Primate Update E-Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 4, Part 2

WHAT’S HAPPENING at PPS?


PPS Extension

We are currently in the process of building more outdoor enclosures to accommodate the monkeys now living indoors in portables. Construction of the new Extension is now well under way, and the Sanctuary is in urgent need of funds for this vital project.

Thanks to Steven, work is getting done on the on the much-needed Marmoset and Tamarin extension! Despite all the rain, the foundation has been poured and the framework will soon be complete. Next, the roof will go up. Steven is also working out the design details with Jeff Smith at Corners LTD. Jeff is planning to come to Maui to install the pre-made panels in June.

Steven and Jonathan Framing the New Extension

 We Need Your Help

Please join with us in our life saving work. With your help, we can build the new
addition with outdoor enclosures for the monkeys now living indoors.

PPS Extension design

Rescue Fund

Please help the monkeys by contributing to our Rescue Fund. This fund will allow us to provide homes for at risk animals needing to be brought to the Sanctuary immediately. Laboratories and pet owners often have deadlines for placement and may not contribute to the costs involved in getting the animal to Pacific Primate Sanctuary and for providing housing and care.

For example: we were just contacted about rescuing a pet monkey in Washington who is facing euthanization after his “owner” became too sick to care for him. Airfare alone for the marmoset will be over $300. Please contribute to our Rescue Fund to help with these emergencies.

Send your tax-deductible donations to:


Pacific Primate Sanctuary
500-A Haloa Road
Haiku, HI 96708


Or donate on our website, www.pacificprimate.org using PayPal.


PPS PEOPLE in the SPOTLIGHT

Meet PPS Volunteer Judi

Festive Judi, gift wrapping at the

PPS holiday fundraiser

Judi has been volunteering with Pacific Primate Sanctuary for almost a year now, and has proven to be an amazing asset to the Sanctuary. Judi has a long background in working with horses and human primates. She has been a swim instructor and has worked with special needs children and adults, but never with non-human primates. We soon learned that she was eager to learn, and to help in every way she could!

Not only is Judi very reliable about driving from Kahakuloa (a very long drive from Haiku!) to volunteer for her weekly animal care shift, she is also the first to sign up for any special events. She came in every single week during the month of our gift-wrapping fundraiser and always stayed longer than she was signed up for. Judi also proposed to organize a Silent Auction as a fundraiser for the Sanctuary, and is currently working on making that a reality. Aunty Judi frequently thinks about what can be done to help the monkeys and is always spreading the word about Pacific Primate Sanctuary.

One particularly unique and helpful skill that Judi has contributed to the Sanctuary is her amazing sewing ability! When Judi first came to the Sanctuary, many of the monkeys’ soft sleeping houses were in desperate need of mending. Judi mentioned that she could sew, and offered to help mend the hammocks. We soon realized that Judi was a seamstress wizard!! Not only could she mend the tattered hammocks, she soon began making sleeping houses and tents from scratch. She customizes the sleeping houses for the individual preferences of each monkey as well! Otis used to chew holes along the bottom edge of his sleeping house, but Judi created a sleeping house with a hole already there, and Otis is no longer chewing. Frieda used to chew holes in between the top layers of her sleeping house, and Judi fixed this as well. She created a sleeping house with a pocket on the top for Frieda to cuddle into. Judi has also solved a problem we were having with carpets by sewing a special covering around all the edges. We can now place carpets in the bottom of sleeping houses without having to worry about the carpets unraveling. Judi spends countless hours at home on all these special sewing projects for the monkeys. We are so blessed to have Judi as part of our Sanctuary ‘Ohana!

PPS INTERNSHIP

The PPS internship has become a coveted position and the selection process for future interns is on going. We currently have an applicant from Harvard and another from Oxford University! Thank you Dr. Bud, Erin, Robin, Dana and Lucy for your input on our Intern applicants’ documents. Your input and insights are greatly appreciated.

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