchin monkeys Establish a legacy for the long-term welfare of the primates and be they love nuts in the shell and spend time breaking them open – remembered in the park. 20 Orang-utan nursery By Luis Mesa Paddy’s GrouP By Ruth Campbell Oshine continues to lose weight steadily and is becoming Paddys’ group has been going through some changes increasingly active. She climbs very well, although continues to this year. Bart, now 5-years-old, has been steadily walk upright. Oshine amuses the PCS by refusing to sit down losing his white bum tuft, indicating his move from baby without a cushion of blankets or wood wool! Joly has found in to young chimp. With this change, he must find his Kai, the perfect match. Finally she has someone who never place within the hierarchy of the group. A difficult time gets tired of wrestling! During a break from play, Joly likes to for both him and the rest of the group as his change in spend time with the PCS and is always there to greet you in the status means other members of the group, including Dinda Kai morning. Lingga always needs to know what’s going on and is his mum Susie, will also change. Good pals Busta, always the first to explore anything new. She enjoys spending Gamba, and Micky are great playmates for Bart while There have been a few changes in the nursery over the last time with Kai and her best friend Dinda. Dinda’s favourite aunt Zoe continues to look out for the little chap. Bart place to be is in the playroom and is often seen playing with still hangs on to his baby privileges and is often seen year; one of the most significant ones was the departure of Clin Hsaio-ning to Rostock Zoo in Germany. It was very hard for the public through the viewing windows. winding up some of the females to get attention from the PCS to say goodbye to such a kind natured orang-utan. Over the last year she has grown very Paddy, who is yet to discipline him properly. This job However, PCS are pleased to hear how well the move has gone close to Oshine, falls to the ladies, which can sometimes get them in and to find out how happy she is with her new family.