The Springfield Country Hotel, Leisure Club & Spa is set within six acres of beautiful landscaped gardens at the foot of the Purbeck Hills. Charity No. 1126939 superior and executive rooms, are all you would expect from a country house hotel, some with balconies and views of our beautifully landscaped gardens. A PE R ESCUE C HRONICLE Situated in one of the most beautiful parts of the country, just We also boast a Leisure Club with a Issue: 66 SPRING 2017 a few minutes’ drive from Lulworth well-equipped gym, heated indoor Cove, Monkey World, Corfe Castle, swimming pool, sauna, steam Swanage Steam Railway and the room, large spa bath, snooker beaches of Swanage and Studland, room, 2 squash courts, outdoor we are just a short drive from the tennis courts and an outdoor Jurassic Coast which has been swimming pool, heated during the awarded World Heritage status. summer months. 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Springfield Country Hotel Leisure Club and Spa, Grange Road, Wareham, Dorset BH20 5AL [email protected] Tel: 01929 552177 Fax: 01929 551862 Leisure Club Tel: 01929 554888 THREE CHIPS OFF TOTO & FREDDIE 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.