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Oliver
Oliver, a woolly monkey, was born in January 2004 at The Monkey Sanctuary, despite his mother having a contraceptive implant, proving that contraception is not an exact science!
As the youngest, Oliver is a popular member of the woolly colony. He is an adventurous character who is always foraging and exploring. He loves to play, swing, jump and see how much he can get away with around the other monkeys!
Oliver scent marks a beam; scent marking is something adult woolly monkey males do to mark their territory. Oliver shows us he is progressing from a baby into an adult male by these marks of adult behaviour.
Following Oliver's birth The Monkey Sanctuary revised the use of contraceptive implants and now the females of the colony take a contraceptive pill; which has, so far, been successful.
Woolly monkeys are endangered in their homelands in South America and are at great risk as they are highly specialised monkeys designed to live in the rainforest canopy. They are highly susceptable to environmental changes and therefore deforestation, one of the largest problems in the Amazon in South America, has a huge and devestating impact on their population numbers.
Woolly monkeys were very fashionable in the 1960s and 70s as pets and this trade once again dealt their species a heavy blow in terms of population sizes and distributions. The method of capture (which is still the same today) was to shoot at colonies of monkeys, selling the dead adults as bushmeat and the babies as pets.
The trade in woolly monkeys in Europe is now illegal, however they are still kept as pet (often illegally) in South America.
Ollie could well live in his twenties; adopting Ollie means that you are offering staff at the Monkey Sanctuary the resources they need to offer him the best quality of life possible, for the rest of his life.
As an Adopter of a monkey at The Monkey Sanctuary you will recieve:
* A personalised Adoption certificate
* A photo of your adopted monkey
* Newsletters from The Monkey Sanctuary three times per year
*Your monkey's story and updates on their lives at the Sanctuary
*A fact sheet about your monkey's species
*A pass for a year's free entry to the Monkey Sanctuary in Cornwall
When paying for an adoption of Oliver, please enter the name and address of the adopter in the payment section marked 'Delivery Note'...especially if the adoption is a gift for a person other than yourself! This will ensure a swift delivery of your adoption.
Please ensure that you press the UPDATE button when adding your adopter details on the delivery note.
A percentage of the adoption scheme also goes to help Siglo XXI, another rescue centre in Chile working to end the pet trade.
