Wales Ape & Monkey Sanctuary Wolves at the door

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Bele

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I quote from an article in today's local paper -

' Wales Ape and monkey sanctuary is opening its doors to three rescued Canadian timber wolves .
The sanctuary in Abercrave , Swansea Valley , agreed to home the wolves after they were confiscated by the German Government .
Graham Garem , a sanctuary trustee , will collect the wolves along with nine monkeys .
The rescued wolves will be joining Thunder and Lightning , two wolves already homed by the sanctuary , later this month .'

There is nothing the the sanctuary web-site about this .
 
According to last night's 'Evening Post' the 3 timber wolves have arrived . They come from a zoo near Hannover which had been closed by the authorities . They were captured by feeding them meat baited with sedative and all ate too much , one in particular was very deeply 'under' , it was 3 days before they properly came to . The paper says they are all aged 15 , quite old for a wolf .

Nine capuchin monkeys were also collected from somewhere else , a picture shows a very overweight individual .

I do wonder why a small UK sanctuary that alreday has a lot of primates living in far from optimal conditions - unless matters have changed enormously in a short period - should be taking on lots of additional animals from the Continent .
 
Bele said:
I do wonder why a small UK sanctuary that alreday has a lot of primates living in far from optimal conditions - unless matters have changed enormously in a short period - should be taking on lots of additional animals from the Continent .
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Probably because they do not see it that way and if more animals are offered, then they will continue to accept them. A sort of vicious circle really...:(
 
I visited yesterday and felt happier with the collection than I have done in the past . For a start , they have tidied up the site a lot , which I feel helps . The 3 new Wolves have resonable accommodation and a sturdy looking house was being built , presumably for the new Capuchins . A similar but better replacement for the grotty Marmoset House was on the same site . All the monkey cages have enrichment of various forms - many of the monkeys were searching through the deep wood-chip flooring for scatter feed , frozen drinks in plastic bottles were hanging up and in the larger enclosures fruit had been distributed on trees etc.

A solitary Japanese Macaque was huddled up in its house but the rest of the collection was enjoying the sunshine and looking healthy .

A number of the Chimps they received have since died - though to be fair most were of a good age - the most recent being Joey , ex Mole Hill . Tubman seemed OK on his own , a member of staff was entertaining him with a game , she said he was very attached to humans , unlike Joey .

Several of their monkeys are quite rare in captivity in the UK - Japanese Macaque ( only at Highland WP ) , Olive Baboon ( Knowsley , though theirs might well be hybrids ) and Black Mangabey ( the 2 males are probably the only ones in the UK ).

I have posted a number of photos on the Gallery .
 
Did they still have a mona monkey?

Which of the other chimps have died?

I do find it strange that there was not a single rescue centre in Germany willing to take these wolves. Maybe it had something to do with the risk of escape given they were not european wolves.

I think the sanctuary should take note of the recent monkey enclosure at Dartmoor. I wonder how the costs over 10 years compare to the steel cages.
 
johnstoni said:
Did they still have a mona monkey?

Which of the other chimps have died?

Their web-site said that they received a Mona Monkey but I have not seen it there , unless it is housed inside the large building which they use for quarantine .

I think there were originally 7 Chimps from Penscynor , there are now only 3, one that died was the hand-reared female Neusi , also the oldest pair . One of the 2 Causeway SP Chimps is also no longer there .
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Joey looked fab when I saw him a few weeks ago :( can't believe he's gone. Poor old boy. I hope Tubman will be ok. Maybe he can be moved round nearer the other guys.
 
Bele said:
I quote from an article in today's local paper -

' Wales Ape and monkey sanctuary is opening its doors to three rescued Canadian timber wolves .
The sanctuary in Abercrave , Swansea Valley , agreed to home the wolves after they were confiscated by the German Government .
Graham Garem , a sanctuary trustee , will collect the wolves along with nine monkeys .
The rescued wolves will be joining Thunder and Lightning , two wolves already homed by the sanctuary , later this month .'

There is nothing the the sanctuary web-site about this .
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germany
 
Pertinax said:
Probably because they do not see it that way and if more animals are offered, then they will continue to accept them. A sort of vicious circle really...:(
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More likely to be due to their love of animals knowing that the only other choices the animals face will be death !
 
Hi , I have only just come across this forum ,
I would just like to add that I think what Jan and Graham have done for all the animals in their care is simply amazing, and something they are to be admired for.
Yes the housing isnt 5* but the love and dedication given to the animals is worth a million times more than any " posh " enclosure ..
If you really want to help why not give a few hours as a volunteer or maybe hold a fundraising event .. that way you would be directly involved in helping these animals .
 
MonkeyGirlAmy said:
Joey looked fab when I saw him a few weeks ago :( can't believe he's gone. Poor old boy. I hope Tubman will be ok. Maybe he can be moved round nearer the other guys.
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I saw Tubman on the weekend .. he is ok , he was never particularly close to Joey and visa versa.. i am sure that if the loss shows signs of affecting him Graham will find a way to solve it.
 
macca said:
so can you confirm that joey has passed away? do you know what happened?
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Hi Macca,

It really isnt my place to confirm anything , I am sure that in due course Graham will give full information on the website , or maybe if you contacted the sanctuary they would give you some information ..

There is nothing sinister going on , but proper protocols must be followed, I am sure you will understand.

Thank you
 
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