The truth will set you free…baby monkey pet channels - CROW baby baboon.mp4

When it comes to wildlife rehabilitation, there are always a number of views for and against. Ethics, personal opinion and conervation ideals all play a role. The rehabilitation of primates somehow creates an even more exacerbated debate especially considering the issues so often surrounding problem baboons and monkeys. The question is asked, if they're such a problem, why try and save one? The human, cost and time resources involved are huge. For some the question is, why not save one? Wildlife is precious and a difference to every animal counts. Destined to be sold to a witch doctor, a baboon's 4 week-old youngster was rescued from a rural hut by Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife staff who brought him to CROW in Durban. The rehabilitation of a baboon could take anything up to 4 years.....something few people realise when they buy baby baboons as pets and then bring them to the centre when they become too much to handle. Primates are very susceptible to human diseases artificial environments and this is the sad outcome to the heart-wrenching story of Robbie. He took ill on Friday the 18th March early in the morning and passed away that same afternoon having contracted encephalitis/meningitis.