Monkey is finally rescued

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Monkey is finally rescued

 

 

Monkey is finally rescued after cruel owner kept him

in tiny, dark, rat-filled cage for 25 YEARS

 

    Joe the macaque was captured in 1991 - and spent

the next 25 years in a cage crammed between two

buildings

 

    But his luck finally changed when he was spotted

by a concerned passer-by who let an animal charity

know

 

    Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand set out to

rescue the monkey, who was in such bad shape he could

not stand

 

The monkey looks out from the dark, his emaciated,

dirty hands clutching onto the rusted wire which has

kept him trapped in this tiny hole for a quarter of a

century.

 

This tiny, damp hole has been his home ever since he

was captured in 1991 and turned into a family pet - a

spectacle for the neighbours to enjoy in this slum in

downtown Bangkok, Thailand.

 

The rat-infested cage is so small, the macaque's

muscles had all but wasted away, leaving the animal

barely able to stand.

 

And here he would have remained, were it not for a

passer-by who spotted his mournful eyes, and decided

to act.

 

But there was worse to come.

 

'When the owner told us how long he had been in there

I was absolutely shocked,' he wrote.

 

'Joe, as the monkey is called, has been in this hell

hole since 1991! That is 25 years…

 

'No water to drink, in almost complete darkness,

alone, in his own and human dirt, "his world" being

only 70 x 80 x 80 centimetres for the last 25 years!'

 

Joe's luck was about to change, however, as the team

tracked down his owner and persuaded him to part

company with the macaque.

 

oe - dehydrated, dirty and unable to walk - was

sedated, and removed from the slum - allowing the team

to reveal the full horror of the rubbish-filled cage

where he had spent his years.

 

It transpired there had been one attempt to rescue him

before, but the zoo which came to collect him had

apparently asked for $100 a month for his upkeep - an

amount the owner could not afford.

 

This time, the WFFT simply took him to their sanctuary

- and the change is already noticeable.

 

'Joe has been a few days at WFFT now and is starting

to move around his cage. He walks around but is not

able to climb yet, too weak and without the experience

to do so,' Edwin wrote.

 

'Joe was seen taking a bath in his clean water tub

yesterday and has been communicating with his

neighbours, other monkeys, whom he hasn’t seen for so

long.

 

'His life expectancy is up to 35 years and we hope he

will still have some quality years ahead at our

sanctuary.'

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-

3530689/Monkey-finally-rescued-cruel-owner-kept-tiny-

dark-rat-filled-cage-25-years.html

 

[funkyy]

The "owner" should be locked in a cage of the same dimensions for a few weeks just to give him an idea of the suffering that Joe went through. Humans...the evolved species?...don't make me laugh!!