Monkey needs help

March 2013

Tourists informed us a few weeks ago, about an abandoned monkey next to the Rockview Restaurant in Chaweng Noi at the First Bungalow Resort. No owner or caretaker had been seen for 14 days, we were told they had abandoned the Restaurant and no one could tell us if they will come back. In the mean time Tourists provided the monkey with food and water, however they could not clean the cage since he bites and is lightning fast. We cleaned the cage of the monkey and gave him food and water. It isn't far from our house, so it isn't a huge problem to go there every other day to check on him.

The cage is completely decayed and beyond repair. Many places are broken due to rusting, the stand that the cage used to have don’t exist anymore. Therefore, the cage lies on the floor and if it rains “LING” has to sit in the dirty smelly mud. Ling means monkey in Thai and seemed like a suitable name for him.

This is how we found Ling:

This is how we found Ling

HERE you can find the video.

We removed all the garbage and the plastic bottles and softened up the ground a little and moved the cage onto a cleaner ground.

That was all we couldn't do for him that day. He now has a clean cage to live in, his own chair, some toys and a blanket. Of course we also gave him some fresh water and food.

First of all he has to get out of that dreadful cage. We have built a larger cage, with a perch and a weather sheltered area. Here is a picture story of the new house for Ling:

HERE you can find the video from the new house of Ling.

Marcus from Germany and our Thai helper Road started working straight away and therefore started making the new cage for the monkey.

Within a few days the roof was being attached already.

The transport was funny and interesting. We needed all the help we could get.

After a few tries and changes, we managed to get the cage in place!

The first stage is behind us and we are now at the First Bungalow Beach Resort. The manager was kind enough to let us drive through the hotel complex down to the beach.

The cage had to be carried across the beach.

Do you think they will make it...?

Just when we thought the worst was done...We had to carry the cage up a hill...

...AND watch out for all the cables!

A little break to catch our breath.

We made it!!

Ling in his old cage.

The monkey was then moved to the new cage by our helper, Ow.

Ling immediately started exploring his new home and toys.

He looks attentively around his new area.

The cage is now at a different place, with a better view :)

Even the monkey gladly took a business card from us :-)

Marcus and Road, the builder of the cage.

A huge THANK YOU to all our animal friends, who contributed to the cage!

Ling’s owner has returned finally and was delighted with the new cage.

Sadly we couldn’t do any more for Ling. He will probably have to spend the rest of his life in this cage. Ling already spent 5 years in that tiny cage.

Of course, the owner is not willing to give up the monkey for adoption, since the monkey is a way to get customers.

A few of you wrote to me that we should just open the cage and let the monkey run free. That we should bring him to the jungle...The only problem with that is there is no more jungle on Samui. In the mountains a lot of fruits are farmed and the owners of the plantation would kill him so he won’t touch their fruit. They usually kill the mother in the trees to get to her babies. The babies then are sold and taken to the streets to be photographed with tourists. When they aren’t babies anymore and start to get dangerous, the owners dispose of them. Then the cycle begins again, a mother gets killed, her babies get taken and sold, the babies are used for money, etc.

The tourists are to blame for everything, the ones that still take pictures with the baby monkeys.

PLEASE MAKE NO PHOTOS WITH MONKEYS OR OTHER WILD-ANIMALS!

You surely not want that they must suffer or die because of YOU!

MAY 2016

After tourists often said to us that our three year old cage hasn´t his legs anymore and is standing with a huge whole on the earth we immediately decided to fix it.

Here lives the owner of the money but unfortunately he often isn´t there.

The cage was again full of rubbish. Tourists often gave the money bottels of water, hopefully there is still water in it.

Because the owner hasn´t clean the cage at once we have cleaned it a few times.

Now the cage is free of rubbish.

JAA, one of our staff has fused a new very big and heavy base for the cage. We dragged it trough Fairehouse Beach Resort at Chaweng Noi Beach to the beach.

The way to LING would have been even shorter if we were allowed to go through the First Bungalow Beach Resort next to the Fairehouse.

The First Bungalow Beach Resort doesn´t like animals and the Dog Rescue Center has the order to stay away from there.

All the way over the beach again ...

A little mountain and then it´s done!

If he´s interested he really has a nice view.

The next day three of our helpers have cleaned the graiting the whole day as good as possible. We hoped to saw the owner of LING because with power it would have been much more easier.
Two days later four of our helpers have painted the cage and made the new base on it.

Before they could start LING has to go out of the cage. With some trick they get him in the smaller cage.

And then it's time to start fixing the cage ...

Everyone helped busy and of course we took colour which is good for the rust.

Now we have to mount the cage and correct the colour at some places and then it´s finished.

At the moment it is really hot here on Samui so the coulour was dry very fast...

Now we have to find the right possition for the cage ...

We gave LING a blanket and a heart pillow to cuddel in his "bedroom".

At the next step they must get LING from the small cage in his "new" cage.

Yeah it´s done! LING is in his new cage!

The owners will have a look if they see his new cage! The last days they were not seen at their house at least during the day ...

Many thanks to our busy helpers JAA, ZO, DÜNG und DON!

LING April 2017

We have been taking care of the monkey at Chaweng-Noi Beach since March 2013.

This time it was about the fact that he has no water bowl in the hot season. He has always knocked over his.
He now has a cup that 2 helpers could hardly carry. With drain for cleaning.

If you are on Koh Samui please visit LING and feed him. Please bring water.
His owner takes care of him only very irregularly. He is almost exclusively supplied by tourists.

The cage has to be completely renovated again.