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Java macaques in a zoo. giuss95, Flickr
Polly Schultz loves to cuddle Baby George.
When he recently underwent surgery, she spent hours snuggling with him on the couch.
There are a few things, however, Schultz can’t share with George. She can’t eat food in front of him. Neither can any other residents of her house. That would be rude. “We don’t break monkey rules,” Schultz tells Paw Nation.
Baby George is not one of Schultz’s’ children. George is a java macaque at the OPR Coastal Primate Sanctuary in Longview, Wash.
Schultz is the founder and CEO of the refuge George shares with other macaques as well as capuchin, vervet, marmoset, tamarin and spider monkeys. Once called Oregon Primate Rescue, the sanctuary was established in 1998 in Dallas, Ore. The new name was adopted to reflect a move to the 28-acre property in Washington state.
Its mission, OPR’s website states, is to “provide lifetime care in a humane and enriching environment to unwanted, orphaned or crippled monkeys that originate from private owners, … government agencies and to those retiring from a life of research.”
Since creating the nonprofit, Schultz and her husband Skip have lived with the monkeys 24 hours per day, seven days per week. They haven’t had a monkey-free vacation in 13 years. Instead, they share their time together with the primates, often hanging out with the monkeys and watching reality shows on the couch. Schultz says she wouldn’t have it any other way.Continue reading Washington Primate Sanctuary Began With Just One Pet Monkey
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