Alexa: Baboon move

There had been a few delays on the completion of all 5 of the new monkey enclosures- rain, lack of electricity, no cement, too hot, too cold, Sundays, no workers, etc, etc! However, they finally finished them and Kahole and Jacques, with the help of others kitted them out with trees, ropes and tyres. As Pablo regularly sedates primates for his work in Spain he was the perfect candidate to move the baboons into the new enclosures. There is 4 baboons (Becky, Torrente, Papio and Yoda). Pablo darted yoda, using a blow pipe while balume managed to inject Becky. When they were fast asleep they had a health check and were carried over to the outside compartment of their new home. Then it was the smaller baboons turn, Torrente and Papio. They too were darted and carried over to the inside compartment. They began to wake up slowly but were very wobbly; it was amusing to watch them stagger around like they’d had too much to drink, though I’m sure they weren’t feeling that great! By lunch time they were wide awake and jumping and playing on the trees together. Becky especially liked the view to the river where she tried to talk to the local people on the far side!