Rescuemissions

If you know of a primate in need, please contact us.

Those we saved and those we were to late to save...

Her owner loved her as an infant, but when she grew up & started to BITE...
21 year old Stump Tailed Macaque "Bam Bam" spent the next 18 years of her life
locked in the cage pictured below, (& close up photo top right) before she was
rescued and transported to the OPR facility. She suffered in silence for so long. No
enrichment, inadequate diet, and breathing black mold & algae spores for so many
years caused critical physical & emotional problems which ultimately claimed her life
in November 2005. We will never forget Bam Bam and her will to survive...

The last 9 months of her
life at OPR...

A Tribute to Bam Bam

Raised as a 'human' infant.... But then she 'grew up'...

Soothing her old bones with
warmed blankets...

If only we could have reached Bam Bam sooner...
But our peace is knowing that the last 9 months of
her life were enriched. She felt the warm
sunshine, she heard birds twilling in the distance
& she enjoyed companionship from other
monkeys. Bam Bam will be in our hearts forever.

Other OPR Rescues