Origin Stories

Here are some origin stories of some of the babies we sit with...

Toughie: was found on the Botswana border clinging to his mother who had been hit by a car.
(Side note: He is my favorite baboon and has become like a friend-which may sound odd. He has a really funny pale face and a really yellow coat. He was actually be really cute for like two days, where every time I would try and take him off of me while he was cuddling he would scream bloody murder and cling on even harder. He would also make a 'moo'ing noise that babies do when their mothers leave. It was too sweet. I spent a lot of extra time in the hok those days. Then while putting him in his cage at night he did the same thing, then would go into the cage and flatten himself on the ground flailing. He would turn his head away from me and refuse to look at me all the while carrying him inside. It was insanely cute! I'm going to try and buy him a seat on my plane home.)



Miles: was born 6 weeks premature from Nthethe hok here. He would have died in the troop without the extra care.








Colby: His mom was shot and he was found covered in blood by some farmers. He was taken to another wildlife sanctuary, Enkosini, then brought to CARE.

(C'mon, how cute is this picture / baboon?)




Jappie: ("Yappy") His mom was burned alive while he was still holding onto her.




Eli: Eli was confiscated at the border while trying to be smuggled from Botswana into South Africa.





Blake: He was going to be used for mootie, a south African witch doctor brew, then was with a white family as pet for a few months until a friend of CARE heard about him and brought him here.






Remy: Poor Remington was kept under a bucket for a few days, being held for money or to be killed or made into mootie. When a CARE employee went to fetch her, the farmer wanted money for her, but Danny refused to pay for a baboon and kicked off the bucket and took her anyways.




Grace: Dogs were set upon Grace's family. She was clinging to mother as she was killed by the dogs, and lost two toes herself.

Elton: He was kept as a pet for six months, but was kept with dogs in a cage. Elton was fed dog food and was therefore malnourished. He ate like a dog and didn't know how to use hands (he does now).

Alena: From a troop here. Her mom was the alpha female, but when she had Alena she dropped in rank and took her aggression out on Alena, so she was removed from that troop.


(photos will come to go with the names)