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Chipangali Wildlife Trust
Extracted from the Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage January 2005 Newsletter
February 17, 2005

Primates, primates and more primates . . . Well, I am sure that you all remember OUZO, you would never guess yes, now she has a playmate "Kane" who was rescued from being pecked alive by crows, in the Matopos. On his arrival to the Orphanage he was treated for all his external wounds, and as you can imagine a very terrified little boy. Now, he is Ouzo's constant companion, and they thorough enjoy playing with one another, keeping them both out of mischief during light hours. Both Kane & Ouzo are starting the change colour, where their body and facial hairs are getting lighter, & in little Kane's case improving his looks.

In early November, a young lady from Mutare phoned, stating that she had arranged for a young Samango monkey to be brought to us, who had been found by a worker alongside the road; half-dead, dehydrated and petrified On her arrival everyone fell in love with this most adorable little monkey. Sammy slept in Claire's bed at night as that is where she felt safe and sound , waking Claire up at regular intervals when she was a little scared . This little darling has the most wonderful nature, and until recently was playing surrogate sister to Jack and Mr T.

What do you know, about two weeks later, the very same lady emailed us, to let us know that a little vervet monkey was saved. Apparently, a security guard heard this shouting, screaming and banging of some sort, and went to investigate, on his arrival his witnessed two unruly youths, beating young Jack's Mum with poles. He chased them off, and on his return, Jack's Mom was having her last gasps of air, he tucked the little mite, into his coat and took it to the Mutare SPCA. The SPCA managed to find a family to look after him, until transport was organised to send him onto us. On his arrival there was much excitement, as one of the young ladies that had raised Sammy, came along, and decided to stay with us for awhile. Anyway, poor Jack was not blessed with the best looks, & on handling him, he hissed and squawked at us ~ but then we introduced him to Sammy. He was elated and ran and clung to her, and since seeks her affection constantly.

Then came, Mr. T. ~ a scrawny, tiny little mite, who held onto his foster human mother like no tomorrow . . . there were tears, from his foster mother, peeks around the side to see that he was coping . . . and surprisingly he has. Mr. T. was found in Gweru and his foster parents, knew that they would be bringing him to us, so tried (really tried, but from the goodbyes, I think he stole their hearts) not to become attached. Now, there is a constant struggle by Mr. T. and Jack to have ALL of Sammy's affection . . . and being of the wonderful loving character, that she is, she makes sure that they are given equal amounts of her time and affection. Yesterday it was decided that we would move Mr. T and Jack to their own enclosure as to give Sammy a break.

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