Rosy was a much loved pet who was rescued as baby. The owners had to leave Goa as their business was expanding in Northern India. Thankfully her owner, Suzie, had been told of the Tree House monkeys and so she came to us. Clearly unlike most monkeys she had been very well looked after and
The oldest by several months of the 2005-6 beach babies. He has always been of a very docile nature, but became the lead male due to his age and larger size. He has now reached the point where he is too big and at times too aggressive to permit anyone to enter his pen. We
Flora was yet another monkey rescued from the people selling monkeys on the beach. Again she was in very poor condition and highly traumatized but settled in well. She is now dominated by Shivanee, a highly aggressive female in Snatch’s group. Flora would love to have more human attention, but Shivanee makes sure she does
A member of IAR’s staff spotted Spock, who was being kept at a local shop, and reported it to us. Spock was very young and chained to the shop door; he had no water or shade. He was immediately confiscated and was found to be severely dehydrated, underweight and traumatized. He was given little chance
We had several reports of a baby monkey being used for begging at the tourist night market in Baga, but all attempts to find it proved fruitless as the owner knowing it was illegal, took off. Eventually, with the help of an Indian supporter, she was tricked away from her handler and bought directly to
His plight was reported to us and John immediately went to rescue him. He was found sitting on the ground chained to a length of bamboo. He was very thin and existed on mainly sweets and chocolate from the family’s children. Through boredom he had become withdrawn and had lost all interest in life. Although
Hilary was illegally bought as a family pet after her mother had been killed in order to capture her from the wild. As a baby she was fussed over and even dressed up and taken out on family trips etc. However, as she grew up the total unsuitability of keeping an isolated monkey as a
Being an older baby , Ambrose was a more difficult task from day one. He cried endlessly for the first 3 days, always trying to climb up and back to his mother. This is instinctive behaviourin the langur babies, as they are programmed to do this as they become mobile, as if they had fallen
Confiscated by the Goa forestry department from people using her for begging and street entertainment. She is a very lively young monkey, who can play endlessly. On arrival, she chose some of her toys as her favourites, and will not be parted from them. She readily swims in the pool and is full of bounce.We
Kenji was being sold on the road side in the next state. There were 6 babies tied there up for sale, to catch the Christmas tourists coming to Goa, The mothers would all have been killed and eaten. It is a traditional practice there. He came to Goa with his new owners and thankfully got
The Primate Trust was founded by Jo and John Hicks (the same founders of IAR) it provides long term care to orphaned, abused and injured primates. This work is essential due to the loss of natural habitat, human conflict causing an increasing number of injured and orphaned monkeys. Other monkeys are rescued for being illegally kept as pets and for begging, often in appalling conditions.
