Colobus Trust

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jan 23 2008 | By: admin

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.