Primate Update E-Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 11, Part 1

PPS PRIMATES in the SPOTLIGHT

Meet Nikki and Lily

Nikki checking out breakfast

Nikki and Lily are White-tufted Eared Marmosets who will be celebrating their 9th birthday on November 29!

They are incredibly active and playful and spend hours exploring their outdoor enclosure, running back and forth along the branches, and climbing along the small tree trunks.

Lily surrounded by palm fronds

Sanctuary Volunteers noticed that they particularly enjoyed wrestling and chasing one another in a cloth hammock. Since they do this so often we created a double hammock for them - one stacked on top of another.

Nikki and Lily are also vey inquisitive. Their enclosure
overlooks the Sanctuary kitchen window, Nikki particularly enjoys watching as the volunteers prepare breakfast every morning. The girls get very excited about their food, giving out a very loud squeal when they see their favorite treats-especially green beans, raisins, and dates!


Please help us provide Nikki and Lily, along with the 72 other monkeys at Pacific Primate Sanctuary, with wholesome food and hammocks to play in!
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NOTABLE NEWS

Carlos enjoys a lilikoi

We have had quite a bit of rain this month, which has done wonders for the plants around the Sanctuary! There is an abundance of Guava which has been made into delicious fruit leather and mixed with high fiber to make frozen fruit balls. The Spider monkeys really enjoy the fresh Surinam Cherries and Lilikoi (passion fruit) which they eat whole- skin and all! The Capuchins are particularly fond of the fresh Figs currently in season. A tree in the garden has produced many plump avocados that have been a perfect high calorie food for our small marmosets on special diets.

Frieda grooming Bruno

Happily, we were able to pair two lone monkeys this month! Bruno’s mate Brenda passed away and he was living alone in the new extension. We introduced him to Frieda, a single female, and the two showed an immediate interest in each another. Frieda was placed into the enclosure with Bruno, and they bonded quickly. The two have been seen grooming each other in the morning sun and following one another around their outdoor enclosure!

Happy Birthday Lazero!

We have continued to move more monkeys into the new extension! The corridor in the main Sanctuary building is now spacious and un-crowded, with most of the monkeys taken out of the indoor portables and now living in their outdoor enclosures in the extension. It is wonderful to see these monkeys in the greenery at last! Oona and Little Bea have been running around and exploring their new plants. Eudora, a Cotton-top Tamarin, is spending hours basking in the sunshine and gazing out at the greenery surrounding her.

In addition to Lily and Nikki, there are other birthdays coming up this month. Macaco, who spent many years living indoors as a pet, has been at Pacific Primate Sanctuary for over a year and will be celebrating his 11th birthday on November 15th. Lazero, a Cotton Top Tamarin will be turning 8 on November 22. All primates like to party and there will be special treats to make it a HAPPY BIRTHDAY for the monkeys!

MEET MORE MONKEYS

Davis and Cordelia, stretched out in a warming patch of sunlight.

Cotton Top Tamarins are amazing jumpers! This skill helps them to leap through the trees high up in the tropical rainforests of Colombia

WHAT’S HAPPENING at PPS?

Generosity and Compassion are the stuff miracles are made of! A Pacific Primate Sanctuary Miracle Worker has made a major donation towards the construction of the Spider Monkey enclosure. 

“It is the heart that gives, the hands just let go”

              —friend, supporter and Pacific Primate Sanctuary Angel

 We have created a general design plan, and are eager to get going on this project. The site has been prepared and materials are being ordered.

Soon Carlos and Montana, the Spider Monkey brothers rescued from tourist attractions, will be able to brachiate through the trees in a new 40-foot enclosure as they were meant to do!

Spider Monkey Enclosure Design

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