Born Free

Category: Lilongwe Wildlife Centre | Date: May 15 2009 | By: bornfree

We wanted to update you on a blog posting dated 14th of April written by our Operations and Development Manager, Lee Stewart.

In his blog Lee detailed the long 2 year process of rescuing the animals from the “zoo” at the mission, and at the beginning of the month the first two animals - a blue monkey and a yellow baboon - were rescued from the mission and taken back to the Wildlife Centre.

We are happy to report that both Maggie (blue monkey) and Aide (yellow baboon) are doing well and are still currently in our quarantine section.  Right now the ladies are enjoying their temporary new home as well as excellent care from their carer, Michael.  Michael said that they like to eat a mixture of soft fruits.

Our vet did a health check on both of them today, and under anaesthetic we found that Maggie had a few bad teeth, which would explain why she hadn’t been eating so well and then only soft fruits. The vet removed the bad teeth and she is now on medication to help with the gum infection. He is sure she will be in good form in no time now that the teeth have been removed. Aide is still a bit overweight, but once she is in her large enclosure, she will be moving around a lot more and will lose the excess weight.

Right now the release of Mua and Aide into their enclosures is scheduled for the end of May.  We will make sure to update you again on how the transfers go.  It will be a very happy day for everyone at the Centre to see these two animals released into the relative wild of their enclosure after being held in small cages for so long. 

We would also like to say hello to Gaby and Ramina from Academia Cotopaxi in Ecuador.  Their 1st grade class is interested in learning more about the animals at the centre and could possibly help to raise money to adopt an animal at the Centre.