Nevis Humane Society

Dear Nevis Humane Society:  We just returned from a trip to St. Kitts and need some help with an animal situation there.  We were not aware of your organization until now, and the Best Friends Animal Society kindly referred us to you.

Is there anyone who is, or knows of, a very responsible and kind person who would be willing and capable of adopting a baby Green Vervet Monkey on St. Kitts or Nevis?  We just returned from visiting St. Kitts, but we had witnessed a horrible crime of animal cruelty against this baby monkey while there.  A local man had captured the baby and put an iron clamp around its waist and was dragging it around on an iron chain.  Then he chained it up and left it among a different troop of monkeys, who proceeded to attack it.  Of course, if you bring an outsider monkey into another troop, it will be attacked.  The baby monkey could not get away because it was chained, and would surely have been killed.  But a kind local business owner helped us stop the attack.  We are working with veterinarian Dr. Tracy Challenger and the St. Kitts Police to try to find the person who committed this crime and to rescue the monkey. So far no luck.  Also, a big problem is that St. Kitts has no facilities to care for the monkey if they are able to rescue it.  This fact is quite shocking considering that there is the Ross Veterinary University on the island - but Ross has refused to talk with us.  So unless we can find someone who could adopt this baby monkey and care for it responsibly and with kindness, it will likely be released into the wild.  Because the criminal took the baby from its mother and its troop, if it is now released into the wild it will surely die.  However, it will also surely die if it stays with the criminal.

The best home would be someone with experience caring for monkeys or other rescued animals on the island.  If you have any ideas on a good loving home and sanctuary for this baby monkey if we can rescue it, or who would otherwise be willing to help us locally with our rescue effort, please reply back as soon as possible - time is critical to save this beautiful creature.

Gayle and Scott Carda