Of Men and Monkeys

Ok, it seems that Dennis has a monkey now. I was just informed this morning
when Dennis phoned me from Burma to wish me a Happy Anniversary. (It is a
sheer miracle that the phones there worked today, usually we never get
through in 6 weeks. But to make up for it, the satellite internet isn't
working!)
Anyway, what happened was this. While Dennis was away for his time off, the
other guys there went exploring in the town and found this big house with
all these cages with various animals in them. Mainly various monkeys and a
few sun bears. They were pretty ****ed off about how the animals were
living in these tiny cages so they went up to the house to check it out.
The people didn't seem too concerned about the fact that the 3 crazy
westerners were concerned about the animals but offered to give them one of
the monkeys to take home, a cute little 3 month old gibbon (aren't they
endangered???).
So they took the gibbon back to the crew house and built it a large cage
with a swing in it on the balcony. The monkey stays in the cage at night
and during the day he has free reign of the large patio.
They called the monkey Brian, after the manager of operations of the company
they all work for...LOL! Anyway, Brian has bonded with this older guy Bill.
But Bill's tour is over in another week or so and he's going home to Canada
for 6 weeks and might not be coming back. There is another guy, Gary, but
he's going home in 2 weeks. Since Dennis just got there, he was elected to
become the monkey's new daddy. They are trying to get the monkey to bond
with Dennis.
I guess the monkey will probably end up bonding with everybody who rotates
through that base. I guess it's a better life than being stuck in a tiny
cage all day. Too bad they can't just release it into the wild, but it
would probably not fare too well on it's own. I wish they could rescue more
of the animals in the cages, but they already have a couple of rescued
street dogs too and there's only so much they can do.
I wonder what Vino will say when Dennis comes home at the end of March
smelling like monkey? I already warned Dennis he better not start loving
the monkey more than Vino! ;-) When the internet there is fixed, I'll see
if I can get Dennis to send me a picture of him with the monkey.

--
Britta
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

badwilson wrote:
Ok, it seems that Dennis has a monkey now.

Reminds me of our neighbors in Bangkok. I think it was a... what are those
organ-grinder monkeys? They are small and chatter a lot. My mind escapes
me! Anyway, they had a pet monkey that escaped up into the tree that hung
over our fence. The man climbed the tree trying to catch the monkey and
wound up falling out of the tree and breaking his leg. I don't remember
what happened to the monkey... it probably laughed and then went back to the
patio of their house

Jill

If the guys want expert advice on rescue, rehoming and possible rehabilitation
into the wild or into a specialist rescue centre - have a look at

http://www.monkeyworld.co.uk/main.php

The people there rescue primates from conditions you describe and illegal trade
in primates all over the world. There's already rescued gibbons at the Monkey
World Rescue Centre.

Cheers, helen s


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"badwilson" wrote
Ok, it seems that Dennis has a monkey now.

Poor monkey, and poor all the other creatures. Why are they kept where they
are? Are they for sale, are they for eating? Are there no authorities that
would be interested in that kind of thing? The webpage Helen gave looks
good, and they have gibbons listed there. At least Brian may have a little
better life now, but professional care would be even better.

Here's the WWF's take on gibbons, though it's about gibbons in Vietnam.
"Gibbons are undoubtedly the world's most endangered apes."
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where...re/indochina/m
osaic_project/area/gibbons.cfm
Beware of line wrap.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:27:41 +0700, "badwilson"
wrote:

Ok, it seems that Dennis has a monkey now. I was just informed this morning
when Dennis phoned me from Burma to wish me a Happy Anniversary. (It is a
sheer miracle that the phones there worked today, usually we never get
through in 6 weeks. But to make up for it, the satellite internet isn't
working!)
Anyway, what happened was this. While Dennis was away for his time off, the
other guys there went exploring in the town and found this big house with
all these cages with various animals in them. Mainly various monkeys and a
few sun bears. They were pretty ****ed off about how the animals were
living in these tiny cages so they went up to the house to check it out.
The people didn't seem too concerned about the fact that the 3 crazy
westerners were concerned about the animals but offered to give them one of
the monkeys to take home, a cute little 3 month old gibbon (aren't they
endangered???).
So they took the gibbon back to the crew house and built it a large cage
with a swing in it on the balcony. The monkey stays in the cage at night
and during the day he has free reign of the large patio.
They called the monkey Brian, after the manager of operations of the company
they all work for...LOL! Anyway, Brian has bonded with this older guy Bill.
But Bill's tour is over in another week or so and he's going home to Canada
for 6 weeks and might not be coming back. There is another guy, Gary, but
he's going home in 2 weeks. Since Dennis just got there, he was elected to
become the monkey's new daddy. They are trying to get the monkey to bond
with Dennis.
I guess the monkey will probably end up bonding with everybody who rotates
through that base. I guess it's a better life than being stuck in a tiny
cage all day. Too bad they can't just release it into the wild, but it
would probably not fare too well on it's own. I wish they could rescue more
of the animals in the cages, but they already have a couple of rescued
street dogs too and there's only so much they can do.
I wonder what Vino will say when Dennis comes home at the end of March
smelling like monkey? I already warned Dennis he better not start loving
the monkey more than Vino! ;-) When the internet there is fixed, I'll see
if I can get Dennis to send me a picture of him with the monkey.

Sorry to hear about the others, but am glad that Brian is living
better. I see that others have already provided links to rescue
groups, so will just say that it's a shame that this type of thing
happens.

BTW, I've had pet birds ever since my trip to Honduras back in the
80s, long before I had any cats. What got me interested in birds was
the parrot that was a fixture in our rec tent. The parrot couldn't be
brought back to the states, so he stayed there as people rotated in
and out.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

[remove Junk for email]
Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html
Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html

Looking forward to the pic!
Best wishes,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"badwilson" wrote in message
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Ok, it seems that Dennis has a monkey now. snip
When the internet there is fixed, I'll see
if I can get Dennis to send me a picture of him with the monkey.

--
Britta
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

Oh.....dear.....god......

TJ

"badwilson" wrote in message
...
Ok, it seems that Dennis has a monkey now. I was just informed this morning
when Dennis phoned me from Burma to wish me a Happy Anniversary. (It is a
sheer miracle that the phones there worked today, usually we never get
through in 6 weeks. But to make up for it, the satellite internet isn't
working!)
Anyway, what happened was this. While Dennis was away for his time off, the
other guys there went exploring in the town and found this big house with
all these cages with various animals in them. Mainly various monkeys and a
few sun bears. They were pretty ****ed off about how the animals were
living in these tiny cages so they went up to the house to check it out.
The people didn't seem too concerned about the fact that the 3 crazy
westerners were concerned about the animals but offered to give them one of
the monkeys to take home, a cute little 3 month old gibbon (aren't they
endangered???).
So they took the gibbon back to the crew house and built it a large cage
with a swing in it on the balcony. The monkey stays in the cage at night
and during the day he has free reign of the large patio.
They called the monkey Brian, after the manager of operations of the company
they all work for...LOL! Anyway, Brian has bonded with this older guy Bill.
But Bill's tour is over in another week or so and he's going home to Canada
for 6 weeks and might not be coming back. There is another guy, Gary, but
he's going home in 2 weeks. Since Dennis just got there, he was elected to
become the monkey's new daddy. They are trying to get the monkey to bond
with Dennis.
I guess the monkey will probably end up bonding with everybody who rotates
through that base. I guess it's a better life than being stuck in a tiny
cage all day. Too bad they can't just release it into the wild, but it
would probably not fare too well on it's own. I wish they could rescue more
of the animals in the cages, but they already have a couple of rescued
street dogs too and there's only so much they can do.
I wonder what Vino will say when Dennis comes home at the end of March
smelling like monkey? I already warned Dennis he better not start loving
the monkey more than Vino! ;-) When the internet there is fixed, I'll see
if I can get Dennis to send me a picture of him with the monkey.

--
Britta
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:27:41 +0700, "badwilson"
wrote:

Ok, it seems that Dennis has a monkey now. I was just informed this morning
when Dennis phoned me from Burma to wish me a Happy Anniversary. (It is a
sheer miracle that the phones there worked today, usually we never get
through in 6 weeks. But to make up for it, the satellite internet isn't
working!)
Anyway, what happened was this. While Dennis was away for his time off, the
other guys there went exploring in the town and found this big house with
all these cages with various animals in them. Mainly various monkeys and a
few sun bears. They were pretty ****ed off about how the animals were
living in these tiny cages so they went up to the house to check it out.
The people didn't seem too concerned about the fact that the 3 crazy
westerners were concerned about the animals but offered to give them one of
the monkeys to take home, a cute little 3 month old gibbon (aren't they
endangered???).
So they took the gibbon back to the crew house and built it a large cage
with a swing in it on the balcony. The monkey stays in the cage at night
and during the day he has free reign of the large patio.
They called the monkey Brian, after the manager of operations of the company
they all work for...LOL! Anyway, Brian has bonded with this older guy Bill.
But Bill's tour is over in another week or so and he's going home to Canada
for 6 weeks and might not be coming back. There is another guy, Gary, but
he's going home in 2 weeks. Since Dennis just got there, he was elected to
become the monkey's new daddy. They are trying to get the monkey to bond
with Dennis.
I guess the monkey will probably end up bonding with everybody who rotates
through that base. I guess it's a better life than being stuck in a tiny
cage all day. Too bad they can't just release it into the wild, but it
would probably not fare too well on it's own. I wish they could rescue more
of the animals in the cages, but they already have a couple of rescued
street dogs too and there's only so much they can do.
I wonder what Vino will say when Dennis comes home at the end of March
smelling like monkey? I already warned Dennis he better not start loving
the monkey more than Vino! ;-) When the internet there is fixed, I'll see
if I can get Dennis to send me a picture of him with the monkey.
Perhaps you could send him some Lavender soap.

J and The Dust wrote:
Oh.....dear.....god......

Speaking of monkeys, have y'all seen the new Quizno's (a sandwich
restaurant chain) ad campaign?
http://www.quiznos.com/
Their new mascots are called the something monkeys...

--
Victor Martinez
Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
Send your spam he
Email me he

TJ, that gave me the BIGGEST chuckle

Oh.....dear.....god......

TJ

"badwilson" wrote in message
...
Ok, it seems that Dennis has a monkey now. I was just informed this morning
when Dennis phoned me from Burma to wish me a Happy Anniversary. (It is a
sheer miracle that the phones there worked today, usually we never get
through in 6 weeks. But to make up for it, the satellite internet isn't
working!)
Anyway, what happened was this. While Dennis was away for his time off, the
other guys there went exploring in the town and found this big house with
all these cages with various animals in them. Mainly various monkeys and a
few sun bears. They were pretty ****ed off about how the animals were
living in these tiny cages so they went up to the house to check it out.
The people didn't seem too concerned about the fact that the 3 crazy
westerners were concerned about the animals but offered to give them one of
the monkeys to take home, a cute little 3 month old gibbon (aren't they
endangered???).
So they took the gibbon back to the crew house and built it a large cage
with a swing in it on the balcony. The monkey stays in the cage at night
and during the day he has free reign of the large patio.
They called the monkey Brian, after the manager of operations of the company
they all work for...LOL! Anyway, Brian has bonded with this older guy Bill.
But Bill's tour is over in another week or so and he's going home to Canada
for 6 weeks and might not be coming back. There is another guy, Gary, but
he's going home in 2 weeks. Since Dennis just got there, he was elected to
become the monkey's new daddy. They are trying to get the monkey to bond
with Dennis.
I guess the monkey will probably end up bonding with everybody who rotates
through that base. I guess it's a better life than being stuck in a tiny
cage all day. Too bad they can't just release it into the wild, but it
would probably not fare too well on it's own. I wish they could rescue more
of the animals in the cages, but they already have a couple of rescued
street dogs too and there's only so much they can do.
I wonder what Vino will say when Dennis comes home at the end of March
smelling like monkey? I already warned Dennis he better not start loving
the monkey more than Vino! ;-) When the internet there is fixed, I'll see
if I can get Dennis to send me a picture of him with the monkey.

--
Britta
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album