Monkeys
Category: Guenon | Date: Jul 14 2008 | By: limbewildlifecentre
In the last few months many monkeys were brought to the Limbe Wildlife Centre. In quarantine we have now two putty-nosed guenons, two mona monkeys and one agile mangabey.
The situations in which we find these monkeys are sometimes heart breaking. We found a mona of around two years old in Batoke, a major bushmeat village close to Limbe. She was kept with a rope around the waist, tied to a wooden structure. She had no protection from rain or sun and was malnourished. From frustration she had been plucking her hairs, so she looks awful. In this case the owner was happy that we took the mona away, because she said that it had become a problem for her. Bakassi, as we have called her, is now together with the other mona, Takwai, and the two putty-nosed monkeys Kumba and Manya. It is great to see that she has put up some weight and has become close friends with Kumba. They sleep together in a hummock and during the day they groom each other and play together. Bakassi is still rather bald, but we have not seen her pluck her hair again. We hope that one day her fur will be thick and fluffy again.
Takwai, who arrived at the Limbe Wildlife Centre at the end of April (see earlier blog), has only joined the group a few days ago. For more then two months I have taken her home every night, because she needed milk late at night and in the morning early. She is much younger than the other monkeys, but the others are still too young to adopt her as a baby, so Takwai still has to find her place in the group. But now after a few days she is already more comfortable then on the first day, so she will be fine.
The monkeys arriving at the LWC show us that we still have a lot of work to do. The high school in Batoke is part of our outreach program, so all the students that attend this school participate in our 17 weeks Conservation Education Program. Hopefully these children will be aware of the necessity to take care of the environment when they grow up.
Best wishes,
Simone de Vries
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My name is Felix Lankester, the Project Director of the Limbe Wildlife Centre and also the head veterinarian. I have been at the project since April 2004.
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Donations Received
- Jan 7th Amy O. USD110.00
- Jan 2nd Gwendolen R. USD20.00
- Dec 24th Monique S. USD50.00
- Dec 23rd Charlotte W. USD29.70
- Dec 22nd Cristina C. USD143.00
- Dec 8th Matthew T. USD32.00
- Dec 7th Amy O. USD110.00
- Dec 2nd Gwendolen R. USD20.00
- Nov 28th Wanda H. USD22.00
- Nov 9th Pirjo I. USD33.00
- Nov 8th Bonnie J. USD22.00
- Nov 7th Amy O. USD110.00
- Oct 26th Gwendolen R. USD20.00
- Sep 30th Chantal A. USD22.00
- Sep 2nd Rebecca K. USD50.00
- Sep 2nd Pirjo I. USD50.00
- Sep 2nd Nigel G. USD200.00
- Aug 29th Chantal A. USD20.00
- Aug 25th Cheryl L. USD60.00
- Aug 13th Pirjo I. USD50.00
3 Responses to “Monkeys”
Wanda, Atlanta, on 14 Jul 2008
Gosh this post just proves how much education is still needed — thank goodness you got these guys and I hope efforts to educate stop people from trying to keep them as pets - thanks for post!
sheryl, washington dc, on 14 Jul 2008
The comment from the bushmeat trader that keeping a monkey was “too much trouble” hightlights the careless, lack of compassion of the bushmeat trade. All of our actions have enormous consequences and most people are missing that connection.
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Annie, Texas, on 14 Jul 2008
I agree, poor babies…thanks for helping them get healthy again…I definitely think it is important to educate the younger people…for they are the future and must know that conservation is important in their country!
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