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Monkeys

Monkey

John was born in the UK in 1951 and served 5 years in the British Royal Army Veterinary Corps. After leaving the army John became Chairman of the Hunt Saboteurs Association in 1974.

Monkeys

Elfin

A call from a member of the public led us to a very sick wild young langur. She had been knocked down on the national highway and taken home the day before by a concerned lady, who had hoped she’d be ready to be released by morning.

Monkeys

Pixie

Pixie, This now Large Langur was rescued by one of IAR’s ambulances and taken to the centre at Assagao when they received a message to say a female Langur Monkey had been killed on a busy road , and its baby was still alive, clinging to its mother’s dead body. We were later informed that the mother had been killed at least two days before and everyone had just been walking past.

Jo's Blog

A New Arrival!

Matilda Makes A Tentative Approach For Friendship To Sweety Sweety, a bonnet macaque about 15 years old, has been kept as a captive pet since a baby, when she lost her arm in an accident. Although she has always been well looked after, first by her original rescuer, and  then by kind animal people, she has

Jo's Blog

Snakes Abound

The wild langur troop still spends a lot of time around the house and garden because they continue to be fascinated by our adult langurs Pixie and Elfin. They were moved to a bigger pen some months back and are now easily seen from the surrounding forest. Because the troop spends so much time here,