Select Your Monkey - One-time Annual Select Your Monkey – One-time Annual Description Select Your Monkey First choose Monthly or One-Time donation. Next select one or more of the following monkeys. ONE-TIME MONTHLY Olivia Say hello to our newest rhesus macaque, Olivia, who is just three months old. She was purchased as a pet in Texas, but when her owner relocated to Arizona, she was confiscated. Read more xecutive director Brook Chavez picked her up at the Wildlife Conservation Center in Scottsdale and brought her to the home of two primate experts in San Antonio who will care for her until she is old enough to be introduced to a social group at the sanctuary. Stay tuned for the unveiling of her name! Consider making a contribution for her care. Select $ LennieSay hello to Lennie! Lennie came to PPI in October 2013 after being kept as a pet for his entire life. Like most primates who are kept as pets Lennie Read more was not provided with the care he needed. Patas are the fasting running primate and need space to stretch their legs. Thanks to PPI Lennie now has that opportunity and is always on the move. He loves running along the side of his habitat and his favorite enrichment items are basketballs, bright colored toys and his giant caterpillar stuffed animal. Select $ HarleyHarley, 13, is unlike any other primate at Primarily Primates (PPI), literally. He is the only grivet at the sanctuary.Read moreHarvey likes to jump in the kiddie pool placed in his habitat and grab frozen fruits out of the water. He also loves to forage through straw for fruit and cereal. Select $ PhoebeSay hello to Phoebe, an 8-month-old cross between a Snow Monkey and Read more Long-tailed macaque has arrived at Primarily Primates full time. She's getting to know her habitat mate, Tori, and is adjusting wonderfully! Select $ DannySay hello to Danny, an 8-year old spider monkey, who came to the sanctuary after being released Read more from a Texas home along with his friend Missy, a capuchin. We are committed to Danny and Missy's rehabilitation and well-being for the remainder of their lives, and will do our best to ensure that they have the best life possible. Select $ MissySay hello to Missy, an 8-year old capuchin, who came to the sanctuary after being released Read more from a Texas home along with her friend Danny, a spider monkey. We are committed to Danny and Missy's rehabilitation and well-being for the remainder of their lives, and will do our best to ensure that they have the best life possible. Select $ JuniorSay hello to Junior, our oldest gibbon, who came to the sanctuary Read more in 1986 from a private owner in San Antonio, where he lived as a pet. At 41, Junior is geriatric (gibbons in the wild usually live to be 25-30 years). Care Staff have been instrumental over the last few years to keep Junior as comfortable as possible during his “golden years.” Select $ SkeeterSay hello to Skeeter, a 14-year old pigtail macaque, who had been purchased from a monkey breeder in New Orleans right after Hurricane Katrina Read more , and brought to a small town in North Carolina where he’s been ever since. Skeeter’s owners treated the monkey, as is often the case, like a human primate, and fed him human food, got him addicted to television, and we later found out, neglected to get him any veterinary care—likely because it’s not legal to have a monkey as a pet in the town he was living in. Skeeter is looking for a sponsor at Primarily Primates. We are committed to Skeeter’s rehabilitation and well-being for the remainder of his life, and will do our best to ensure that he has the best life possible. Select $ KalpanaAmong the 350 animals at Primarily Primates, there is one unlike any other—and that’s hanuman langur Kalpana. Endangered hanuman langurs, Read more named after the Hindu monkey-god Hanuman, are considered sacred in India. They are also found in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Burma. . Select $ JoeyMeet bonnet macaque Joey! Before finding sanctuary at Primarily Primates in 2002, Joey was an ex-pet who had been shuffled around to a couple of different owners. Read more Bonnet macaques, found only in India, have been named so because of their physical appearance. The coil of hair on Joey’s head, which radiates outward from the center, resembles a hat. Everyone at the sanctuary is envious of Joey’s head of hair, which always look good even in the humidity. Select $ CarterAnimals typically arrive at Primarily Primates in Texas, the sanctuary Friends of Animals manages, with little fanfare, but “Carter the Monkey” is an exception.Read moreThis rhesus macaque has not only made headlines, but people can even follow his journey from Charlotte, N.C., to PPI on Facebook and on Twitter—his hashtag is #travelmonkey.At PPI, Carter will hopefully be slowly introduced to a female companion, another rhesus macaque named Tori. Interestingly, Tori also lived in North Carolina as a pet monkey and found sanctuary at PPI in March of 2015. Select $ HillaryHillary, a 14-year-old long-tailed macaque, who was released from John Hopkins University—has taken center stage at PPI. Read moreHer arrival in May brings with it the good news that the university is no longer required to perform a scan in a non-human primate before going into the clinic with a new radiotracer. Radiotracer is what is injected into a patient's arm or breathed in as a gas prior to PET scans, which use radiation, or nuclear medicine imaging, to produce three-dimensional, color images of the functional processes within the human body.Prior to her arrival at PPI, Hillary earned a reputation for being a social butterfly—her care takers say she was very friendly toward other female long-tailed macaques and seemed to take great joy in the visual and auditory contact she had with pig-tailed macaques and rhesus macaques. Select $ IzzyTwo-year-old Izzy is a new addition to PPI. “She’s probably one of the sweetest macaques I’ve ever met in my Read more life, “said PPI Director Brooke Chavez, adding that she’s very intelligent too. The long-tailed macaques’ journey to PPI started in Jackson, Ohio, where a couple rescued her from an abusive home and reached out to PRC for help. PRC picked her up and transported her to PPI. When Izzy first came to the sanctuary she was very timid, but quickly started thriving under the care and attention provided by care staff. She responds to them with a quiet chirp followed by smacking her lips to let them know she’s interested in grooming them. “You can sit with her all day and she would just be so happy if you did so,” Chavez said with a laugh. Select $ JuniorPlease consider sponsoring one of Primarily Primates’ smallest residents, Junior, who weighs in at less than one pound.Read moreBut don’t tell this cotton-top tamarin that. She thinks she is large and in charge—insisting on being fed first...before the other eight cotton-top tamarins at PPI. If that doesn’t happen she will let you know she’s upset with her loud chirping. Select $ KaylaKayla arrived at PPI along with three other long-tailed macaques after being discovered in a Tennessee garage livingRead more in nothing more than a bird cage. The ammonia level was so high from the monkeys living in their own excrement that rescuers had to wear masks to enter the garage. The sanctuary has transformed Kayla’s life and now she’s paying it forward. Recently, her sweet habitat mate, Igor, lost his vision. Kayla can be seen guiding him around and making sure he doesn’t miss food enrichment activities. Select $ LouieLouie, a baby macaque who was recently confiscated after biting a woman at a bank, has been completelyRead more relinquished to Primarily Primates. Louie's been doing wonderfully at the sanctuary and played outside for the first time just a few weeks ago and recently met another baby macaque at the sanctuary named Freddy! Select $ MacaquesMacaques are a type of monkey that can be quite slight, with very long tails, or stocky, with short limbs and Read morea short tail or, in a few species, no tail. They are highly intelligent and display a great variety of calls and facial expressions. One of the more common species of macaque is the the rhesus, many of whom have been widely used in medical and other scientific experiments, like the ones who now live at the sanctuary. Select $ ToriTori is a 4 year old Rhesus Macaque who was released over a month ago to the PRC who knew that we couldRead more provide a great life for her here at the sanctuary. Prior to rescue, Tori was kept as a pet in North Carolina where she was neglected both physically and mentally, and is lucky to alive today. Tori is very thin from malnutrition and has developed muscle atrophy. Once she found sanctuary, she began to receive a healthy diet and has started to gain weight. It will take months of loving care from our care staff to help Tori feel like a monkey should. Now that she is becoming healthier, her personality is developing. During the day, she watches the playful antics of Freddy and Louie, and we have observed her initiating contact with little Freddy, also a rhesus macaque. Select $ VervetsThe vervet monkey has a black face with a white fringe of hair, while the overall hair color is mostly Read moregrizzled-grey. The vervet monkey eats a primarily vegetarian diet, living mostly on wild fruits, flowers, leaves, seeds, and seed pods. Select $ *One-timePrimarily Primates is tax-exempt under IRS code 501(c)(3), and donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. As a non-profit organization Primarily Primates relies on donations to support our work. After your donation is processed you will receive an e-mail which you can print as a receipt for your records.All donations are non refundable, however, if you enter the wrong dollar amount for your donation, please contact us within 48 hours to adjust your donation amount. Partner 120 $ “Amy’s Circle” 240 $ “Daily Champion” 360 $ “Golden Sponsor” 600 $ Add to shopping bag Share