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October 6, 2008

Dear Friends of Jungle Friends,

World Animal Day was a wonderful success for the sanctuary!

We were delighted to welcome our new friends from Florida Voices for Animals to the sanctuary.

The FVA crew journeyed from Tampa to spend the day…

painting our new squirrel monkey building…

constructing the new outdoor habitat for the squirrel monkeys…

and making rope ladders for the capuchins!

Animal Activists of Alachua, a University of Florida organization, were also on the scene…

constructing a new capuchin habitat…

making monkey runways…

and chopping produce.

After several hours of hard work, we all gathered to enjoy a vegan feast.

The Jungle Friends carestaff, interns and especially the monkeys want to thank everyone who participated in our 1st Annual Celebration of World Animal Day!

Donna and Debbie getting ready for the exhibit.

The next big event on the Jungle Friends calendar will be the Monkey Art Exhibit opening in Havana, Florida next Saturday, October 11! Donna, one of our valued supporters, is hard at work organizing the Monkey Art Exhibit.

Please visit our website for the 'art exhibit update' including video of our monkey artists painting, the newpaper coverage from theTallahassee Democrat and a great photo gallery 'sneak preview' of their incredible art for the exhibit. The exhibit will continue through December, but the opening night reception is Saturday night! I hope to see all of our supporters in the Tallahassee area at the party!

Lots of monkey love,
Kari and the monks