Wild Futures - Newsletter Summer 2019

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Gibbobobo
@Gibbobobo
A huge thank you to
everyone who donated,
subbed, gave bits or gifted
subs at any point during
Monkey March! I’ve
added the money to the
Tiltify campaign which
has brought our total to an
amazing £321.12 that we’ve
raised for @wildfutures so
far this year!
Tarin
@Tarin_Teague
#ff @wildfutures dedicated
to protection of primates,
Wild Futures campaigns to
end the pet primate trade.
Primate Conservation
@PrimConsOBU
A big thank you to
@wildfutures for hosting us
this weekend and thank you
to all the wonderful staff for
sharing your knowledge and
time with us We hope the
monkeys enjoy their new
enrichments
Dr Susan Cheyne
@DrSusanCheyne
Amazing view from an
amazing sanctuary.
@wildfutures are
working hard to end the
primate pet trade and
care for the monkeys
who have been affected.
#PrimatesAreNotPets
Merrymeet Minimals
@MerrymeetMinims
@wildfutures - Please wish
Banjo a happy birthday from
us. We’ll be there at Easter
with some goodies for him
James Overton
@CelticSwimmer
A very successful Polperro
environmental day yesterday.
Hoping to make it an annual
event. Thanks to Sarah from
@wildfutures for her talk on
the dangers to primates due
to climate change, palm oil
production and deforestation.
Very informative.
Changing Times
Consistency and change are, I think, two essential
elements for a charity like Wild Futures. They can
challenge us and be complementary. The political,
environmental and economic landscapes are seemingly
always in flux and we must negotiate these to remain true
to our aims, protecting primates and habitats worldwide.
In the last few months the climate crisis has made the
headlines over and over again. When Sir David Attenborough filmed at our Sanctuary
three summers ago, he said that he was retiring and his production crew joined him to say
goodbye. As we all know, he has far from retired. In fact his films about climate change,
biodiversity and environmental degradation have provided the essential clarion call we
all need to hear.
Wild Futures work is underpinned by education and action, as I hope you can see in this
edition of our newsletter. It’s why we open our Sanctuary doors to the public, why we are
always striving to create interesting volunteer programmes, why we run our university
courses, collaborate with our colleagues in the welfare and conservation world and fund
the overseas projects you read about.
These are our constants and how we focus our priorities, resources and energies is what
must adapt to keep the charity fresh and relevant.
Of course the welfare of the monkeys in our care is always priority. The changing
population, the species and their histories has resulted in us deciding to reduce our
public opening hours; we have to balance welfare, education and finance. The care team
can focus more on the medical, social and physical needs of the monkeys who arrive at
the Sanctuary seriously damaged by their lives as pets. We can expand our training and
educational programmes. But we need to ensure the funds are in place to make it possible
and to respond to every emergency that challenges us.
This is where our supporters have remained the constant - you continue to make it all
possible and we owe you a great deal for this! But we need to grow our amazing family
of supporters and we need you to help: Please share on social media, tell your friends and
colleagues about Wild Futures, make an adoption gift - spread the word!
Thank you for all you do,
Best Wishes,
Rachel
Wild Futures, Murrayton House, St Martins, Looe, Cornwall PL13 1NZ
Tel: 01503 262532 • Email: info@wildfutures.org
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Please pass this newsletter on to a friend or neighbour to raise awareness of our work.
Chico
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The Monkey Sanctuary update
We’ve had a busy few months since our last
update to you, and the time has flown by!
In March, weeper capuchin Olly arrived
at the sanctuary! Olly’s history is a little
unclear, but we believe he was brought
into the UK from another European
country, and kept as a pet in London for
a couple of years. Olly’s owner used to
take him on the London Underground,
and thankfully someone reported them to
the authorities and he was subsequently
rescued. We are thankful to Gentleshaw
sanctuary for caring for Olly before he was
able to come here as his forever home.
Olly
He’s immediately got stuck into his
new life at the Sanctuary; calling to and
greeting all of the other monkeys as well
as exploring his enclosure to the fullest!
Once his ‘quarantine’ period was over he
began to socialise with the other weeper
capuchins and is slowly on his way to
becoming a valued member of the weeper
capuchin group!
With the highs, we’ve also suffered
a devastating low, when earlier this
year beloved capuchin monkey Kodak
suddenly passed away. We’d noticed that
he’d lost a lot of weight in a short amount
of time, so we took him to the vets to
get checked out, and, sadly, the results
of his check-up showed a terminal heart
condition. To help manage his condition,
we started him on medication straight
away, but he deteriorated quickly and
Kodak passed away peacefully during the
night, surrounded by his friends. We are
heartbroken at the loss but we find peace
in knowing that he lived a happy and
exciting life here at the Sanctuary, with
many great friends. Tam, Kirsty and Joey
definitely felt the loss within their group,
especially as he held such a pivotal role for
them; but this loss brought them together
in ways we never could have imagined,
and they have never been closer. We are
hoping to socialise the three of them with
other capuchins to form a new group, and
we will be spending the next few months
working on that! For now, we remember
Kodak as an inquisitive, courageous,
playful capuchin, whose loud, excitable
greetings to his favourite humans each
morning will never be forgotten.
Kodak
New to 2019, we made the decision to
reduce our opening days to the public this
year! As a small charity we have to make
sure that our resources are going to where
they are needed most. As we are a sanctuary,
and a forever home to rescued monkeys,
we need to respond to the changing needs
of the monkeys and strike a good balance
between welfare, education, and funding;
and the welfare of the monkeys in our
care has to take priority. Being closed for
longer, we can concentrate on big projects
like building and adapting enclosures
equipped with specially designed catching
systems for easier catches for vet visits, reroping
enclosures to make it different and
interesting for the monkeys, working on
new enrichment programs, and socialising
different monkeys!
New Enclosure
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General
Thank You
Gifts in kind are a great way for
individuals and companies to
donate specific items for the
monkeys. These donations are
really important to us as it means
that we can continue providing
important items for the monkeys.
Gifts in kind can be anything from
fire hose and ropes for enrichment,
fridges and freezers to store the
monkeys’ food, vitamins and
medicines for the monkeys, to
office equipment for the staff.
We want to say a huge thank you to:
• Eliza Tinsley for their continuing
donations of rings on plates and
bolts to help us hang enrichment
for the monkeys.
• Corinna Thuelen and Gabi
Douglass for continuing to go
above and beyond to support Wild
Futures.
• ASSA ABLOY Ltd (Yale Locks)
for their loyal and long-term
donations of padlocks and snib
locks.
• Viridian for their life-giving
donations of vital vitamins for the
monkeys.
• Tecni Ltd for continuing to
donate clips so we can hang ropes
and other items in the monkey
enclosures.
• Chris Armstrong, Director of
Armtec Engineering Ltd, HMS
Rayleigh, Royal Navy Falmouth
Docks, and Crownhill fire station
for their ongoing donations of
ropes and fire hose.
• TESCO Ivybridge for continuing
to collect nuts for the monkeys to
enjoy
• Lesley Thatcher for donating
pots of bamboo for the marmosets
to climb and play in.
• BD (Becton, Dickinson
and Company) for donating
syringes and needles for us to
give medication to our diabetic
monkeys.
Find out more about the important
day-to-day items we are in need
of at www.wildfutures.org/
waystohelp/parcels-for-primatesmonkey-wish-list-appeal
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