Jo and John Hicks have been at the forefront of animal welfare in the UK since the 1970’s and have

Daisy was the first baby Bonnet Macaque to come to us in December 2005. She had been touted along the

We have been pushed to cope with 3 new arrivals in a short period bringing our resident monkeys up to

The new and badly injured baby bonnet macaque, now named “Baldrick” is doing well although his wounds are still open

The only thing wrong with Baldrick now, apart from a slightly stiff arm, is super hyperactivity. As expected he is

Today we got a report of a baby monkey that someone was trying to sell at the bus station in

We now have the monkey spotted at Margao bus station. A Member of staff Shivnath saw a man begging from

Little Langur Daphne has now survived her first week, and is as demanding as ever, during the day she quite

The new monkey pen is still a work in progress despite promises that it would be finished days ago. Several

Daphne has taken a big step forward, not in sleeping any better through the night, but she has decided she

A tragedy this week with the loss of Heidi who died of a snake bite. She was doing really well

On several evenings in the year, governed by temperature and humidity I think, termites take the air in their millions,

We are still feeling the effect of the loss of Heidi, with disruption and discord among the remaining 3 rhesus

Little Daphne, our baby languor died on Sunday when she developed heart failure. She had been her normal chirpy self

It has taken several weeks, but Pani is now infatuated with Kirsty, in fact he has recently opted to miss

A surprise new arrival this week was a baby bonnet macaque. He is about 2 or 3 months old and

Manuel, the new baby is still doing well and is great friends with Baldrick, the nearest to him in age.

Manuel, the baby bonnet macaque, got a real shock this week. He was playing in the kitchen while his evening

The baby rats that we took out of the car were all moved on by morning, so a happy ending

In the same week that I collected 10 abandoned kittens on just one visit to the local towns fish market,

Its times of plenty for the resident monkeys as the many IAR volunteers who walk or swim with them most

Trouble this week when the carefully planned confiscation of a very young baby monkey being illegally kept, turned into a

No further trouble from Prestons people, we had half expected a midnight raid! We have invited them to come on

As the local market is busier over Christmas, there has been the expected increase of dumped litters, and as usual

Many visitors to India wonder how we cope with the snakes here. Actually, it’s really the smaller things that are

While on a trip to the local market, I got a call from the centre about an injured monkey that

Matilda is now coming out for exercise along with Sasha and Daisy and has taken without fuss to a collar

A new monkey has joined our rescues. This monkey had been used for begging from tourists at a local night

The baby Langur that came in so badly injured at the beginning of the month, has been causing us a

Elfin continues to make good progress, and would now like to make friends with Pixie, our original Langur monkey. Pixies

This week we have been totally devastated by the death of Daisy our first ever rescued monkey. It was Daisy

The recent arrival of a tiny baby Langur monkey has meant several weeks of sleepless nights and constant worry. He

Just as Phooka, the baby Langur, was becoming less of a full time job, along came another tiny baby. This

Puck, the new baby Langur stopped calling for his mother after about 3 days, but his loud voice is still

Despite the lack of space for any new monkeys, a new young male, Scotty, was admitted this week. About one

Several bouts of heavy rain signal the start of the monsoon season. All the monkey pens have some part covered

The start of the monsoon brings inevitable flooding. Mapusa our nearest town has been hit several times. One of my

Three more startling snake encounters to date. Firstly a large spectacled cobra seen in the garden, trying to swallow down

Mowgli, our rescued mongoose, has finally claimed the back garden as his own. Since his arrival at the tree house,

A successful introduction has been made between two of our more vulnerable monkeys. Scotty, our latest rescued monkey, and Ruby,

Having secured an Indian visa for another year, we returned to Goa and even more rain than had followed us

Mowgli’s secret hideaway is found! We had wondered where Mowgli the mongoose was sleeping on nights when he did not

The weather continues to improve, with one or two days at last with no rain. So hopefully the tourists and

Good news on the new monkey pen progress, with two fabricators working as I write. One is only here temporarily,

A sad time at monkey rescue with the untimely death of everyone’s favourite jester, Mowgli the mongoose. He took a

The babies, Puck and Phooka are now spending 2 to 3 hours in their pen unsupervised everyday. Although they initially

he wild Langur’s are not being so persistent at challenging Pixie and Elfin in there new pen now, but they

Scotty (a young bonnet macaque) has been ill with some sort of stomach bug, none of the vets prescribed treatments

Scotty , the sick monkey continues to improve slowly although if he manages to get hold of any fruit, by

The local dog caught in a snare, had its leg removed and was released back where we caught him. We

Crusty, the ex pet crocodile has gone back to the wild after her horrors of life in captivity. The forestry

A Busy time with baby Langurs. Langurs are the only species that still live wild in this area; the Macaques

Shaylee the injured female Langur monkey has just spent her first day in with Phooka and puck in the outside

A lesson in greed for ‘Preston’ that unfortunately left him simply confused. At the local markets the price of all

Much noise and chaos around the monkey pens at present as smart new monsoon covers go on all the pens.

Yes, the nest box for Hornbills has been inspected by them, but unfortunately by the wrong species! It was the

A big fall out between Butch and Hobo left them both with wounds needing to be stitched, and the problem

Butch and Hobo continue their stay in small cages, separately of course, whilst they are on treatment. Butch has however

The wild Langur troop still spends a lot of time around the house and garden because they continue to be

Our first duties were to make sure this little fellow was fed, clean and healthy. The Vets soon gave him

Hope you enjoyed our recent update, now to bring you up to speed. First we have Young Ella who takes

hey guys, Lauren here, sorry we haven’t been posting much but with dad just opening our new bar and restaurant

Well we’re coming to the end of our time at the tree house only one week left to go. No

Sorry, a non functioning computer has led to delay in posting news reports. Many thanks to Max and his family

Ella seems to be on the mend and all three babies are doing well. During our absence two bonnet macaque

The two dumped pet Bonnet Macaques have been captured, with the help of one of our alluring female resident monkeys.

An abundance of wildlife at the Tree House recently. Two big Indian spiders, as yet unidentified, as we have been

Since Ruby and Tilly refuse to make friends with Butch, Cassidy & Sundance, the three young male macaques, in order

“Oh isn’t he sweet”, say visitors meeting Dennis for the first time, and “Id just love to take him home”.

A new monkey, bought in by the forestry department. This is a young Langur, of about 8-10 months, a little

The tablets that we were hoping to get, which contain a natural aggression suppressant are not available in India yet,

The arrival of two released pet male macaques to our centre has caused chaos, and as yet they have not

With the two rebel wild macaques successfully moved on, all the monkeys and especially the Langur babies are actually still

The new and injured baby Langur, about Evie’s age, has been up and down, suffering from not only his injuries

Foster, the latest baby Langur, is still not thriving as he should, he has been three times to the International

Our hands are full already with three dependant babies and ‘Foster’ the still sickly baby Langur really needs a full

A very busy and difficult time at present with the loss of Pani, a male rhesus macaque we have had

A really disheartening time, with the loss of the new kittens, with the exception of Rita, from some killer bug

Not very much progress on the Kirsty and Katrina front, these are our two Rhesus macaque female’s, thrown together by

Dennis our ‘baby’ monkey is now a year old and gets naughtier every day! His favourite game is ‘catch’, he

Some incidents lately that may enlighten those who think living in rural India would be just wonderful. Snakes abound, but

With our U.K trip approaching, weaning the still dependant Langur babies, Ella and Evie was becoming a big concern. During

The first monsoon showers have hit Goa during the last week which has brought a reprieve from the high temperatures

A horrible and devastating accident resulted in the new baby Langur we were rearing having to be put to sleep.

Foster, Ella and Evie, the three youngest of the Langurs had been sleeping in my bedroom till just before I

Three call outs to langurs in trouble and 2 with happy endings. Firstly a young langur knocked down crossing the

Katrina is proving to be very contrary regarding her new pills see last blog even though they seem to be virtually tasteless,

With the monsoon rains back in full force, no more fun in the pool for the monkeys, so I have

Tilly, Ruby and baby Dennis live together in a pen built, not by coincidence, right near the house. This makes

Two new arrivals at the tree house, the first a female Bonnet Macaque of about 2 to 3 years and

The two new female monkeys have settled in pretty well, although neither can yet be handled by the staff. Lavender

A big bonus for the animals over Christmas, when lots of frozen chickens were donated for the rescued dogs and