From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Monkey Life (TV Series)
Monkey Life (TV Series)
Monkey Life is an ongoing television series which fea- the Nursery Group, where he meets Sally and the rest
tures the day-to-day goings at Monkey World Ape Rescue of the group, including rambunctious Seamus who tend-
Centre siutated in the countryside of Dorset in England ed to bullying and intimidating the newcomer. Bryan un-
and the many primates that reside there. The TV show dergoes a dental check up which reveals the serve mis-
was created in 2006 by Primate Productions which replaced treatment he received. He then gets a helping hand from
Monkey Business and is narrated by Andy Serkis for the Animal Manger Jeremy Keeling to acclimatise to his new
first series released featuring the all the episodes until surroundings and meats a painful and important lesson
the death of Jim Cronin and the following series is nar- regarding the electric fence.
rated by Ralph Little. Monkey Life has released 4 series At Paddy’s Group, Jimmy had a nasty leg wound
which have captivated the world on the amazing work which became worse enough to expose the bone which
done at Monkey World for the rescue and rehabilitation could have led to a necessary leg amputation. Animal
of the primates which call it home. Manger Jeremy puts his safety on the line to go in with
Jimmy, a fully grown and powerful male chimpanzee. He
Human Elements manages to gain his trust. Jimmy was ousted from Pad-
dy’s group and moved in with the Bachelor Boys.
At the series we watch as Jim and Alison Cronin (founders At the Nursery Group, Seamus starts to bully and in-
of Monkey World) travel to Hungary to rescue a 20 year timidate newcomer Bryan, who looks to Sally to support.
old stump-tailed macaque called KoKo who had lived in a Bryan learns a painful lesson about the electric fence.
small cage at a pet shop all her life. Ko Ko is successfully At Paddy’s Group, Eddi is growing up and not finding
transported to the UK and rehomed and rehabilitated it easy to get her way anymore. As she grows, she reaches
at Monkey World. Jim and Alison also travel to Cancun, maturity and has the first dose of the contraceptive pill.
Mexico to rescue a three year old male chimpanzee called Also, Susie is showing signs of being pregnant, so how
Bryan. During their visit they also get an update on an- would Eddi cope with having a new brother or sister?
other chimpanzee, called Coco, being used for the tourist At Hananya’s Group, Patricia struggles to get com-
industry which Bryan was also a victim of. They are not fortable around the presence of alpha male Hananya.
able to track down Coco but successfully transported At Nursery Group, Rodders gets a dental check up for
Bryan to Monkey World. While still in Mexico, Jim gets a broken tooth.
his wish of having the opportunity to release wild baby At Paddy’s Group, Susie gives birth to her second ba-
turtiles back to the ocean. by, Bart.
We see the Primate Care Staff prepare daily enrich- At Hananya’s Group, Johni settles in well and shows
ment activities for the primates. Jim checks up on his ambitions of becoming a high-ranking female.
favourite primate, chimpanzee Charlie who, after going At the Nursery Group, Seamus boisterous behaviour
through a dental operation, was being picked on by the moves him out of the nursery and to the Bachelor Boys.
other chimps in the Bachelor pad. At the Bachelor Group, Seamus meets his old friend
We are informed of the sad death of Jim Cronin who from the Nursery, Turkish Carlie, Paco and Spanish Char-
lost is battle against liver cancer and the last episode of lie.
this series features how he founded Monkey World which At the Nursery Group, Rodders has a run-in with a
today is a thriving sanctuary for primates rescued from sticky melon.
all over the world. At Paddy’s Group, Bart is developing well under his
mother Susie and the whole group’s care.
Primates At Hananya’s Group, alpha male Hananya is finally
starting to show signs of leading his 18-strong group.
At the Bachelor Group, Seamus meets alpha male
Chimpanzees Butch.
Bryan, a three year old male chimpanzee was rescued At Paddy’s Group, the chimpanzees go ’banana fish-
from Cancun, Mexico where he had been given tempo- ing’ for frozen bananas.
rary refuge at a Mexican zoo called Xcaret after being At the Nursery Group, Ben and Pip move out to join
confiscated by a beach photographer who used him as a Hananya’s adult group.
prop and knocked all but four of his baby teeth out. Bryan
arrives at Monkey World and has a slow integration to
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At Hananya’s Group, Ben and Pip meet alpha male Capuchin Monkeys
Hananya, who attacks Ben frequently.
The park rescues 88 capuchins from a laboratory in Chile,
At the Bachelor Group, Paco is rising up the ranks and
South America. The 88 are mixed with the parks already
becoming a threat to alpha male Butch.
residents, Tom Terri, TJ and Gismo. Terri moves in with
At Paddy’s Group, Paddy is still very much in charge
the 66 Chilean females while Tom and Gismo successfully
of his group.
move in the 22 Chilean males. TJ could not integrate into
At the Bachelor Group, Charlie’s condition deterio-
the male group and was moved in with one of the fe-
rates and he passes away.
male groups, Amy’s Group. Monkey World Director Ali-
son Cronin and Animal Manger Jeremy Keeling travel to
Orang-utans a region in England to rehome two pet capuchins, Cesaire
RoRo gives birth to her second baby, Dinda, whom she is and Fibi, who move in the park’s capuchins. Tom sadly
unable to care for and Dinda is hand-reared. Keeper Mike passes away from kidney failure. Alison and Jeremy trav-
travels to Moscow Zoo in RUssia to rehome an orphan ba- el to Spain to rescue two female pet capuchins, Babe and
by named Joly to the park’s orang-utan Creche and ani- Amy.
mal manager Jeremy travels to France to rescue a baby
named Lingga to be rehomed at Monkey World. Gordon Stump-tailed Macaques
reaches maturity and he and big male Tuan do not tol-
KoKo was rescued from a pet shop in Hungary and once
erate each other’s presence. Gordon now leads his own
at the park meets Gerald, an old male stumpy. KoKo gets
small group consisting of Hsiao-Quai, her son Kai and
pampered and accustomed to her enclosure as a test of
Hsiao-Lan. At Tuan’s group, Amy is pregnant and gives
her mobility after years of being overweight.
birth to a baby which dies overnight. Hsiao-Quai is preg-
nant for the second time and gives birth to her second
son, Jin. At the nursery, Aris is moved to Gordon’s adult
Ring-tailed Lemurs
group but encounters an injury which requires surgery Dr. Alison Cronin (the director of Monkey World) rescues
evaluation and Aris died following some kind of stroke a female pet ring-tailed lemur called Kaiyah, who settles
after the knee operation. A-Mei and the Nursery young- in well with the other ring-tails at the park’s Malagasy
sters move to a new custom-built orang-utan nursery. enclosure where Kaiyah meets the dominant female Fen-
nel and the 8 males.
Golden-Cheeked Gibbons
There’s an ’ape wife swap’ as male Jake meets female
Woolly Monkeys
Zoey and male Rafael meets female Alex, whom he at- In Levar’s Group, Piquita gives birth to her first baby boy,
tacks during an introduction which went badly wrong. named Raoul and Kuna gives birth to her third baby boy,
Zoey and Jake pair wonderfully and Zoey gave birth to Diego whom she is unable to care for properly. Paulo (Ku-
their first infant, Kim. Peanut, Pung-Yo and their son na’s second baby) who was hand-reared, moves to the
Tien move to a new enclosure and Peanut gives birth to other woolly monkey group at the park, Bueno’s Group.
her second infant, Tia Nang. At Bueno’s Group, Yarima cares for her daughrr Inca very
well and shows sighns of pregnancy again. At Levar’s
Mueller’s Gibbons Group, tragedy strikes as Piquita’s baby Raoul was found
lying on the floor of an ajoining tunnel half paralised
Adidas and Dalumie get accustomed to their new enclo-
from a fall and despite expert care at the veterinery hos-
sure.
pital, passes away. Piquita gives birth to her seond baby,
a girl named Ayla(though not mentioned).
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