Rescue Stories Monkeys
Andi’s Journey: No Longer Just a Number
In 2015, a male rhesus macaque was found roaming loose in Bath County, KY. Unsure of where he came from or why he was wandering a residential area, Fish and Wildlife officers captured the lost monkey and brought him to the Primate Rescue Center. He was extremely...
Carlos Turns 1!
Baby Carlos turned 1 year old on June 13th and he has changed so much! When Carlos arrived in September, he was only 3 months old and wanted a lot of attention from the caretakers. He was nervous at first, but he came to love it here. The caretakers made quick work to...
Meet Carlos
We have added a new member to the PRC family. Carlos, a Long Tailed Macaque, arrived at the Primate Rescue Center in September at only 16 weeks old. The family that adopted him realized that monkeys shouldn’t be pets, and they wanted Carlos to live his life with other...
Mighty the Sulawesi Macaque
Mighty the Sulawesi Macaque joined us at the PRC in 1995, when Baby, the Sykes’ monkey she was housed with, injured her owner in a savage attack. When nobody in the local area could be persuaded to help the owner safely secure the animals in transport cages, PRC...
Petey the Spider Monkey
Early in 2002, PRC founder April Truitt was contacted about an elderly Ohio woman living in squalid conditions with dogs and a monkey apparently in desperate need of medical attention.