These months we have more volunteers at MONA than usual and we decided to take advantage of those extra hands for something special. Every day we try to change something or prepare some special enrichment for the primates but we seldom have the time, budget or man power for bigger projects. However this year we decided to spend some time and money on improving the chimpanzee´s enclosures, inside bedrooms as well as enlarge the macaque installations.   

We need to construct new and higher climbing structures for the chimpanzees to allow them to run and climb as they would in the wild. As you can surely imagine enrichment is of paramount importance and the structures we have are getting old and boring for the chimps. The sleeping quarters are desperately overdue for a fresh painting with bright and friendly colors and they would love some more hammocks and enrichment devices to keep them busy on rainy days when they can´t go outside.

As for the macaques it became essential now to offer them more living space, therefore we made plans to integrate a new macaque unit. We already started renovating and preparing that unit but still need professional welders to construct a secure tunnel passage connecting it with our current macaque enclosures.

We don´t lack motivation, ideas or man power but you can give us a hand to finance all these new and exciting projects. Please lend us a hand and together we can give them back a life of happiness and dignity!