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        Bakkies is about 3 years old. For a long time  in time not to be so depen-

        he had to stay in a small cage without any                                                     dent on his new caregiver.


        proper moving space. the saddest thing is                                                      After 3 months, Bakkies
                                                                                                       gained his trust in out team

        he was also chained in the small cage                                                          and slowly and gradual-

                                                                                                       ly his caregiver put him in

               concerned person took                   bers, Bakkies pretended to  the enclosure for 1 hour a

        A  him out of the cage and                     be dead. The person who                         day and then took him out.
        immediately Bakkies clung                      rescued him from the cage  After a period of 4 weeks,

        to that person. and showed                     entered immediately and                         Bakkies was happy to be in

        signs of aggression towards                    Bakkies jumped on him and  the enclosure all day. To-
        his previous owner so bad-                     clung to him for life and                       day we can proudly say that

        ly that when his previous                      death. So the team came                         Bakkies is now in his en-

        owner wanted to take him,                      to the conclusion that we                       closure full time where he
        that Bakkies slapped the                       will first allow Bakkies to                     has the necessary space for

                  At Last:                             be with his new caregiver                       development and receives

                                                       for Bakkies’ physical and
                                                                                                       a daily visit from the person
                                                       emotional well-being and                        who took him out of his
                a monkey                               that we will then teach him  dire circumstances.






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        owner. The owner agreed
        that Bakkies could be tak-

        en in to our care. Bakkies

        was immediately trans-

        ported to Dr Kadek’s clin-
        ic where he showed signs

        of separation anxiety as

        soon as the person rescu-
        ing him was not in the area.

        With Bakkies’ arrival at Bali

        Monkey Aid Network, the
        team struggled to take Bak-

        kies away from the person

        who helped him. The mo-
        ment Bakkies was put in

        the emergency enclosure

        by one of the team mem-
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