The baby rats that we took out of the car were all moved on by morning, so a happy ending there, that will be repaid by them as they grow up and become a nuisance!

The new monkey pen division worked perfectly for the first week, before the resident troop learned to exploit the builder’s shortcomings. He was told that the long round bar that holds the dividing door shut would need to have the same exterior locking system as we have on the other cages. He obviously felt this was an unnecessary fuss, and so didn't bother. After watching carefully how it was closed, the monkeys soon wised up, and when no one was looking, in a flash removed it by twisting and pushing it back out. At first the staff thought they were going mad, till they caught them in the act, so until we can get the builder back we now have to tie it in place each time.

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