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Give a treat to help the monks beat the heat!
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Monkey Socializations!
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| Ellie |
We have had a busy week with monkey socializations! Our newest arrival, Ellie, has already shown great interest in Noah, who recently lost his companion. Both marmosets came to Jungle Friends as ex-pets in hopes of finding new mates at Jungle Friends! Luckily for them, they both have laid back attitudes and have already started grooming each other! Did you know many common marmosets form lasting monogamous bonds?
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| Wild Bill |
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| Gabby |
Lastly, a new habitat is going up! When
introduced to Pooh and Emma, our current resident cockatoos, Emma unfortunately
displayed aggressive dominance in the group leading to the decision of building
a brand new habitat for Gabby with generous support from Gabby’s former guardian, Beth. We put the word out for another cockatoo in need, so Gabby will have a bird friend of his own to chatter and whistle at! Meanwhile, he has many human friends who sit and visit with him throughout the day.
Feel free to sponsor any of our animals at http://www.junglefriends.org/samprogram.shtml
so we can continue to build excellent habitats for all of our residents at
Jungle Friends!
Until next time,
Monkey Love!
Kelly
New Arrivals!
Hello, fellow Jungle Friends supporters! I’m the newest
staff member and munchkinland extraodinaire where all of our tamarins and
marmosets live. I was really drawn to Jungle Friends because of its message of
letting monkeys being able to live their lives in as natural state as possible.
Did you know that some species of capuchins live in troops of up to forty
individuals in the wild? Despite my short
time at Jungle Friends thus far, I’ve already gladly welcomed four new arrivals
to our sanctuary. Pip and Zeke, brown
capuchins, arrived the minute I arrived at the sanctuary. They came to Jungle
Friends as ex-laboratory behavioral research subjects in a very frightened
state. The two siblings would clutch to each other, well hidden under a bush,
for comfort during their first few days at the sanctuary. Fortunately, with
positive reinforcement, their curiosity overcame them and they were swinging
from branches in no time!
Did you know Jungle Friends was able to recently build a flight cage for a few of our resident cockatoos and macaws? In fact,
an entire enclosure is being built for our newest umbrella cockatoo, Gabby.
Gabby comes to Jungle friends as an ex-pet of a compassionate owner who raised
him from an egg. Gabby’s human, however, wanted Gabby to be able to live his
life with other birds in one of our excellent habitats at Jungle Friends where
he has found his permanent safe-haven. Gabby spends his days chatting away with
the other birds and waving at any caregivers that come to visit him.
Our newest arrival to Jungle Friends is a
petite weeper capuchin named Annabelle. Her story is rather tragic as she was
found in a bird cage in an evicted house with the ceiling caving in right above
the cage and heaps of trash throughout the house. She is Jungle Friends new
good luck charm and has made a smooth transition into her permanent habitat
here. She is very health conscious and prefers her fruits and veggies over
anything else. She also loves to play! We are currently in the process of
expanding Jungle Friends so please support our wish on Facebook at http://wishes.causes.com/wishes/468116?bws=fb_stream_wish
so we can build more habitats ensuring
that monkeys and birds alike will have a forever home.
Until next time!
Monkey love,
Kelly
April 21-29
World Week for Animals in Laboratories
In honor of World Week for Animals in Laboratories, please join
us in helping the monkeys that have been retired from labs to our
sanctuary at Jungle Friends.
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| PIP on a perch |
At the end of May, Pip and Zeke will be arriving at Jungle Friends. They
are from a laboratory where they were studied for their handedness in
various kinds of manual tasks, their social behavior, problem-solving
abilities (making inferences about which tool will work better in some
task), and a little about their cooperation and
self-control/impulsiveness. Their caretakers are careful not to harm the
animals and are very excited to be able to retire them here at Jungle
Friends where they will be able to live out the remainder of their lives
in a natural environment with other monkeys.
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| Zeke |
Approximately 30%
of the monkeys at Jungle Friends were used in laboratory research. We are committed to helping captive primates, but in order to do so, we need more money and more sanctuaries. Please make a donation to our Research Retirement Fund.
Donate to Jungle Friends Research Retirement Fund
Update On Little Dodger
Update: Unfortunately, our little Dodger couldn't make it through his struggle and passed away this year. I just left Dodger and he is doing great! We had a bit of a set back Thursday, as he was constipated and refusing food. After a few rounds of fluids, and enema and some good loving care, Dodger had a great poop, urinated and started eating again. Whew! Our brave boy ate quite a bit for Kari and Kat yesterday, mainly eggs and mealworms.
He was doing really good on Wednesday, as you can see for yourself in this video. Yesterday he was more active than Thursday. He got some time to bask in the sun and visit his girlfriend, Isabelle! Another video is soon to come!
We really appreciate your compassion for Little Dodger and greatly appreciate your continued support. Thank you so much for your prayers, healing thoughts, reiki energy and for the donations to our Memorial Medical Fund!
Update on Little Dodger
I am sitting here with Dodger on this chilly morning as his is resting with a belly full of ensure, mealworms and glucose. He seems much better today and even walked around a bit! His weight went up from 212 grams yesterday morning to 226 grams this morning. Every little bit gained is great!
We have a wonderful care staff working hard to nurse this tough little guy back to health. Lee has been giving Dodger fluids three times a day. Kat has been his nursemaid for the past two days. Kari ahs been in and out during the day and throughout the night to feed, weigh, and give healing energy and love to him. Today I am his nursemaid.
As I watch him sleep, listening to healing chants being played on the stereo, I can't help but think about all the Jungle Friends supporters out there who are sending their love and healing thoughts and prayers for little Dodger. There are prayer circles out there for him and people sending healing light, love and health for our little fighter. Sitting here I can feel all the love and thoughts surrounding him and hope he feels it too.
All of us here, especially Dodger, thank you for your support. We are not out of the woods just yet, but hopefully we are well on our way! Please continue to send love, light, prayers, healing thoughts, or anything you can do to help us get this little guy back to health!
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