Dixie was being used in a nearby tourist town for making money by using her to pose with tourists. Although she was screaming in fear while being manipulated for the posed photos, none of the tourists using her in this way seemed to understand, or care, what she was going through. She was about 2-3 months old, her mother would have been killed to obtain such a young baby.

Lavender is an escaped or released pet. She found her way into a big office complex and John was called to rescue her. She was successfully caught and bought to the tree house. Although thrilled to meet other monkeys at present she is still, quite naturally, wary of humans.

Dennis was brought into us as a tiny baby. He had been confiscated by the forestry department as an illegally kept pet. He would have been bought to be used for begging from tourists. His mother would have been killed, in order for a baby of this age to be separated from her.

Ruby, a female Bonnet Macaque Monkey was rescued from her handlers when we were alerted by supporters that they were beating her with a stick and trying to cut off her tail, as a punishment as she had bitten one of them. She was being used on the beaches for begging.

Found in Bombay loose but with a dangling chain, she is probably an escaped monkey that was used for begging. She is used to being handled by people and we are already able to walk her in the garden. She was bought to us from Bombay by the PETA animal rescue group.

Kirsty was handed over to us by the Forestry Department, who found her wandering around Panaji, where she was either abandoned or escaped from being kept as a pet.

Katrina is a Rhesus macaque, not a species native to southern India. They only arrive here as illegally imported babies, to be sold as pets.

Bought in to us by the forestry dept at about 4 months old, she had many injuries including burns to hands and feet. It is thought she was partially electrocuted on power cables.

Nissa was brought in as a small baby with her mother after they were rescued following being hit on the road. Her mother sadly could not be saved as her injuries were too severe. Nissa was therefore bottle reared by our volunteers, Alexandro and Celine who spent the monsoon in charge of the tree house during Jo and Johns trip to the U.K. Nissa is the star of many of the videos.

Christelle was about 5 months old on arrival and was bought to the rescue centre by someone who said she had been attacked by dogs. After having her for a few days we now think she had probably been kept by them as a chained “pet” and perhaps attacked by their own dog as she was used to human contact and had marks and loss of fur around her neck.

We were called out on a monkey emergency call, after a traffic accident involving a monkey, and found Pan on the roadside. Although only 4 to 5 months old, he was by that age, not willing to substitute his mother for a human and a feeding bottle. He did take fruit and vegetables however and we boosted this with baby cereals and supplements to compensate, as he would still have been suckling.

Alfi was bought to us as a 6 month old baby, when dogs had killed his mother. He had a large bite wound on his back that our vets treated and stitched. Alfi was very unhappy and at first refused to eat.

Shaylee was brought to us by the forestry department following a traffic accident and in a very bad state. We were almost certain she would need to be euthanized. As well as her other injuries, she was totally blind after a blow to her head. Although totally wild, she started to take food, so we managed to arrange for her to go to a human hospital for a brain scan to assess her chances; these facilities are not available for animals here.

Evie was a tiny baby, orphaned by a traffic accident which killed her mother and bottle reared here. Evie quickly bonded with Ella and now they are inseparable sisters. Evie is quite shy in nature, but very affectionate to those she knows are her friends

Ella was brought into the center by the forestry department as a very young and totally dependant baby, a few months old. Her mother had been killed in a traffic accident. She was bottle reared with 24 hr human care and 2 hourly feeds initially.

There was a long delay in getting this baby to our care, as he had been taken to another rescue centre but they were unable to cope with him. He came into care following a traffic accident where his mother was killed and had suffered an injury himself.

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.

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.