By Patience Wambugu | Fundraising Manager
Team Colobus would like to thank you for your continuous giving towards our work!
In December 2022, we had 23 animal welfare call-outs. Out of the December welfare callouts, one vervet monkey entered long-term rehabilitation. We named the Vervet Kongo because he was rescued by the Kongo river. Kongo's story begins with him being abandoned, but fortunately, he has found a home with us at Colobus Conservation and a surrogate mother in Mrembo one of the older female vervet monkeys at our centre.
In January and February, Team Colobus responded to 67 welfare callouts. Out of the 67 welfare callouts, February had 45 welfare callouts, which led to one abandoned infant whom we found at Swahili Beach Hotel. We named the infant Swahili, which was a name derived from where he was found.
When Swahili was rescued he was one month and two weeks old. However, we have seen strides in his growth as he is now been slowly introduced to the other orphaned monkeys under long-term rehabilitation at our centre. Despite his being shy he has received a warm welcome from the other infants, who are always ready to play with him.
It has not been easy for us, with the significant increase in animal welfare cases, we need more education and awareness to counter this problem.
Thank you very much for your continuous giving!
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