During the last three days we have treated 5 monkeys, and observed a sixth, that have had wounds inflicted upon them by other members of their own species. Unfortunately, only two of these remain alive. Whilst back at the Trust we have struggled to understand why in just over 48 hours this has occurred?
The only explanation we have is that the stress put upon these monkeys by the hottest time of the year, which has lead water and food shortages within the forest, has gotten too much for them. This has led confrontations to exacerbate rapidly. We hope that this is not a long-term issue, as we need to focus on problems caused by man, not by monkey.
Therefore we would like to issue a passionate plea to all monkeys. Please stop fighting among yourselves, you are not the enemy. Hmm, kind of echoes our thoughts on another disagreement within another species of primate.
Donations made here are
Mar 2nd Susan B USD 11.00
3 Comments
Wonderful photo of a sykes – do tell us more about this odd behaviour and more photos of these special primates please
Hmmm, sounds like a survival mechanism in operation for sure…sad though…too bad they don’t know how endangered they already are!
More photos here – http://www.flickr.com/groups/colobus/
Sykes, baboon and colobus as well.
Enjoy!