Here is the story about the woman breastfeeding the monkey. It was on tv 
last night. Anyone who wants to access the website can go to www.extratv.com
Any comments?
Roni Chastain, RN, LCCE, FACCE
Long Island, New York

Wednesday September 8, 1999 
Monkey Business

Some say this woman has crossed the bounds of decency in her crusade to save 
an animal's life. As EXTRA reports, Carol Cope's passion for primates knows 
no limits. 

 Carol Cope, who runs an animal sanctuary in majestic Durbin, South Africa 
has dedicated her life to saving Vervet monkeys and gets very close to these 
animals. One particular baby monkey was nursed by Carol's own breast. That's 
right, she breastfed a monkey. Carol says it was the same as breastfeeding a 
baby, no different and there was nothing perverted about it. 

 But though these monkeys look cute and exotic to us, in South Africa they're 
seen as pests, especially by farmers protecting their crops. People shoot 
them, poison them, and put out snares to catch them. So Carol takes in about 
50 wounded monkeys a year. But Mr. Chook, the baby monkey that Carol nursed, 
was a special case. His mom was shot dead as he was being born. When he 
arrived at the sanctuary, he was near death because he wouldn't eat anything 
not even milk from a bottle. Then he went for Carol's breast and wasn't 
stopped. So she had an inspiration, but at 49 breastfeeding seemed unlikely. 
Then her doctor prescribed a non-addictive antidressent with an amazing side 
effect…it stimulates the production of breast milk. Within a day Carol began 
nursing "Mr. Chook." And she wasn't shy about it either. So as you can 
imagine, some of Carol's neighbors weren't too thrilled. But Carol knew she 
was saving a monkey's life. Carol and her partner Dawn cook for the other 17 
monkeys and it's not easy. The duo even allows their primates to harass their 
traditional pets. And yes, they even dance with their monkeys. To find out 
more about Carol and Dawn's Animal Protection and Environment Sanctuary and 
how you can help, write to: APES, P.O. Box 660 Amanzimtoti, 4125, 
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 

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