On behalf of everyone at the Trust (and every monkey in Diani) I would like thank everyone who has donated to us through Wildlife Direct. We are now confident that if this kind support continues we will be able to continue our road to recovery. Below we have named our most recent donors. So, a big thank you to:
Kathy S
Mollie G
Sherri S
Timothy M
Theresa S
Katie M
Maria Adelaide A
Muriel T
With your support we are able to be there for monkeys like the little Sykes we received at the end of last week. Concerned residents brought us this monkey from just outside the Shimba Hills NR. Where they saw it being mistreated by some children.
The individual in question was an extremely sweet young male Sykes Monkey. Luckily when he was brought to us, apart from being a bit skinny and very tired, the only problem he had was a bad case of the hiccups! This soon cleared up after a nice meal of milk and glucose and the little guy was soon fast asleep hanging on to his surrogate mother, a towel. In the wild infants of his age are still carried everywhere by their mother. Unfortunately due to the situation of his origins we knew that, if still alive, his mother would be impossible to find. This put a release into his troop out of the question. So this, and the fact that he would not be accepted into another wild troop due to his gender, left us in a pickle.
Thankfully Kerstin, a local Tiwi Beach resident, was on hand to save the day. She has raised many monkeys, with similar troubles, and introduced them to her resident troop of Vervet & Sykes Monkeys at her home. These are a welcoming collection of monkeys who’ve taken in many homeless monkeys such as ours. For this we also owe a massive thank you to Kerstin and look forward to updating you on the progress of this lucky monkey.
Keep up the support!
Gwili
Donations made here are
Mar 2nd Susan B USD 11.00
4 Comments
Gwili, thank you for helping this poor little guy. Sad to think it was children who were harrassing him. Kirsten sounds like a wonderful person, bless her. With her gentle hands, this sweet monkey has a chance of a good life. Great post!
I’m so glad this little guy has found a good home. I am, however, very disturbed to learn that children were mistreating the monkey. WHAT THE HELL?
s.
Thanks for your comments. We were glad to be able to help this little monkey. Unfortunately this occurs a lot Sheryl. What usually happens is the mother is killed by a hunting party and the infant is taken home and given to the children. These children have no idea how to care for a monkey so end up treating it like a toy. We address this problem through our education program.
Gwili
Yes, Gwili, I thought about your education program…must be very hard for these children to apppreciate, when they see the adults killing the adult monkeys, in the first place. Bt the way, have you had the chance to locate the lagging Charles referred to? He and I have kept in touch over this matter, and we are both keenly interested to see how well it has held up.