Monkey Forest.
Mid morning was the visit to the monkey forest. It has been in operation for approx 7 years. What a neat place. The monkeys come from N. Africa in the mountains. Their natural habitat and climate is not a lot different than here in England. The reserve is owned by a firm that has similar reserves in France and germany. In fact these monkeys came from there and thus their adjustment was not too great.
At feeding time we had a talk and demo from one of the naturalists. The monkeys were called (whistled) out. It appeared that they came out in order of hierarchy of the family structure. Part way through the demo-talk one of the females did something to cause a stir (I am sure it must have been a female), got all the boys going and we were treated to a chase scrap. Actually no real fighting mostly screeching and chasing. The head ape has henchmonkeys and keeps everyone inb order by forming alliances etc.
Must leave for the next days activities. Dave.
Mon. Oct. 10
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Really pleased you enjoyed the visit to Trentham. It is quite a success story and the management there are very supportive of Rotary - did they mention the Fireworks display coming up on November 4th, and of course they helped us to publicise 'Focus on the Crocus' last year.
John Sayer
GSE Chairman D1210
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