The kids

They are still building the monkey enclosure, very slowly… But it should be finished next week sometime. The nursery cage in the back garden is almost finished already although they’ve only been working on that for a few days! It will be used for the quarantine period for new arrivals, and if the baby gorillas come, they will live there for a while. There is a new sentinel in the forest, he is a pygmy and is very good at looking after the forest. For now it’s mainly to avoid people doing kaka and peepee there! He has already caught a couple of people! Very funny J But sadly we won’t be able to take the chimps out there yet, because some researchers has decided to put several bee hives there! Very annoying… But hopefully we will have money to build dormitory and an electric fence around it soon, and then they’ll have to move the bee hives.
All the kids are doing well. Kamituga is still a bully, which just seems the way he is. He also bully the other chimps when he is in that mood, walking up and biting or slapping them for no reason. And that’s how he acts with us as well, so we always have to look out for him when we are in there, as he might take a dive at our heads! The others are more manageable. Yonguesa seems to be the boss, at least when she wants to! If she wants my attention she chases away the others including Kamituga. The only one that is persistent enough to stay is Pablo! So Yongusea and Pablo get their fair share of attention! But the others sneak in as well, when she is not there or when she is not bothered. Baheny, Irangi and Muhungu want hugs. Kanabiro wants to see what’s in my pockets (always make sure there is nothing there) and she is very good with zips. Gari wants to pull my hair. Felixta, Alsace, Kama and Kenya wants to be tickled and play!