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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Last of the WAO Chimps Leaves SA and Arrives in Louisiana!

I am absolutely thrilled the last of the WAO chimps are finally leaving the WAO prison to move to a new and wonderful home at Chimp Haven.  I can't wait to see the chimps in their new home!  Now finally they will receive the attention, diet (no junk food please), and medical care they so richly deserve after what they have been through at the WAO!  Thank you, Bob Barker for making this relocation possible!

Chimp Haven, Inc.



Doc, Pierre, Jojo, Murphy, and Flick are on their way! Joined by their current caregivers and a team from Chimp Haven! The rest of the staff can't wait to meet you boys!
Hopefully, Chimp Haven will tell people the truth that these guys lived at the WAO for about 10 years.  Yes, they were used for medical experimentation prior to arriving at the WAO.  Last FB posting I caught Chimp Haven in glossing over where they came -- namely the now defunct WAO.  These chimps suffered doubly -- first used in HIV medical research and then forgotten at the WAO, left to languish in substandard living conditions.

God speed boys!  I pray you will love your new home in Louisiana!

Thursday (September 22, 2011):
Chimp Haven, Inc.


Exciting morning welcoming the new boys and getting them settled into their temporary enclosure while their new habitat is being built! Welcome to your forever home Pierre, Flick, Murphy, Doc and JoJo!

The boys checking out their temporary new home!

Doc

Doc & Murphy

Doc Grooming Murphy

Flick

WAO Chimps' New Habitat - A Work in Progress!


Humble beginnings of Habitat #3

JoJo

Murhpy

Pierre and Mickey Mouse

Work begun for new former WAO chimp habitat

August 2011 WAO Operations Report

After a series of dismal financial operations statements, I was curious to see if there would be more or less missing receipts and would there be additional unexplained ATM withdraws for the month of August 2011.

Let's take a look:

Bankruptcy Court - Operations Report for August 2011

Well, I'll be.  There appears to be a huge decrease in missing purchase receipts!  I guess my complaint to the OAG finally did some good. No Target or Academy purchases made in August.  But, there was a $500 ATM withdraw with no explanation given.  Again.  Is this another Jamie Cryer withdrawal for his own personal use?  If not, then where is the receipt?  What was the $500 used for?  Oh, and there was still a lot of money spent at the gas station for gas and ice.  But, did you notice, suddenly the cost of "ice" seem to be mainly two different sale prices ($10.57 or $12.08) as compared to last month where there was no consistency in the cost of ice at all!  Now there are still a few entries where the cost of ice is off, so I'm thinking the staff threw in personal purchases without reimbursing the animals at a later date.  The thieves!

I also noticed a jump in salary for all the WAO workers.  Now let's ponder that for a moment.  If there are a lot less animals, then why are the workers drawing down larger wages--unless the Cryers gave them all a pay raises?  You know, do less for more??!!

I've been told the Cryers have been seen loading WAO property into a vehicle after hours and driving off with their newly acquired booty.  Sound familiar?  It should.  The Asvestas stole WAO property and put it up for sale on Craig's List, so it's not a stretch of the imagination that the Cryers did the exact same thing!  I imagine the Cryers will sell WAO property on Ebay or Craig's List, cashing in on the WAO fiasco.  Birds of a feather, I say.  Birds of a feather.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Former WAO Tigers Arrive at Carolina Tiger Sanctuary

Finally!  China, Kismet, Kashmir, and Swathe are now living at the Carolina Tiger Sanctuary.  These former NJ tigers have been through a lot at the WAO.  To see what they looked like before they travel to N. Caroline, you might want to go back to this blog posting and check out their pre-departure photos.

Carolina Tiger Rescue
China in front, Kizmet behind.

Carolina Tiger Rescue
Kashmir- as you can see, he's still not sure about the new place

Carolina Tiger Rescue
Keeper Lauren tries to convince Kashmir that it's not so bad.

Kizmet. Everyone has already decided that she is ADORABLE.

Carolina Tiger Rescue
Swathe (completely relaxed) and China (not so sure)

Look, I know many facilities that took in WAO animals refused to speak out against the WAO and the treatment of its animals for fear of upsetting the "sanctuary community" and giving sanctuaries a "bad name." 

In this particular case, I pray Carolina Tiger Sanctuary comes out and say something about how thin these cats looked upon arrival.  As you can see in the pictures above, the cats' bones are protruding, their coats look terrible, and their skin is pooling around their bodies.  Not one picture shows the cats walking about--no doubt because we would be upset to see how thin the cats really are today. 

For those sanctuaries that came out and described to the public the condition of the former WAO animals upon receipt, I say BRAVO!  You had the courage to tell everyone the truth!  For those organizations that refuse to tell the world what happened to these animals -- well, shame on you.  You are these animals' voices --speak up!  Stop playing nice-nice with everyone and actually do something to stop atrocities like this from ever happening again!

I pray the former NJ - WAO tigers have a wonderful new life at Carolina Tiger Sanctuary.


 
Robin Dougherty poor loves! look how frightened poor China is, with her ears back & head down! i hope they will relax & be able to go to their outdoor homes soon!
Carolina Tiger Rescue China has an ear infection in his left ear, so we're working on clearing that up, but it does cause his ear to droop. All the tigers are still pretty hesitant except Swathe- who is determined to introduce some peace and readily comes up for treats and chuffles. - Amanda B.



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Kizmin Reeves Thanks for the update. Do Kashmir, Kizmet and China approach for treats?


September 23, 2011
Tiger Rescue Kizmin- no, the others are not approaching for treats yet, but there are occasional chuffles. Kashmir is still stressed, which is why I did not try to point a camera at him. Our Keepers are spending some quiet, unassuming time with him to help him relax. - Amanda B.

September 23, 2011·