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Illegal Vervet Sale // December
21st Dec: KSPCA called the Trust to report that some street boys had
been seen surrounding a lone vervet monkey and asked us to intervene. By
the time Faith and Jeff got there, the group and monkeys were gone.
Investigation revealed that the monkey was owned by a certain street
family, who intend to sell it to any interested party. The owners
refused to release it unless they were paid for it. The case had to be
referred to the Kenya Wildlife Service for follow-up as they are the
only ones who have the authority to confiscate such animals.
Unfortunately, knowing that we would be back, this family quickly moved
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Sykes Release //
December
16th Dec: A sykes monkey that had been knocked by a hit-and-run driver
near the Colobus Cottage entrance is released back to its troop after a
two week recovery period at the Trust. |
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Baby Colobus //
December
31st Dec: A baby colobus fell off a tree at a Diani hotel in the night
and was picked up by the hotel staff. They did not know what to do with
it so they called us. We went over and because we know the Colobus troop
in the area, we located it and presented the infant which was picked up
by one troop member, perhaps the mother. |
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Sykes Release //
November
9th Nov: A sykes monkey was hit by a car while attempting to cross the
road. Its eyes were injured and it could not see. After 13 days, it is
well enough to return to its troop. |
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Colobus
Electrocution // November
29th Nov: A Colobus was electrocuted when it jumped onto a 240V wire.
Lucky, it only sustained burns on the hands. This made it quite
difficult for it to climb and feed though. However, we did not take it
for treatment as Colobus monkeys are very delicate and can die of stress
and trauma when captured, taken away from their troop and held. We
observed it for several days, and eventually it recovered. |
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Vervet Release //
July-August
In line
with this, the Colobus Trust released two rehabilitated male vervet
monkeys. One, a former pet, was released into the Longo-Magandi Forest,
and the other, which had been injured, into Makadara Forest, both within
Shimba Hills. [more
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Back to the
Roots // May
9th –
12th May: We released to the Shimba Hills National Reserve a
rehabilitated former pet vervet.
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Vervet Pet in
Mombasa // February
Feb 25: A vervet monkey was abandoned on a veranda in Mombasa. It
was taken to KSPCA who then brought it to us. It is well habituated
and had most likely been a pet. It will be taken to the forest once
rehabilitated. |
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African
Harrier Hawk Electrocution // January
23rd Jan: An African Harrier Hawk was electrocuted by overhead
electric cables damaging one wing. It was found by some tourists
from the neighbouring hotel who brought it to the Trust. |
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Colobus
Infanticide // January
31st Jan: The new male colobus that was trying to join the Colobus
Cottage troop after its alpha male died has been observed chasing a
juvenile from the troop. The juvenile, while trying to run away
misjudged the distance to a branch and fell to the ground. The male
attacked and killed it. This is the second case of infanticide, as
the new male had already killed another infant nine days earlier.
Infanticide, a widespread but rare behaviour is adaptive as the
female is brought into heat early through the killing of her
dependent young. |
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