Sammy the Samango Monkey

By Joan Chalmers

'Sammy the Samango Monkey', is the first in a series of stories about a Samango monkey who was orphaned and came to live with a human family when he was only a day old. Because he was brought up by humans and allowed to interact with them, he became very clever and very naughty too. He could open any door, window, cupboard, fridge or microwave oven. He used to open the fridge and take the lettuces out and feed the tortoises at the centre where he grew up. For companionship, besides the humans, he had a troop of wild vervets that visited regularly, cages of vervets that were being rehabilitated so they could return to the wild, cats, a dog and tortoises and many other creatures. These then are the stories of his time at the centre. He was released back into the wild when he was five years old, and now is happily back with a troop of Samango monkeys jumping about in the canopy of a forest.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joan Chalmers
• Release date: May 5, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311866196

Joan Chalmers

Joan Chalmers lives in Durban on the coast of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. Mother of four and grandmother to nine, her home has always been filled with stray animals, cats, dogs, rabbits, gerbils, white mice, rats, crows just to name a few, usually rescued by her children. These creatures were allowed to wander around freely and visitors would be astonished to see a crow playing the piano, or a rabbit hopping through the house. Having also lived in close contact with wild vervet monkeys since she was a child, once her own children had left home, the opening of a vervet rehabilitation centre, Vervet Haven seemed inevitable. The arrival of this baby Samango into her life, as her close friend Misty said would be an experience of a lifetime. And it was.Joan with her husband Tom run a very successful Aviation magazine World Airnews.

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Sammy

the

Samango Monkey

by Joan Chalmers

Copyright 2015 Joan Chalmers

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Foreword

Sammy is a Samango monkey who lived with a human family for five years before returning to the wild. He came from northern KwaZulu Natal in South Africa and was orphaned when his mother was eaten as bush meat. Wild animals caught in the bush are considered a delicacy in some parts of Africa.

He came to live with his human family when he was only a day old. Because he was with humans, he became very smart and could open every door, window, cupboard, fridge or microwave oven. He was always in trouble and as he grew up, he also started to bite if he could not have his own way.

Knowing that he would, when he was old enough, be returned back into the wild, he was raised running free. He never lived in a caged, slept outside from six months old and he was allowed to grow up as a monkey with a wild vervet troop to discipline him and