Primate Update E-Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 7, Part 2

WHAT’S HAPPENING at PPS?

Building the New PPS Extension

Looking down the PPS Extension Corridor

We are currently in the process of building an outdoor extension to accommodate the monkeys now living indoors in portables. Construction of the new extension is almost complete, and the Sanctuary is need of financial support.

Thank you to Jeff from Corners, Ltd. for coming to Maui, and volunteering your time to install the panels for the new enclosure. We would also like to thank Jim at Corners, Ltd. for providing us with a generous discount on the caging materials.

The building is now up! The caging materials have all been installed, and now we need to get electricity and water to the new enclosures. With the building stage nearly complete, it’s time to outfit the enclosures with plants, branches, and hammocks so the monkeys can move in!



We Need Your Help!

Please join with us in our life saving work. With your support, we can finish the new
outdoor enclosures for the monkeys now living indoors. Every contribution counts and is greatly appreciated.

Envisioning the New PPS Extension

Rescue Fund

A Rescue Fund will allow us to provide refuge 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 or provide for their housing and care. Your contributions will allow us to reach out to these monkeys and bring them to this safe haven.
Please 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 Extern Mary Catherine

Mary Catherine recently moved to Maui with her husband, Brad, to become a full-time volunteer at Pacific Primate Sanctuary! Mary Catherine learned about Pacific Primate Sanctuary through a colleague who received an e-mail about our Internship program. After reading her application materials we knew that she would be an amazing addition to our Sanctuary Family. She is compassionate and selfless, and committed to helping primates.
Mary Catherine will be working much as an intern, but will be living off site. She has six years of experience with environmental enrichment and behavioral conditioning of Chimpanzees and monkeys in a laboratory setting. Mary Catherine is excited to be working in a Sanctuary, where the focus is truly on the wellbeing of the animals. We are thrilled to share our knowledge and experience with Mary Catherine, and also to learn from her.

In her application, Mary Catherine wrote:
I knew the Pacific Primate Sanctuary embodied everything I believe when I read the Deep Ecology page on your website. It captures the absolute essence of the core beliefs by which I define myself. The academic life I have lived thus far has handed me many tools, but it cannot provide me with the outlet to use them justly. My aims are to serve and advocate for the primates who do not share my freedoms, and I know my devotion can benefit your monkey families and help support your sanctuary’s mission. The Pacific Primate Sanctuary internship stands out among others because your vision is profound and far-reaching. The lives you are helping deserve loyal commitment, and your words and those of your volunteers clearly reflect a pledge to the animals and to the future of their species. I am eager to be involved in a sanctuary of this caliber.

Welcome Mary Catherine, we are so happy that you are part of
Pacific Primate Sanctuary’s Family



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