Monkey Matters Eastern Cape

09/04/2025

Norman 🩵
We received a frantic call about this boy on a "lead" being thrown around, and when approached, they shoved him in a suitcase 😔😡
Thanks to the assistance of the police, we managed to get him here safely 🙏
The tie downs around his waist had eaten into his flesh to the bone and was so painful for him. Very scared and sore boy 😔
After a few weeks of treatment, good food, and lots of attention, he is doing so much better 💙
Thank you to our amazing vets and for your assistance 🙏
Thankfully, Norman has a second chance at a free life where he belongs 🐒
Some pics of his healing process and his favorite mielies 😊

25/03/2025

In the pursuit of justice for the torture and murder of our primates 😔💔 Thank you NSPCA - National Council of SPCAs

22/03/2025

Nolan 💔
This beautiful boy was in a really bad way and could hardly walk 😔
He was caught up and taken to a vet in the garden route. After a full assessment, it was very clear that the extent of his injuries and what he had endured were just too bad. He was humanly euthanized and put to rest 🐒
All the injuries and burns on his body all points to electrocution 💔 RIP beautiful boy

07/03/2025

Noenkie 🐒💙
I am about 5 months old and have been a pet since a baby. I do not know what other monkeys are and think I am a human being 😞
I am a very happy chappy but finding it quite difficult to settle in as it is not the life i am used to 💔 Apparently the people that raised me didn't realise there was a place like Monkey Matters but have promised should they find another monkey they will bring him in straight away so he doesn't struggle like I am.
I am very excited to start my new life with these other creatures that look like me 😁 I finally have someone to play with and am not on my own ❤️🐒

19/02/2025

Some great news about our MVA patient ❤️
After a few days in the care of our awesome vets at 9th Avenue Veterinary Clinic Walmer and a few days regenerating with us, the time was right to rejoin the troop ☺️🐒
He stopped, looked back, I think it was a thank you, then ran to the bush, looked around, and then darted up to the top of the trees 🙏 back where he belongs. Hopefully, he is a bit wiser on the road 😉

14/02/2025

Please be careful on our roads. This boy was knocked near Willows and was rushed to the vet today 😔 he will stay for observation and meds as he has a concussion. No broken bones, fortunately 🙏
Please keep him in your prayers that he will heal, and we can release him safely back with his troop 🐒💙
Thank you to the passersby who assisted, we truly need more people like you ☺️

14/02/2025

❤️ HAPPY VALENTINES DAY ❤️
From all of us at Monkey Matters, may you have a day full of love. Let's be kind to our primates in 2025 🙏 There is no love quite like primate love 😁💝

13/02/2025

I am Nineth 💙
This girl was found in a bad way on the side of the road just outside PE. Passersby saw her and stopped, noticed she was breathing and rushed her to 9th Avenue Veterinary Clinic Walmer, hence her beautiful name 😊
She stayed at the practice for a few days to determine the extent of the injuries. Her concussion was bad, and it was touch and go for a while 💔
Her fight for life was stronger than we knew, and after a week or so, the improvement was tremendous, jumping from branch to branch and enjoying all her snacks 😊
Unfortunately, we couldn't trace the lady who bought her in to find the exact location to release her back near her troop so Nineth will be joining a new troop at the centre. 🐒❤️

12/02/2025

Nikita 🩷
Nikita and Natalie are the best of friends and play continuously 😁
Little Nikita was taken off children who were mishandling her and showing her off in the streets. She was starving when the kind people demanded she be handed over.
We managed to get a lift for her to get to us asap. Some love, TLC, and of course all the attention from Natalie and Nikita settled in slowly but surely 🩷

11/02/2025

Natalie 🩷
This little girl was found on a farm with bite marks on her body, no sign of her troop around 😔 after a few weeks of healing time and treatment she is as right as rain and a happy little chappie with loads of love to give 🐒

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11/02/2025

🐒💔 Not a happy ending 😞
This little one was on his dead mommy on the road near Kragga Kamma. All the cars drove past for 2 days before someone stopped to move mommy out of the road and check 💔 and here was this little freezing, starving, and still body barely looking up at them.
He was taken to a vet where he was assessed and still seemed to be concussed. We tried through the night to give him a chance, but unfortunately, he was not doing good at all and was taken in to be humanely euthanized instead of leaving him to suffer. RIP sweet angel 🐒
PLEASE, if you see a monkey in the road or on the side, please stop to check. You could just save a life 🙏

09/02/2025

The brutal truth of what our primates have to endure across the country!
Very sad that this is the next generation of SA.
Thank you for all you did for him ORC and so sorry for your loss 💔🐒

Not for sensitive readers.

A few days ago we posted an update on the location of Raygun the baboon. He had safely navigated his way through the suburbs and industrial areas of Pretoria and had finally reached an agricultural area full of crop farms and game reserves.
He was in our opinion in safe territory.
Sadly he made a wrong turn 40km further on his adventure and landed up on the roof of a Secondary School just outside of Delmas.
The learners at the school decided it was a fun idea to brutally stone and kick him. They tied him up with wire, placed car tyres around his body and set him alight. He burnt to death.
We went out early this morning to see if we could locate and retrieve his body, but when we arrived our presence attracted a lot of unwanted attention and Flash and Freckles, being the voice of reason, convinced us to leave promptly.
We then waited a few kilometers down the road for twenty minutes for the small crowd to disperse. We weighed up the options and decided that if we drove really quickly, we could pick Raygun up, what was left of him, and get out of there. So, this is what we did.
According to some residents, a witch doctor came through last night and cut his hands and head off, and then cut his chest open and took out his heart. We buried his remains earlier today under a Marula tree on the Sanctuary.
We failed him terribly. We are deeply saddened for the way Raygun was ripped from this world. His death serves as a stern reminder to us of the work we still have left to do to protect wild animals and what a far way the youth needs to come to learn respect and appreciation for other living beings.

01/01/2025

Happy New Year to all 🥂🍾🎉 and thank you for your support 🙏❤️
It has been a very long and tough year, 20 babies this season so far, 8 juveniles, and who knows how many rescues 💔
Please, for 2025, be more considerate of wildlife and more careful on our roads and remember always that primates are not pets. They belong with their own kind, so PLEASE do the right thing.
Here is to a safer and happier year for our primates 🥂🐒

31/12/2024

Niles 🩵
An emergency call on a Sunday, this little boy clinging to his momma as she was hit by a car 💔 his forefinger was missing, but luckily, he was ok. Rushed him to the amazing vets 9th Avenue Veterinary Clinic Walmer who cleaned him up and treated him 🙏 Niles is doing well and has recovered beautifully. He is with 2 other newbies that came in in the past week, while they settle in 🐒❤️

31/12/2024

Nutmeg 💙
He was found on his dead mommy on the road and was very dehydrated and weak 😔 he went to the vet for fluids and has really come a long way in the past 2 to 3 weeks. He loves his friends, especially Ned, and eats like a champion 😁 well done little dude, we promise to give you the best chance at a new life 💙🐒

28/12/2024

Ned 💙
This boy was alone for a few days while we made arrangements to get him to us. He was found alone.... His little brow already showing means he is older than the other babies and had more time with his real mom 💔 he is wary but takes comfort in the other babies 🐒
New start for this little chap ☺️

28/12/2024

Nadia 🩷
My apologies. I'm a bit behind with our updates.
Nadia was quite traumatized when she came in and only comes to you for comfort or at sleep time 💔 she is doing well though and is now playing nicely with Nolene, Ned and Nutmeg, who i will post about soon 🐒

24/12/2024

May your Christmas be merry and bright, and may the new year bring you love and light. Thank you for your support throughout the year, it means the world to us 🐒 🌲🎅❤️