Updates On 31st Aug 2015
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Aug 31, 2015 
ACRES, NGOs 
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DEFU GREETS HOME ONCE AGAIN!
Three months ago, Defu, a pig-tailed macaque, was rescued from a car workshop following a tip-off to ACRES from a member of the public. It is illegal to keep primates as pets in Singapore. Pig-tailed macaque are not native to Singapore, and can be found living wild in India, China, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia. There is only one species of macaque found in Singapore: the long-tailed macaque.
Kept in a small cage, Defu was denied the ability to move freely and exhibit natural behaviours. He lived in an unsuitable stressful environment, exposed to loud noises in the workshop, and had no place to hide. As a result, Defu exhibited stereotypic behaviours.
ACRES, WRS (Wildlife Reserves Singapore) and the AVA (Agri-food and Veterinary Authority) collaborated with PERHILITAN (the Department of Wildlife and National Parks in Malaysia) to repatriate Defu to Malaysia.
On the 23rd August 2015, Defu finally made it back home. Defu will need to undergo a period in quarantine before being taken to his new home at a rescue centre. PERHILITAN will then be able to assess his suitability to be released into a protected forest and integrated with a troop of pig-tailed macaques. A careful process of rehabilitation will be crucial to ensure that Defu will be able to survive and thrive in the wild.
Defu is the third primate to be successfully repatriated following a tip-off to ACRES. Previously, ACRES successfully repatriated two primates who were rescued from being illegally kept as pets in Singapore. Blue, a vervet monkey, went home to Africa, and Asha, a Rhesus macaque, returned home to India.
Macaques are highly intelligent with complex social lives and, like any other wild animals, they should never be kept as pets.
#ACRES #WildAnimalsAreNotPets
Source: https://www.facebook.com/ACRESasia/videos/10153179653186523/
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