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Monkey Clings to Best Friend After He Comes Back from Hospital
Mickey, a white-faced capuchin, and his best friend Ebi, a weeper capuchin, are known as the “bad boys” of Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary in Florida. Although they make quite the affectionate duo now, that wasn’t always the case.
Monkey Kept Alone in Garage Was So Depressed He Kept Hurting Himself
A family in Indiana purchased him when he was just 3 days old, through a breeder called Rainbow Primates, Kari Bagnall, founder of Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary in Florida, told The Dodo.
Rescue Dogs and Rescue Monkeys Help Care for Each Other at Incredible Primate Sanctuary
The 301 monkeys who live at Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary have come from some pretty awful circumstances. Their pet dogs have had some rough starts, too.
Abandoned Toothless Monkey Gets a Cozy New Home – and a Girlfriend
The email’s sender – identified simply as “D” – told Bagnall she had recently come across a pet carrier dumped by the side of a highway. She checked inside and found a young capuchin monkey who was missing all his teeth and also a good portion of his fur.
Monkey Service Animal Bill Being Reconsidered
After getting advice from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, a Louisiana lawmaker says he is considering dropping his proposal to allow monkeys to be used as service animals for people with disabilities.
Bubbles Surfaces in Florida!
Michael Jackson’s pet chimp is enjoying his retirement in Florida but hates his picture being taken (and can you blame him?)
Michael Jackson’s Pet Chimp, Bubbles, is Living Out his Twilight Years in Florida
Bubbles plows a big blue bucket along the border of his enclosure, tracing an invisible line. His fleshy feet thud against the concrete path. “He’s just letting us know he’s here,” one of his caretakers says. Bubbles is behind a steel-wire fence with the rest of the apes. “He’s big,” she adds, “but he’s a sweetie.”
94WIP Finds Safe Willing Home for Dez Bryant’s Monkey
PETA has asked for the capuchin monkey to be transferred to a sanctuary and Kari Bagnall, founder and executive director of Jungle Friends Primates Sanctuary in Gainesville, Florida says she would be happy to care for Bryant’s monkey.
Tattooed Monkey Finds Peace After a Lifetime of Suffering
After what had likely been a lifetime of suffering at the hands of people who viewed him as a mere commodity, a lonely Rhesus monkey named Andi is beginning to learn what it’s like to be at peace.
Safe Haven
They’ve lived difficult lives: apes forced to perform at shows, or kept as exotic pets, then abandoned. But one Florida sanctuary is giving them a second chance.
A Gainesville Woman’s Monkey Business
In Kari Bagnall’s makeshift jungle, she gives primates a home.
Another Court Denies Legal Rights for a Chimpanzee
For the third time in less than a year, a historic bid for legal rights for chimpanzees has been denied.