Monkey missing the family that raised it

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Monkey missing the family that raised it

By The Nation

 

Photos from Sagungan Batngulueam's Facebook page

 

A teenage girl who discovered that the monkey her family had raised is faring poorly in the care of a wildlife foundation wants to get it back.

 

A video she posted on Facebook as Sagungan Batngulueam on Tuesday was viewed more than 900,000 views in less than a day.

 

 

The endearing video shows her beside the cage where the monkey is now kept at the foundation in Phetchaburi. It shows the animal reaching out to hug and kiss her, both of their faces pressed against the bars.

 

 

The teen explained that her family had raised the orphan monkey but ultimately decided it should have simian companionship and gave it to the foundation.

 

On visiting her former pet on Tuesday, the girl learned that it ate little, had lost weight and was missing its tail.

 

 

She initially surmised that it had chewed off its own tail due to anxiety and loneliness but was told another monkey had bitten off the tail.

 

She asked for the monkey to be returned to her care and was refused, so she made the online appeal for public support.

 

In an update on Wednesday, the teen said the foundation had explained that the monkey could not be returned because it had already been registered as a wild animal under protection.

 

 

The foundation suggested her family register with the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department for permission to raise a wild animal and they might be able to recover the monkey.

 

The teen said her family would do anything to get the money back.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30340391

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-03-07

[Just1Voice]

Good luck with their efforts.  I hope they can get the monkey back. 

 

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Drama over monkey ends well - Mali, 3, will stay with Edwin at the sanctuary

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A drama playing out on social media has ended well with the female owner of a monkey agreeing that a wildlife sanctuary run by a well known Dutch campaigner will keep the creature.

 

The heartstrings of Thais were pulled when pictures of Mali's owner Lao Batnguleuam, 44, of Thai Yang, Petchaburi, showed her crying at the cage of the animal she used to keep at her house.

 

She looked after Mali - a macaque - after Mali's mother was killed in a car accident. Some Thais felt Mali should go back to her after a separation.

 

Edwin Wiek told Thaivisa exclusively that the case highlighted that keeping protected species was not a good idea....especially feeding them inappropriate foods like ice cream and coke. It also showed that Thailand has animal welfare laws in place meaning that he could not give Mali back to the owner even if he wanted to.

 

A six minute video made by Thai Rath featured a long interview with Edwin who runs the Wildlife Friends Foundation also in Tha Yang district where many animals previously kept as pets or abused are looked after and rehabilitated where possible.

 

Speaking in excellent Thai Edwin, from the Netherlands originally, explained his role in the affair over Mali.

 

"The owner contacted us about three months ago. She said that she had been bitten by the monkey that she kept tied up on a short rope outside her house.

 

"I sent our staff to see for themselves and she told us that she wanted us to take Mali away and look after her so that she would have more space and the company of other monkeys.

 

"The owner couldn't cope and was getting scared.

 

"We checked Mali's health at our clinic and found that she had very high blood sugar levels. She had been fed things like ice cream, milk and coke.

 

"So we implemented a change of diet. It was difficult because Mali didn't want fruit by this time - she just wanted the sweets.

 

"She started to get better and the owner came to visit every day but then due to some disagreements at home she said that she wanted to take her back home".

 

This was at the end of January. Edwin contacted Thai wildlife authorities who informed him of the regulations that he already well knew - that a private individual cannot legally own monkeys like this and even his organiztaion must inform them if they are to look after a protected species.

 

He was thus unable to give her back even if he wanted to.

 

"I don't want to go to jail for the sake of a monkey!," he said with a smile though Edwin cares passionately for all animals.

 

Unfortunately the owner continued to visit and secretly gave Mali sweets that only served to make the other monkeys in her enclosure jealous.

 

"This resulted in Mali being bitten on the tail," said Edwin.

 

In conclusion he said: "I understand the love for animals - but we have to think about their quality of life".

 

Edwin told Thaivisa this morning:

 

"Mali will be with us for a long time but she will integrate into a group for sure".

 

Edwin has frequently had run ins with the authorities and was last in the news when he complained about the treatment of a tiger being prodded to make it open its mouth and roar for tourist photographs at a facility in Pattaya.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-03-08

[natway09]

Now here is a classic case of the fact that you have to read the whole story.

It was biting her so SHE decided to give it to the foundation as she could not control it, along with coming daily to feed it the wrong foods high in sugar which upset the other inmates, bang they bit its tail off.

She would be better to just let it go for everyones wellbeing

 

[BuaBS]

Two different stories . Who speaks the truth ?

[siam2007]

40 minutes ago, BuaBS said:

Two different stories . Who speaks the truth ?

 

The blood sugar levels of the monkey certainly speak more than words