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Baby monkey doing well
April 15, 2008

Photos at:
http://blog.ecr.co.za/newswatch/?p=1477

Nonie - a four-month-old monkey who was beaten up by a human a week ago - is
recovering well at the Centre for Rehabilitation of Wildlife (Crow) in
Yellowwood Park…

She was beaten to within an inch of her life with an iron rod at
Mariannhill.

Crow's Judy Gounaris says animal abuse is a growing problem. Most of the
animals that are brought in to them have been abused by people.

For now though, Nonie's making new friends at Crow and she's stunning the
staff with her miraculous recovery.

The vets are absolutely amazed at the recovery that she has made considering
the injuries that she had - because they really did expect her to lose her
sight.

"She's doing well now - she's got great trust in the person at Crow who's
looking after her and she's now starting to sit with the other monkeys and
she can see again, fortunately. We have high hopes for her being absolutely
fine and going back to the wild."