Wild Futures Newsletter 33

NewsletterNo. 33

Protecting primates and habitats worldwide

Registered charity No: 1102532

STEPHEN FRY SUPPORTS

WILD FUTURESJoey’s Story

IN THIS ISSUE: The Monkey Sanctuary is the first sanctuary in Europe to acquire GFAS accreditation Campaign Update | Wild Catering | Outreach Projects

This issue is full of interesting updates from the world of Wild Futures.

Perhaps the most exciting piece of all is on page 5 which tells you all about how our charity has been working with the popular and well respected celebrity Stephen Fry. Cited as one of the most influential people on Twitter, Stephen has presented a fabulous film about the work of Wild Futures’ Monkey Sanctuary and the story of Joey, one of our rescued monkeys.

Our flagship project, The Monkey Sanctuary, continues to be busy. Catch up on the monkey gossip; read about how recent capuchin arrivals have settled in with their new friends.

Also in this issue, you can read about a very interesting meeting that Brooke Aldrich (our Campaigns Manager) had with Lord Taylor of Holbeach and the Defra team. She reveals the latest on our campaign against primates as pets.

There are some new challenges being organised to raise funds for Wild Futures this year. So, now that the winter is behind us, it’s time to start filling up your diary with some of our events! 2012 is the year of iconic events so why not join in one of ours and challenge yourself!

There is so much more to tell you. Put your feet up, have a cup of tea and enjoy! It goes without saying; none of our work would be possible without you, so thank you once again for your valued support.

Warmest wishes,

Hayley Dann

Editor

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Welcome to our new look newsletter for summer 2012

Hayley


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Staff profile: David Herod aka HezLikes Manchester United, Walking, Hip Hop and Coffee

What inspired you to choose a career working with monkeys? In my late twenties I went to visit a friend who was at that time the head keeper of reptiles at London Zoo. My friend had just returned from visiting the Mountain Gorillas in Africa. He showed me videos and slides of his visit and I was instantly hooked. I became a member of the Diane Fossey Gorilla Foundation and learned all about each and every individual. I put on fundraising events and tried to raise awareness via many of my musical friends. I also read as many books and journals that I could. It was then that I thought about a career working with primates.

Tell us about some of the work you have done At school my favourite subjects were music, sport, and geography. I learnt to play the guitar at school and I formed a band. My first job was working for my brother’s insulation company, working at great heights travelling all over the country. I later worked for the Greater Manchester Sports Council as a sports leader. This involved organising various sports activities at centres throughout the northwest for the elderly and disabled. It was extremely rewarding but very hard work. I then decided to try and make it as a professional musician.

How did you find your way to our Sanctuary? In 1992 I was singing, song writing, and playing with my semi professional band, Jam Jam and working with other well known bands like Soul 2 Soul, Howie B and Aswad. I visited places which specialised in primates like Monkey World and Chester Zoo. One of my band members had visited The Monkey Sanctuary in the late eighties and gave me a leaflet. I decided to volunteer for a couple of weeks in October 1993. The Sanctuary asked if I would like to stay as a long term volunteer and then I finally became a full time team member.

What have you been up to since you started? When I first started at the Sanctuary there were just woolly monkeys. As

a full time keeper I had to learn to recognise each individual member and their behaviour. I was also responsible for cleaning their territory, feeding, and administering medicines. During the summer when we are open I enjoy talking to the public about how we look after the monkeys. In 2001

we started to rescue capuchin monkeys, mostly from the UK pet trade. In 2008 we also became home to 3 Barbary macaques and so I spent lots

of time learning about the new species.

What would you like to achieve in the next 6 months? I would like to continue my work here at the Sanctuary and

to see further steps made to end the primate pet trade in the UK. In the future I would like to visit other sanctuaries in

South America to learn, exchange new ideas and to see woolly monkeys in the wild. Woolly monkeys are

endangered and only reside in the Amazon, so to see them in their natural habitat would be a dream

come true. I would also like to walk the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain and raise

funds for Wild Futures.

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Campaigns UpdateWild Futures meets with Lord Taylor of Holbeach to discuss the primate pet trade

Keeper for a day

This year breakfast presenters Matt and Caroline from Heart FM visited The Monkey Sanctuary to experience what it was like to be a keeper for a day. They cleaned out monkey en-closures, prepared monkey food and created enrichment activities. It was a great day which was discussed for weeks on their Breakfast Show. The presenters produced a short film on their experience which you can watch on You Tube: Monkeying Around with Matt and Caroline.

During the open season (April – Oc-tober) The Monkey Sanctuary offers a Keeper for a Day Experience for those who have always wanted to know what it is like to be a Primate Keeper. Working closely with the experienced members of the Primate Welfare Team, the experience gives a great ‘behind the scenes’ insight into the keepers’ roles and responsibilities and how they become involved in important aspects of the monkeys’ lives.

Included in the Keeper for a Day experience is:

A full day’s one-to-one supervision and training by experienced members of the Primate Welfare Team.

A certificate

Friends of Wild Futures membership – members receive regular updates, a badge, a car sticker and a photo of one of our monkeys.

A Monkey Sanctuary T-Shirt

A free guest ticket

Lunch at The Treetop Café

If you are looking for that special birthday or anniversary gift, then look no further. Prices are £150 for one person, £250 for a couple.

Contact the fundraising team on 0844 272 1271 or email [email protected] to register your Keeper for a Day Experience now!

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In April, the campaigns team travelled to London to meet with Lord Taylor of Hol-beach, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Minister for animal welfare.

The opportunity to present our case about the primate pet trade to Lord Taylor and his team was an exciting one. Although it be-came clear from the outset that Lord Taylor does not intend to support the private members bill recent-ly presented to Parlia-ment by our own MP Sheryll Murray, to ban the primate pet trade, he did appear to be genuinely sur-prised by the extent and seriousness of the problems that were presented to him: reg-ular breaches of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA); widespread non-compliance with requirements laid out in the Dangerous Wild Animals Act; lack of specialisation, and even lack of awareness on the part of responsible authorities about the relevant legislation that they should be enforcing; lack of regulation of both “private” and “commercial” sales of primates (and the blurred line between these two types of trade), and more. The implications of these problems for primate welfare and human safety certainly concerned the Minister.

One of the many issues discussed was the role of the Code of Practice for the Wel-fare of Privately Kept Non-Human Primates – secondary legislation which came into force in 2010. Page two of the Code says that it is “a guide to the steps a keeper of primates must take to meet the needs of an animal as required by Section 9 of the Ani-mal Welfare Act 2006”. In 2011 the case of a marmoset being kept in substandard con-ditions prompted us to contact the relevant local authority and bring the Code to their attention. In this case, the authority did not

act, claiming that Defra had informed them that the Code was “voluntary”. When this was brought up at our April meeting, this story concerned Lord Taylor and his team, who clarified for us that the Code is not voluntary: non-compliance with the Code is, indeed, indicative of non-compliance with section 9 of the Animal Welfare Act. This is an extremely welcome clarification and will hopefully be of great use in future

cases where there is a lack of awareness or understanding of the Code.

Lord Taylor and his team were enthusi-astic about finding ways to ensure that existing legislation is properly and con-sistently enforced, which would go a long way in reducing the suffering current-ly resulting from the legality of the trade in primates as pets. At Lord Taylor’s request, Wild Futures has

compiled a dossier of current and recent cases involving primates in which existing legislation has not been (or is not being) properly enforced and where primate wel-fare and human safety are compromised. We are eager to find out whether, under his scrutiny, any positive changes occur.

Wild Futures will certainly continue to push for a ban on the keeping of primates as pets - we are convinced that, as the sim-plest, most enforceable and effective mea-sure, it is the only real option. If Sheryll Murray’s bill does not proceed, we expect that the review of existing legislation that the government has promised to undertake in 2015 will confirm once and for all that the current legislation is not working, nor can it work without a significant injection of resources (which is not likely to happen given the current financial climate).

Exciting things are sure to continue hap-pening… and we look forward to giving you the next update!

“Wild Futures will certainly continue to push for a ban on the keeping of primates as pets”



An update from our flagship project: The Monkey Sanctuary


The Monkey Sanctuary has had a busy few months. The Sanctu-ary hosted a very important European meeting in May: the Eu-ropean Alliance of Rescue Centres and Sanctuaries (EARS). 16 members attended the conference from various countries such as Spain, Holland, Italy, Germany and Belgium.

The purpose of EARS is to represent wildlife rescue centres and sanctuaries across Europe, enabling them to work together to achieve important animal welfare and conservation goals. EARS sanctuaries and centres put a great deal of effort into rescuing unwanted, abandoned or confiscated animals and endeavour to provide them with a high-quality level of care. Many also run educational outreach programmes related to animal welfare and conservation issues.

The conference held at The Monkey Sanctuary included a series of workshops and pre-sentations from Wild Futures staff on various aspects including monkey care, nutrition, enclosure design and fundraising campaigns. All delegates were very complementary of the Monkey Sanctuary facilities and found the meeting extremely worthwhile.

In the last newsletter we announced the rescue of young Billy and a group of 8 capuchins. We also rescued an older female called Morwella. All monkeys have been settling in wonderfully. The group of 8 includes some very young monkeys; one just a few months old which is still attached most of the time to its mum, Betty. Betty is very protective of her young baby and so she has been keeping it close to her since their arrival. However during the past few weeks she has been more relaxed and so we have been able to sex the baby and confirm it is a boy. We recently organised a ‘name the monkey’ competi-tion through our local radio station and we are pleased to announce that the baby is now named Pepper.

In order to create the space needed to rescue the group of 8 capuchins at short notice, we had to move our 3 Barbary macaques to a new enclosure, which unfortunately does not have an indoor room. We are currently raising funds to build a new indoor room ready for the winter. The monkeys have been enjoying a great diet as usual, including oat cakes and baked cinnamon apples. It costs £30,000 to feed all the monkeys for a year, but with the new additions exploring their wild and large enclosures and as their appetites grow, we are sure that our food bill will start to increase!

The group of 8 includes some very young monkeys; one just a few months old, still attached most of the time to his mum, Betty.

The Monkey Sanctuary is the first sanctuary in Europe to acquire GFAS accreditation!

Wild Futures’ flagship project, The Monkey Sanctuary, announced earlier this year that it is the first sanctuary in Europe to receive accreditation from the Global Federation of Animal Sanc-tuaries (GFAS).

The accreditation means that Wild Futures’ Monkey Sanctuary fits the comprehensive and rigorous defini-tion of a true sanctuary: providing humane and responsible care for the animals by meeting the demanding peer-reviewed standards for opera-tions, administration, veterinary care and animal husbandry established by GFAS.

GFAS was formed in 2007 by globally recognised leaders in animal protec-tion with the purpose of strengthening and supporting the work of animal sanctuaries worldwide. GFAS helps sanctuaries to help animals by provid-ing a set of clear, specific standards for the humane care of various species in captive facilities and for sanctuary gov-ernance. It is the first animal sanctuary accrediting organisation operating on an international level and brings new opportunities for global cooperation and mentoring.

The Monkey Sanctuary has been car-ing for rescued monkeys for nearly 50 years and so it is immensely proud that its hard work has been recognised by an international organisation such as GFAS.

Chris Draper, Co-ordinator for GFAS Europe, and Senior Scientific Re-searcher at the Born Free Foundation stated: “Wild Futures’ Monkey Sanc-tuary serves as an example of excel-lence in animal care and in campaign-ing against the keeping of primates as pets, and I am delighted to recognise the hard work and dedication of all the staff.”

Betty and Pepper


Many charities struggle to at-tract the support of well known celebrities to endorse

their work, yet in 2011 Wild Futures’ dream came true when highly esteemed actor and comedian Stephen Fry agreed to present a short film on the charity’s work.

Stephen Fry came to know the charity af-ter Director Rachel Hevesi wrote to him asking for support and a mutual friend recommended Wild Futures’ flagship project, The Monkey Sanctuary, near Looe, Cornwall.

Last year, Rachel travelled to London and spent the day at a film studio in Battersea where she observed Stephen Fry present

the script. Our PR team then worked hard to finalise the film and campaign launch; wanting to make the most of this amazing opportunity. After a lot of hard work and late nights, the film went live on You Tube on July 6th!

The film centres on the story of Joey, a black capped capuchin. Joey was stolen at just 3 months old from the rainforest; his mother killed for bush meat. Capu-chins are naturally tree dwellers, where they spend time foraging for food. Sadly, hunting, deforestation, and the primate pet trade pose serious threats, to their species.

After being smuggled into the UK, Joey was locked in a tiny cage in a flat in Camden Town for 9 years. He was de-prived of the company of his own kind, unable to exercise, had no access to nat-ural sunlight and subsequently became crippled by bone disease. He has a misshapen pelvis, curved spine, poorly formed teeth and jaws and will always be severely disabled.

Joey’s case is not unique. It is still le-gal to keep primates as pets in the UK, and it is estimated that there are ap-proximately 5,000 privately owned pri-mates. Primates are wild animals and it is not possible for a pet owner to pro-vide them with specialist care and meet

their complex social, psychological needs, which leads to many primates suffering neglect and isolation.

Fortunately, Joey was rescued by Wild Futures in 2007 and taken to The Monkey Sanctuary. Although he will always be severely disabled, he has learnt to play and, most important-ly, has monkey friends for the rest of his life.

Stephen Fry states, “Taking part in this project was important to me and I sincerely hope that many peo-ple are moved to support Wild Fu-tures’ work, so that the charity can campaign to put an end to the trade and rescue more monkeys in need.”

We hope that the Stephen Fry film will raise awareness of the plight of many primates and ultimately raise funds through our ‘Adopt a Monkey scheme’. By donating just £3 a month, supporters will receive a personalised certificate, a picture of their adopted monkey, fact-sheet on their monkey’s species, a free membership pass to The Monkey Sanc-tuary and regular communication on their monkey.

Stephen Fry led the way by adopt-ing Joey and hopes that more people will join him in adopting a monkey to support the vital work of Wild Futures.

The Stephen Fry film is now avail-able to watch on You Tube, our website www.wildfutures.org and facebook page www.facebook.com/wildfutures. We hope that the film is viewed by many; that people share it through social networking sites and ultimately that it helps raise much needed funds to be able to rescue more monkeys.

We are also organising a series of events up and down the country where members of our fundraising team and Ambassadors will raise aware-ness of the film, Joey and the Adopt a Monkey scheme.

Stephen Fry Supports Wild Futures’ Campaign and Adopts a Monkey


“I sincerely hope that many people are moved to support Wild Futures’ work, so that the charity can campaign to put an end to the trade and rescue more monkeys”

Joey

I would like to adopt

Joey or another monkey

From £3 a month (£36 a year) or other amount

Join Stephen Fry and Adopt a Monkey!

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The Direct Debit Guarantee - This guarantee should be retained by the payer. This Guarantee is offered by all Banks and Building Societies that accept instructions to pay Direct Debits. • If there are any changes to the amount, date or frequency of your Direct Debit, Wild Futures will notify you 10 working days in advance of your account being debited or as otherwise agreed. If you request Wild Futures to collect a payment, confirmation of the amount and date will be given to you at the time of the request. • If an error is made in the payment of your Direct Debit, by, Wild Futures or your bank or building society, you are entitled to a full and immediate refund of the amount paid from your bank or building society. • If you receive a refund you are not entitled to, you must pay it back when Wild Futures asks you to. • You can cancel a Direct Debit at any time by simply contacting your bank or building society. Written confirmation may be required. Please notify us in writing to Wild Futures, Murrayton House, Looe PL13 1NZ

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Alternatively, to adopt online, please go to www.adoptamonkey.orgIncome to the adoption scheme is considered a donation to Wild Futures, registered charity number 1102532 All our monkeys are listed on www.adoptamonkey.org!


In our last newsletter we told you about four special men that were setting off on a cycle ride from Lands End to John O’Groats. The team set off on Monday 28th May and finished on Thursday 7th June and boy, did they have an eventful time! During the 950 mile challenge, two of the team had a crash which led to the necessary trip to a bike shop to purchase an entire new bike; plus carried out numerous other repairs along the way, one of the team suffered a stomach upset; they battled fog, torrential rain and sunburn. Despite all of this, the intrepid cyclists continued on their challenge. They have managed to raise nearly £5,000, which is fantastic and will go towards funding the new Barbary indoor enclosure. Sean Lindop, main organiser, would like to thank the following people:

Russell from Liskeard Cycles for his donation, and skill and patience when preparing my bike.

CTC Bristol (Steve & Melanie) for their excellent route selection and guidance through Bristol.

Yeolands Farm Campsite and Gibsons Farm for allowing us to stay for free.

Lesley & Barry Kirkham for accommo-dating, feeding, washing and being very hospitable on the journey up and down.

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Sue, Steve, Caitlin & Ellen Bratby for collecting the broken bike and accommodating us for the night on our final cycle day.

Simon Gilmour for the use of his Bongo and cycle rack as the support vehicle.

Richard Smith for the kind use of his bike for the 6 months training period and the actual E to E Cycle.

The fine Scottish family who provided us with whiskey 30 mins after we reached John O’Groats!

Last but not least Tracey Lindop & Mollie (the Jack Russell) for providing relentless support as our Support Vehicle Driver & Co-driver without which, we could not have completed the cycle.

On our website you can check out pictures taken during their challenge: www.wildfutures.org/fundraising/fundraising-cycle-for-wild-futures/.

The total we need to raise is £20,000. You can help support by donating on the back page or donate to their challenge by visiting www.justgiving.com/cycle4wildtures or text WILD64 to 70070.

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Adopters’ Day 2012 ReportFor any charity, its most vital compo-nents are its supporters. As the say-ing goes, ‘without your support we wouldn’t exist’. From supporters who hold bake sales, street collections, run marathons or give yearly through our Adoption scheme, you allow us to car-ry out vital work. This is one of the rea-sons why we love Adopters’ Day. We have the chance to meet many of our fantastic Adopters all in one day, share with them the latest news and have a chance to say ‘thank you’ for all their support. They have the opportunity to see how their money is helping not only their adopted monkey, but also other primates and habitats in need around the world.

This year’s Adopters’ Day was no ex-ception, with 150 people attending talks, tours and workshops across the day, despite the wet weather! Rachel, our Director, gave an update on our monkeys and our latest rescue work. Our new Head of Income Generation, Hayley, excited us with the latest fund-raising opportunities for supporters wanting to do more, from a Skydive to a spooky haunted sleepover at Bod-min Jail! Adopters were also treated to an exclusive preview of our fantastic Stephen Fry film and signed up to help us promote it!

As ever, we had a delicious vegan buffet lunch provided by the Treetop Café, with thanks to those that donat-ed food including Beanies, Redwoods Wholefoods, Cornish Farm Produce, Essentials and Rocks Organic. Our ever popular raffle, full of prizes from local and national companies and our Guess the Name of the Monkey game all helped us raise over £2,000 this year. So a big thank you to all who contributed.

Thank you to those who attended but also to all those who couldn’t make it this year. Your support is vital and we hope you can visit sometime soon! If you are not an Adopter but want to be involved, you can adopt a monkey by simply completing the enclosed form on page 6 or visiting www.adoptamonkey.org and we will look forward to meeting you next year!

Nicola O’Brien Fundraising and PR Assistant

Fundraising: Cycle4WildFutures


From left to right: Declan, Tjark, Sean & Simon


This year our trading company launched a new and exciting business arm: Wild Catering.

The decision was taken to launch Wild Catering following the success of Wild Futures’ vegan and vegetarian establishment, the Treetop Café at The Monkey Sanctuary site.

Wild Catering will incorporate the same sustainable and eco-friendly practices as the Treetop Café. The team will be serving up delicious vegan and vegetarian food at a number of festivals across the country this year. This has already included the Bristol VegFest and Bristol Festival of Nature in May. At the Bristol VegFest we were delighted to make more than £3,000 – customers couldn’t get enough of the scrummy vegan hot dogs! This was a great start for the new catering brand.

Wild Catering has already been booked for a wedding this year and has received

a lot of enquiries about catering for other outside events.

Matt Nott, Catering Manager of Wild Catering said: “We are confident that Wild Catering is going to be a success. We are attending numerous events across the country this year, catering for thousands of people. At the same time, we will be promoting the healthy and sustainable choice of vegan and vegetarian food and raising awareness of the good work of Wild Futures.”

All of Wild Catering’s profits will be ploughed straight back into the charity to help ensure that Wild Futures can continue with its valuable work protecting primates and habitats in need.

If you are interested in finding out more information on how to book Wild Catering at a future event, please contact Matt Nott on 0844 272 1271 or email [email protected]

Wild Catering Corporate Support

HSBC Volunteers Day

In May this year Wild Futures’ Mon-key Sanctuary welcomed a team of volunteers from local HSBC branches in Liskeard and Plymouth. The team of volunteers enjoyed a day in the sunshine and spent the time making two brand new cut out boards for the children’s play area.

At Wild Futures we have many ways for businesses to support our charity. From employee volunteering days to corporate sponsorship, team building days and gifts in kind, there are many ways that businesses can actively ben-efit from a partnership with our char-ity. Contact Hayley Dann for a cor-porate fundraising pack by emailing [email protected]

Thank you listWe would like to thank the following organisations who have supported our charity over the past few months:

May Gurney for hosing that will be used as monkey enrichmentHomebase Liskeard for donating soil and seeds for Earth DayRichards Builders Merchants for supplying wood for volunteer dayDuchy Timber for supplying wood for bug box workshops on Father’s dayRSPCA for helping to fund the EARS conferenceB&Q for paintWH Bond Timber for supplying wood for bug boxesAssa Abloy for Yale (padlocks and snib locks)

Wish ListMany thanks to those who responded so generously to our last issue. This month we are in need of:

Filing cabinet – 2 drawerNew Jiffy Envelopes and second hand books A toastie maker

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Earlier this year Wild Futures collaborated with 18 other charities in Cornwall to promote legacy giving. The collaboration which was called ‘Leave a gift to Cornwall’ achieved great press coverage across Cornwall and as a result Wild Futures was contacted by a handful of people interested in finding out more about leaving a gift in their Will.

Leaving a gift in your Will is a great way to give to charity. No gift is too small as every gift makes a difference. A gift of £50 could feed 4 monkeys for a week or pay for an education session to teach children about the rainforest and how to look after our planet. We have a new legacy leaflet which you can download from our website. You can also contact our legacy officer on 0844 272 1271 or email [email protected]

Leaving a gift to charity in your Will



Our Education team has been very busy with educational events at The Monkey Sanctuary, assemblies and classroom teaching at local schools.

On Saturday 12th May, the sun was shining at The Monkey Sanctuary. It was the perfect setting for Wild Futures’ 3rd annual Exotic Pet Trade Day. Speakers gave talks on three types of animals prevalent in the exotic trade: reptiles, birds and primates. The talks centered on their welfare and current legislation, followed by question and answer sessions. Delegates included students, vets and local authority animal health representatives. The day culminated with tours of the Sanctuary led by members of our primate welfare team.

The overall feel of the day was immensely positive, with a drive towards cooperation amongst all individuals concerned. As a result we are setting up a contacts network for those who attended and intend to make next year’s event even bigger, possibly including a road show to visit interested parties further afield.

On May 23rd it was World Turtle Day. Katie Timmins, our Education Officer attended St Nicholas Downderry school, in Cornwall to conduct an assembly on sea turtles. She talked about different sea turtle species, the types of turtles you may find in British waters, their life cycle and the dangers that threaten turtles in the wild today. At present all 7 turtle species are listed as endangered, some critically. Before the assembly, Katie had instructed the school to ask the children to bring in plastic bags. The children got involved in cutting up the bags and made the shell of a giant turtle. Katie talked about how

rubbish caused by plastic bags and other products are causing a huge problem for marine life. Turtles very often will ingest plastic bags thinking that they are jellyfish. Most rubbish reaches the sea via rivers and common marine debris items includes cigarette butts, cans, plastic bags and bottles, Styrofoam, balloons, lighters and toothbrushes. The giant turtle was displayed on World Oceans Day at The Monkey Sanctuary which took place on 7th June.

The Education team has also been busy raising awareness of the palm oil industry. Palm oil plantations are having a devastating affect on wildlife and habitats, in particular the critically endangered orangutan. Wild Futures is striving to be a palm oil free organisation and has undertaken a review of all products and supplies it has on its

premises at its flagship project, The Monkey Sanctuary.

The process started with checking the ingredients of everyday household products such as bread, soap and even chocolate very carefully. If a product

states it contains vegetable oil, 9 times out of 10 the main ingredient is actually palm oil.

For more information on palm oil and a list of palm oil-free products and hidden palm oil ingredients visit:

Lifewithoutpalmoil.orgGreenthefilm.comEthicalconsumer.org/shoppingethically/palmoilfreelist.aspx Saynotopalmoil.com

Readers are also encouraged to share any products which are palm oil free on our facebook page to spread the word.

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Education UpdateOutreach projects update

Wild Futures is currently supporting a master’s degree student Trang Nguy-en from Oxford Brookes University in her field study on lemurs and ecol-ogy in Madagascar. The title of the piece is: Demographic dynamics of isolated populations of brown col-lared lemur (Eulemur collaris) in litto-ral forest fragments of South-eastern Madagascar.

The aims of the project are:

To answer the question why E.collaris are absent in some fragments of the littoral forest of South-eastern Madagascar, but present in others and to determine which ecological factors make a habitat suitable for E.collaris;

To contribute to the discussion of whether or not the building of a “green corridor” to connect fragmented littoral forest is suitable, or the connection of littoral habitat with evergreen forest is required;

To identify the impact of habitat quality on the group composition (sex ratio, age composition);

To investigate the changes in population dynamics of E.collaris during the last 10 years and predict future trends by using population viability analysis.

Throughout the project Trang also plans to raise awareness of E.collaris amongst the local population using games and competitions aimed at local children. Wild Futures is funding the base camp costs and salaries of local staff in this project.

We will follow up on this in future issues.

In the UK, Wild Futures has supported the Looe Marine Conservation group to help fund educational materials that will be used to engage with tourists over the summer months. The group organises at least 12 events per year such as rockpool rambles and seal trips to promote marine life and the importance of looking after this vital ecosystem.

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Congratulations to Sheryll Murray for winning Charity Champion for Animal Welfare 2012

Pictures from our Facebook competition we held this year on why Monkeys should not be kept as pets

Thanks to Charlie who raised £400

by cycling 40 miles across Scotland.

Say it

with Pictures

colouring Competition

Colour in and send to us, by the end of September, to win a free Monkey Teddy! Don’t forget to add your name, age and postal address!

WOOLlY MONKEY

Monkey around


The Haunted Sleepover

We have 25 very special places for a haunted sleepover on 19th October 2012. The event starts at 11pm with a tour of the famous and most haunted Bodmin jail, in Cornwall and then at midnight lights go out and the fun begins! Register now for just £19. We ask each participant to raise sponsorship for this scary challenge.

Parachute for Primates

Ever fancied doing something special for charity? Want to tick off something on your list of ambitions and do something good at the same time? Then join our Wild Futures team in a sky dive on 27th October 2012. By raising £395 your jump will be free of charge. Register now to obtain your place and fundraising pack.

Climb Kili

Join our team in an overseas trek of your life for September 2013. Wild Futures will be trekking the lesser trodden part up Lemosho with lots of flora and fauna to see on the way. Join our team now and raise £4,000 and your trek will be paid for. All challengers will be sent a detailed fundraising pack with t-shirt, wristband and fundraising pack.

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Newsletter No. 33

Contact the fundraising team now on 0844 272 1271 or [email protected]

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