Yellowwood Park monkey suffers ill fate
A vervet monkey suffered an ill fate recently after it was discovered by two YWP and Woodhaven SPF members who were out on patrol on Sunday, August 22.
AN INJURED Yellowwood Park (YWP) vervet monkey suffered an ill fate recently after it was discovered by two YWP and Woodhaven SPF members who were out on patrol on Sunday, August 22.
Cameron Carstens and Gareth Hope-bailie realized the monkey needed to get treated urgently and covered him up with thick jackets into their vehicle, to drive through to the Centre for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (Crow).
“Emaciated and weak he’d all but given up. He’d already battled for so long and the hunger had taken its toll. “On arrival they found the Crow gates locked and the emergency numbers simply rang, so a quick Google search and they called Monkey Helpline. The two kindly agreed to bring the unfortunate monkey through to us in Westville, and in no time at all arrived on our driveway,” said Wildlife rescuer and caregiver at Monkey Helpline South Africa, carol Booth.
Booth shared that the male monkey should have been in the prime of his life but had been reduced to a broken, paralysed figure and exhausted from battling around.
“His legs were paralysed, his knees and feet were covered in raw scrapes from dragging his limp legs, his buttocks had a large raw injury, his beautiful hands hard and rough from pulling his body along and his strong muscular arms reduced to bones. It was obvious he’d suffered for a long time,” she said.
After a medical examination, it was discovered that the reason for his condition was a small round hole in his spine from a pellet gun shooting.“There are no wheelchairs for monkeys and his paralysis is permanent, so this is was the end of a very tough life for this guy,” said an emotional Booth of the monkey that needed to be euthanized.
For any information regarding monkey rescues contact the Monkey Helpline on 082 659 4711 or 082 411 5444 as well as Crow on 031 462 1127 or 083 212 5281.
