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'Special Little Ones' - True stories of rescued primates

'Special Little Ones'

Meet Madonna & Maryanne, two of AESOP-Project's featured rescued monkeys

Madonna is a pigtail macaque who was wild-caught in Indonesia and shipped to Charles River Primates on 16 June 1987.

In November of 1987, Madonna was shipped to the University of Michigan. Small steel cartridges were placed under the skin of Madonna's chest, leading to her carotid artery. Small injections of radiation were injected in to her body for experimentation.

Around 1993, the researchers purposely induced Madonna with a stroke. She still carries one arm against her body and has a slight spinal curvature.

Madonna suffered for fourteen years with bouts of Anorexia resulting from her high anxiety.

In May 2003, Madonna was sent to live out the remainder of her life at Mindy's Memory Primate Sanctuary. Along with her friend Maryanne, she is now safe.
 

Maryanne is a pigtail macaque who was wild-caught in Indonesia by Charles River Primates and on 18 November 1987, she was sent to University of Michigan.

Maryanne's health records started on her day of arrival, as did Madonna, and one other wild-caught pigtail macaque who was named Olive. After many years she spent in clinical and invasive experiments, Olive became too sick to be retired and was euthanized in the month of May 2003… the records did not reflect the exact date.

Maryanne's paper trail began on 19 November 1987:

11-19-87 - TB test; X-ray (Thorax) . 14cc Ivermectin SQ. a physical
11-21-87 TB neg.
12/11/87 2nd TB Test fecal taken-neg
12/14/87 3rd TB test right eye- blood taken for routine values

Each of these times Maryanne was injected with Ketamine:

2/10/88 - Ketamine IM (2) IV catheter Atropine Im 20 minutes later-also redose of ketamine IM then to pet center

For the remaining thirteen years, Maryanne and Madonna were given Ketamine and checked for TB; given rectal exams; cervix exams… They were suffering from anorexia and diarrhea so they were placed under observation for heavy breathing and depression. It was documented that they were not eating; they had bruises to their eyes, swollen feet, suffered stroke, blood observed in their fecal pans; excessive salivation; strange eye movement… the pages of grisly observations go on and on and on…
 
Now, at Mindy's Memory Primate Sanctuary, Madonna and Maryanne are together in a large outdoor open-air enclosure with grass and sunshine. The girls chat, groom and sleep together.

Maryanne and Madonna are together in a large outdoor open-air enclosure with grass and sunshine.

Maryanne and Madonna (pictured above) were in the same room in a laboratory for fourteen years but they were separated and never allowed direct contact. Now, at Mindy's Memory Primate Sanctuary, they are together in a large outdoor open-air enclosure with grass and sunshine. The girls chat, groom and sleep together.

In the grass and sunshine at Mindy's Memory Primate Sanctuary

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