Andy | The Gentle Biker Buddy
My birthday is
May 23, 2001.
Motorcycle Racing Champion Valentino Rossi
Brown Capuchin
5/22/2008
Ex-Pet
Gentle Biker Buddy
My Story
A N D Y
Andy arrived at Jungle Friends when he was 7 years old. Andy is a jolly fellow weighing in at 17 pounds when he arrived! Fortunately, he has trimmed down with all the exercise he gets playing with other monkeys. He was purchased as a surrogate child by motorcycle racer Angelle Sampey when he was just a tiny baby.
Angelle was the "winningest female in motorsports history" but winning as a “monkey parent” is hard to do if you're human. Angelle eventually came to realize that it was wrong to try to keep him in her home. Not only was he a danger to her family and friends -- it was unfair to Andy. He was suffering from loneliness and boredom and began to lash out, viciously attacking Angelle. He needed to live like a monkey with other monkeys.
When Andy arrived at Jungle Friends, he was eager to explore his new digs. Before long he was jumping in and out of the hammocks and swinging from the ropes. Andy was so thoroughly "humanized" that he didn't know what to make of all the little brown animals in surrounding habitats. He had to learn that they were monkeys just like him and now Andy and his companion are one of the sanctuary’s “model couples”.
Like his kindred famous doppelganger, Valentino Rossi, Buddy has shown a knack for racing through life's challenges, swiftly adapting to his new sanctuary surroundings with the agility and spirit of a champion.
Andy, a 7-year-old jolly fellow weighing 17 pounds, arrived at Jungle Friends. Special runways were built for him due to his size, but he has since trimmed down from playing with other monkeys.
Providing adequate companionship for Andy proved challenging, as monkeys require interaction with their own species.
Andy suffered from loneliness and boredom, leading to aggressive behavior, including attacks on Angelle and her husband.
Andy needed to live like a monkey with other monkeys, doing monkey things. When Andy arrived at Jungle Friends, he was eager to explore his new digs.
Andy was so thoroughly "humanized" he didn't know what to make of all the little brown animals in surrounding habitats. He had to learn that they were just like him.
Now Andy and his companion are one of the sanctuary's model couples. Watch ABC Primetime: The Outsiders to see Andy's arrival and backstory as a "pet."
Andy, in perfect side profile, looks out over the sanctuary—
fully embracing the monkey life he was always meant to live.
With his companion, Andy looks on as the monkeys across the habitat go about their day—he's come a long way from life as a surrogate child.
On the hunt for snacks, Andy enjoying the simple joys of monkey life.
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