October 2006 An old female pig-tailed macaque was brought in at the rescue center early on a morning on the back of a motor-bike. Staff and volunteers could not believe their eyes when this motor-bike pulled up with a small cage on the back containing the macaque which was obviously distressed. The macaque that we believe is about twenty years old was suffering a severe kind of mange with no hair on most of her body and open wounds.

Nien was brought in not by the owner but by a worried neighbor who could not stand to see the macaque living in such terrible conditions. The good Samaritan drove over 80 kilometers with the macaque on the back of his motor-bike to bring her in to the center. We are taking care of Nien in the quarantine and she is getting better by the day. Hopefully she will soon be healthy and we look forward to introduce her in to a group of her own kind. Thank you, Mr. Roong, for your help! Thanks to you Nien has a new chance in life...