Monkey Business Our special thanks to: Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary www.junglefriends.org Xerographics Copy Center, without Year 5, Issue 1, January whose continued generosity this Newsletter would not be possible. Rescue in the Bayou by Lee Ward Inside this issue: Top Banana Adventure In Paradise: Friends Primate Sanctuary in to others who might be able to Born to be Wild Project work- Gainesville, Florida. help. ing with Primate Refuge and Sanctuary of Panama to release captive monkeys to pristine I interned with Jungle Friends last At first it seemed hopeful that islands of Panama. Page 2 year, learning the ropes of mon- local authorities were handling the key care and sanctuary operations. situation so that Ebi would soon Television Shows featuring Currently I am preparing to move be recovered. Yet, on Friday night, Resident of a Louisiana Bayou. Jungle Friends this April. from Texas to Florida to join the with near-freezing temperatures, Page 8 (Editor’s Note: This quarter, our Jungle Friends staff in the spring. the little monkey was still missing and Kari was frantic. By this time Murphy Brown to move to Top Banana recognition goes to Jun- I realized that I was going to be Jungle Friends this Spring. gle Friend’s special friend, Lee Ward. I received an email from Jungle We think you will understand why personally involved in this search Page 9 Friends’ Director Kari Bagnall – something was telling me that I from her own words. ) about Ebi’s situation and her plans needed to go to Ebi and bring him Volunteer Voice: It Ain’t Just for fundraising to provide a habitat home. But where was he? About Monkeys for him. Everything seemed rou- Page 10 I first heard about Ebi (which rhymes with Ely) on Thursday, tine. Sadly, Ebi is just one of many (continued on page 6) unwanted “pet” monkeys. By A Word from Our Spon- January 9. A few days earlier, Ebi’s Thursday evening however, the sors: My first visit to Jungle owners in Louisiana had turned situation had quickly escalated Friends Page 11 him over to Angie and Randy Walker, a couple with a local when Ebi freed himself from his reputation for rescuing unwanted cage and vanished into the cold animals. They housed the aban- night. For the next three days Xerographics Copy Center doned weeper capuchin monkey Kari worked via phone and email Cebus olivaceus in their garage from Florida to stay in touch with Gainesville, FL temporarily, while they hunted for the Walkers, area police and ani- a permanent home for Ebi. Even- mal control, networking them Lee Ward (left) and Angie 352.375.0797 with her contacts in other parts of tually they were referred to Jungle Walker together with Ebi Louisiana and spreading the word shortly after his rescue from a Louisiana bayou. Monkey Shines Pet Psychic Visit by Larry Coyne If you are a fan of Animal Planet’s of us here a Jungle Friends, serious however, Sonya immediately felt ‘The Pet Psychic’, then you proba- concern. that ET communicated a terrible bly saw the January 20th episode itch and recommended that ET be Since it is common for captive where Sonya Fitzpatrick and our treated with a homeopathic remedy. monkeys to self mutilate, we own Nicole Haaf, determined why thought it could be a behavior She also stated that ET missed the Pet Psychic, Sonya Fitzpatrick, ET was chewing his tail. ET is a talks to Buddie between shots. issue since he had some trouble company of a special monkey friend sub species of the tufted or brown Kari Bagnall, JF Director looks on with Gizmo. Consequently, ET from whom he had recently been while Lisa Barnes video tapes. capuchin, Cebus apella nigritus. For was treated with antibiotics, addi- separated. Nicole immediately weeks, ET had been chewing the tional enrichments and moved thought of Buddie, a female weeper, tip of his tail as well as scratching a away. Upon entering ET’s area Cebus olivaceus. Previously, ET lived raw spot on his rump, causing all (continued on page 8) Page 2 Jungle News Born to be Wild Project by Christine Orman, Ph.D. Born to be Wild (BTBW) is a mates on an international level. Because primates are not indige- U.S.—Panama project to return There is no other Latin American nous to Florida, we cannot release formerly captive monkeys from operation that has the govern- them to the wild here. Our Born the U. S. back to their land of ment’s blessing to use 42 pristine to be Wild project is a creative origin in natural habitats where islands, inherently protected from and heart-fulfilling way for us to From the Editor: I’m Larry and just wanted to say hello. they can live out their lives in people, for rehabilitating and per- overcome these challenges. It is Like everyone here, I wear a few hats. This one as well as the volunteer coordi- freedom. The Primate Foundation manently housing formerly captive also unique, as no other sanctuary nator and activities director. That and I of Panama (PFP) has been highly primates… and, importantly, has in the States has such a project in clean up monkey poop. We all hope you enjoy the newsletter and thank you for successful in rehabilitating former surplus space to help monkeys place for the benefit of human- your support. pet monkeys onto their beautiful from the U.S. The demand for reared primates. Last, the project When you are done with the newsletter island habitats at the Primate Ref- housing plagues all animal rescue has tremendous potential for please pass it on. Or, if you wish to keep your copy, give us the addresses and we’ll uge & Sanctuary of Panama organizations. As a sanctuary for growth and impact internationally. send them to your friends. We can also (PRSP). Jungle Friends (JF) and primates, JF confronts additional All of these are reasons why it is send the newsletter on a CD-ROM if you know a printer that would make you PFP have established a partnership challenges. We cannot adopt out so important for Born to be Wild copies to distribute in your area. to promote the conservation and our monkeys to a good home. to become a reality. To Contact Us: humane care of nonhuman pri- Rather we provide lifetime care. Kari Bagnall, Founder and President [email protected] Nicole Haaf, Animal Care Director Adventure in Paradise—May, 2002 by Nicole Haaf [email protected] Larry Coyne, Volunteer Coordinator [email protected] Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary 13915 N State Rd. 121 Gainesville, FL 32653 386.462.7779 Executive Office 386.418.0808 Volunteer & Activities 386.462.7780 Fax Simple Bohio living quarters www.junglefriends.org The living quarters were very A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINAN- primitive, called bohios, which CIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL- Flying into Panama was breathtak- We knew we were in paradise means "house with no walls". FREE WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDA- ing. I have never seen such lush as the boat pulled up to these They were built with bamboo TION BY THE STATE. (1-800-435-7352) vegetation. The weather was pristine islands. We saw many posts holding up the second story warm but comfortable. A taxi basilisks (lizards) around the edge with a bamboo floor and a driver was very helpful in giving us of the water. We climbed a hill to thatched roof. Francisco set up a quick tour as he drove us into the living quarters, meeting a spi- cots with mosquito netting for Panama City to the Metropolitan der monkey named Moni with her Kari and myself on the second Nature Park where we met Dr. baby clinging to her breast. Moni story. Dennis Rasmussen of Primate is a black handed spider monkey, a Refuge and Sanctuary of Panama highly endangered species. Fur- (PRSP). Dennis took us on a tour ther up the hill we saw several of the Park where there were small mammals called agoutis that many animals that were confis- look like large guinea pigs. cated and awaiting release, some of which would be released on the See more about the PRSP at their website: PRSP islands. It was 1-½ hours of traveling Deluxe Latrine www.primatesofpanama.org time by car to Lake Gatun where we would catch our boat to the The latrines on the island were Did you know that volunteers with 1,000 hours of service at islands. The PRSP interesting. Tarps served as your Jungle Friends may intern in ranger, Francisco, took us over to privacy wall, though usually cov- Panama at no cost? the island, which was about 15 ered only two or three sides. minutes away. Lake Gatun There was a chair with a bolted Page 3 Year 5, Issue 1, January continued from page 2: Adventure in Paradise by Nicole Haaf toilet seat which balanced precari- filled with lush flora. Six Months Later… Dr. Carlos Chena also says, “I ously over a trench. As we pulled up to the islands, Back to Panama have had the pleasure of listening As we walked around the island, some monkeys would come right to Ms. Haaf’s presentations to the the ground seemed to move be- down to the boat for their fruit, Biology Department and the Fac- low us. This optical illusion was others waited until you put it on ulty of Veterinary Medicine. She is caused by the marching of 1,000’s their feeding platforms.