IPR Diaries
IPR celebrates its 12th year in March 2008. We have achieved a great deal in that time. Our continued progress will benefit many more homeless primates in the next dozen years, and beyond.
New Arrivals
Shapken and Ginger
Shapken and Ginger are Mona Monkeys, Shapken arrived from Germany and Ginger from Israel.
They are both former pet monkeys who became agressive after reaching sexual maturity. Ginger was comfiscated from his owners in Israel and taken to a monkey sanctuary, he had been badly beaten after attacking his owner and as a result is now missing an arm and most of his tail.
Buddy
Buddy is a common marmoset. He came to IPR after being found abandoned in a house that had been sold. The new owners of the house were very suprised to find a small cage containing two marmosets when they moved in.
Lady
Lady is a black eared marmoset, she was found along with Buddy abondoned in a small cage when their owners sold their house. Both Lady and Buddy are clearly hand reared and show some behavioural problems. Not long after they came to IPR Buddy attacked Lady and she had to be removed from his inclosure. But luckily she has found her true love with another rescued marmoset named Hansie. The two of them are inseprable.
Honey
Honey is a common Squirrel monkey. She came to IPR from Israel where she was comfiscated from her owners as she was being kept illegally as a pet.
Jessie
Jessie is a young common marmoset. She was just three weeks old when she was taken from her natural parents and sold into the pet trade. Her concerned new owner phoned IPR when Jessie was three months old and said the baby monkey she bought as a pet had not stopped crying from te moment she was separated from her natural mom and dad. Her owner bought her to IPR and she was introduced to her foster marmoset parents Emily and Puma. As you can see Jessie has found love in the arms of her foster marmoset mother Emily. The insecure, frightened little monkey who arrived at the santuary is now playful, happy and confident.
Missy
Missy was donated to IPR after her owner relised how much a pet monkey smells. monkeys sent mark and therefore if you keep one in your house your house will smell like a monkey. Missy was origanally put with Jessie as they are the smae age but for some reson Jessie's foster father Vosi did not get on with Missy. Missy is now Living with two marmosets named Micky and Snippy, they are very fond and protective of her.
Monique and Manuka
These two adorable baby marmosets were abandoned and found their way to IPR. They will be raised by their foster marmoset parents Nadia and Didi along with their foster brothers and sisters Goblin, Gabbi, Malika and Chimera. They are a very close family and play togeher all day long.
Papilon
Papi the mona monkey has had a very difficult life. He was born in the wild in the West Indies, his parents were killed when he was only young so he could be taken in to the exotic pet trade. He was sold as a pet in Hungary but his owner must have realised fairly soon htat Papi is not suitable as a pet. The trauma of is parents death has made Papi very unstable. He can go from being very affectionte to very aggressive in a matter of seconds. He was given to Hungary Zoo but because Papi can become very agitated around people he did not fit in at the zoo and was unable to socialise with the other monkeys. He is doing much better now that he is in a quiet environment and we are hoping to find him a mate in the near future.
Georgie
Georgie's owner also took in unwanted marmosets but had to donate him along with six other common marmoset when she became too ill to take care of them. Georgie is a very sweet natured monkey. He shares a cage with two the other marmosets he arrived with, Candada and Bobby.
Candada
Candada suffers from behavioural problems often seen in hand reared monkeys. Her first owner often went out shopping with Candada on her shoulder. Although her owner probably didn't realise, this would have been very traumatic for the baby monkey, Candada would have felt very frightened and vulnerable in a public place surounded by unfamiliar noices and people. Candada sometimes clings onto Georgies back as if she were a baby. She is also quite agressive towards people but adores Georgie and Bobby.
Bobby
Bobby's first owner did not like the way he smelt so he was washed every day in an attempt to render him odor free. Marmosets are not designed for such treatment and Bobby is missing all the fur on his somach and back legs as a result.
Dale
Dale arrived along with her mate Piet.
Piet
Piet is a very distinctive looking marmoset as he has very long ear tufts.
Stompy
Stompie has a form of dwafism, his arms and legs are much shorter than they should be. This may mean that in his early life he did not receave proper nutrition. This often occurs in hand reared monkeys not always because they are starved but because their owners do not understand the specific dietry needs of their monkey when they buy them.
Chippy
Chippy is very fond of her food, paricularly insect such as grasshopper if they are unlucky enough to jump into her enclosure.
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