Baby Irene flourishes
"Baby Irene has joined the rest of the nursery group of about 10 babies at CROW."
BABY Irene, a Vervet Monkey that sustained severe burn wounds on her feet after she was dragged by a group of young boys along hot tar, is on the mend at CROW.
On Wednesday, 15 March, Kevin Rundle witnessed the incident and stopped his car to save the little mite, who suffered severe burn wounds to both her feet, and had two puncture holes that were badly infected, and she was also very dehydrated. Her wounds were treated at CROW.
“Baby Irene has joined the rest of the nursery group of about 10 babies. At a later stage, the group will join the older babies and then be moved to the bigger enclosures as a troop. As primates are social animals, it is important to build a sustainable troop with adult males, females and juveniles. It takes about three to four years for a troop to have properly settled in,” said Paul Hoyte from CROW.
After bonding as a troop of about 28 monkeys, they will be released on a farm where regular supervision is conducted to update CROW on the progress of the troop.
If you are aware of any sites around KwaZulu-Natal for the release wildlife, contact CROW on 031 462 1127.
“Without the support and vigilance of the public, CROW would not be able to achieve what we do. On behalf of CROW, we would like to give a big thank you and congratulations to everyone involved in the rescue and rehabilitation of Baby Irene,” said Paul.
