Lorises are arboreal and nocturnal, curling up to sleep by day. That would probably have tied up the loose ends. Kayaking to the island from nearby Robbies Marina is the most popular way of getting there. No one talks much about Monkey Island anymore. For a quarter century Charles River Laboratories cashed in on thousands of the little guys, valued up to $4,500 a piece, which they sold to researchers studying AIDS, Alzheimers and other diseases. ''They just stripped all the state land and left it bare,'' Governor Martinez said at the Cabinet meeting on June 26. My wife and I became kayakers about 4 years ago. A local bar, upset about a vermin problem the city was doing nothing to correct, found a unique way to bring attention to the issue. The area does resemble a secret project gone wild. subscription yet. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/21/us/messy-research-monkeys-vex-florida-keys.html. Pirates stalked Spanish treasure fleets, British warships pursued illegal slave ships, and wreckers waited for all of their misfortunes along the shallow reefs. In the Wizard of Oz, flying monkeys terrorized residents and unstuffed a scarecrow. View the profiles of people named Lois Key. In an e-mail letter over the weekend, Mr. Kinsley wrote, ''The story we published was fiction in key aspects. It is uninhabited, but until 1999, was the site of a commercially operated breeding colony of rhesus monkeys. In the 1970s, Lois Key was a base for monkey breeders who sold the animals off to medical research facilities. We paddled about 2 miles from the launch to Shell key. It would have come to the attention of Charles River or the United States Agriculture Department, he said. Its one of the highest Keys, more than 16 feet in elevation, covered in virgin tropical hardwood hammock and graced by hiking paths. The island is covered in tropical hardwood hammock with walking paths being the top attraction. But youll find in each Monitor news story qualities that can lead to solutions and unite usqualities such as respect, resilience, hope, and fairness. ''In terms of gathering up eyewitnesses, there are no Web cams. Maybe not even the whole monkey; maybe just go the ritual cannibalistic route and eat the heart for its strength and so on. Unfortunately the monkeys were destroying the vegetation on the Islands and were ordered removed. Other Web sites also raised questions, but none proved that the events described in the story were not true. Lois Key In the 1970s, Lois Key was a base for monkey breeders who sold the animals off to medical research facilities. Clark and Lois assume that they are looking for something hidden inside the figurines, so they investigate. It appears some launched an inflatable that sank and they got sued. We This Monroe County, Florida location article is a stub. Wolkowsky purchased it in the 70s from the Navy, who had been using it as a bombing target, then set to work revegetating the island and building a house there. None of it fits.''. If you do walk across, be cognizant of the tides because you wont be able to walk back when high tide rolls in! They glared at us from the shore, pacing. Lt. Roy Payne of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said that he has patrolled the keys for 13 years. It went on to describe a monkey-infested island in the Florida Keys and a cruel sport once practiced by the local residents that was known as ''monkey fishing.'' So what was I doing here watching grown men snatch monkeys from trees with quality tackle? Youll get swept up in the mystery of the island from the moment you approach its mangrove-lined shore. Key West Travel Guide | What to See and Do in Key West. The monkeys have been roaming two uninhabited islands since 1973. I was not the kind of kid who tortured animals. DEP is asking the governor and Cabinet - as the trustees of state-owned lands - to immediately cancel Charles River's lease. Kruer is one of a growing number of Keys activists gearing up for a man vs. monkey battle. Primate Products (640 acres), Mannheimer Foundation (200), Primera (34), and Bioculture (4) pay taxes on more than 875 acres in a community that is proud of its agriculture tradition. ''If you're talking about a New Yorker story about the geology of the Allegheny Mountains that is filled with numbers and dates and measurements, then a team of fact checkers to go and check something extraordinarily technical would make sense,'' he said. Other baits included kiwis, which were more deceptive, but trickier to cast due to their mushy flesh. Original wooden buildings dot the 5-acre island, which can be reached by ferry. "That's public land out there, and a private corporation, for the sake of making money, is able to destroy the fringe mangroves that none of the rest of us that own them can touch.". While the vision-care company's venture was designed to offer a steady supply of laboratory animals to biomedical researchers, people who live near the two islands where the monkeys have been allowed to run free object to what they call needless environmental destruction. Summary Prior to the episode, Craig is injured after being chased into traffic by Dewey's temporary Dog. We love Indian Key, which we heard about on your site. Here she's chillin out in the cockpit of September Sea. 2014: Mystery Monkey II? It is uninhabited, but until 1999, was the site of a commercially operated breeding colony of rhesus monkeys. Anyone can read what you share. But still it made me sick. Jones is a supporter of a proposed Keys ordinance that would outlaw breeding operations that allow animals to run free. Hold or pin an arm onto the side of the body so it's near the upper third of the body. Little changed until the two sides quietly agreed to a settlement in May that would allow the company to phase out the monkeys over 20 to 30 years. By: Author Karuna Eberl and Steve Alberts, Categories Florida Keys Getaways, Historic Florida. MIAMI. Local environmentalists have been fighting for years to have the monkeys shipped to a less environmentally sensitive site. **I do not own the rights to this content**Season 1, Episode 11NeighborhoodWhen the kids are bored, Sharon, Lois & Bram, Elephant and Eric Nagler decide to e. It is only accessible by boat tours which depart from nearby Summerland Key. ''I didn't like those monkeys,'' he said. When he died in 2018, he willed the island back to nature, or rather to the Key West National Wildlife Refuge. Wonder if the one above is the one who got away??!! And they have apocalyptic visions of monkeys strewn across the lower Keys by a hurricane or by some monkey manuevering. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Crab Eating Macaques. He said the monkeys were their own best security. Trespassers will be prosecuted." Surely some signs remain, but we have not yet had the pleasure of exploring this ourselves. While only accessible by boat and off-the-grid, dont be fooled into thinking youll be roughing it on Melody Key. Mr. Shafer said that while investigating the criticism about the article, he again spoke with Mr. Forman and also spoke to Mr. Caputo, the Palm Beach Post reporter, but did not speak to other possible sources. In this case, he said, he asked Mr. Forman a series of questions: Is there a Lois Key? The island is privately owned and one of very few secluded islands in the Keys that offers accommodation. Yet monkeys are several shades closer to ourselves than rats, and that creeping association amplifies the discomfort we feel. Warning signs are posted around the monkey island: "U.S. Government project. We knew we were getting close to the island when the normally pellucid emerald waters of the lower keys gave way to a filthy brown, and the smell of monkey waste spoiling under the tropical sun rolled over us like a storm. Although they receive daily meals of "monkey chow," two large colonies of Rhesus monkeys couldn't resist the tasty leaves of protected mangrove trees. '', It described one scene like this: ''Once the bait was on the hook, I watched as the monkey-fisherman cast it onto the island, then waited. While Charles River owned the islands, the shoreline where red mangroves grew remained state property. The settlement would have allowed breeding to continue on Key Lois for 20 years and on Raccoon Key for 30 years. Apparently he's still out there. The tarpon were not biting, he said, and the members of the fishing party -- himself, Mr. Forman and a fisherman -- had been drinking. The monkeys' breeders and the state have been engaged in battle for about a decade. Behind the news are values that drive people and nations. This website uses cookies to In 1986, Charles River, which claims to own Key Lois and Raccoon Key, sued to establish clear title to the two islands. In nearby Hendry County the lid is off a secretive monkey trade that is worrying long-time residents, eco-stewards, and animal activists. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. For decades, the company raised rhesus monkeys on the islands and allowed them to range free on Lois Key. All contents Charles River has already spent more than $1 million on self-contained waste water disposal plants and preparations to replant the keys. log out. The 11-acre island had a population large enough to support two general stores, a hotel, warehouses, a bowling alley, a 38-man militia and all of the labor needed to run his lucrative shipwreck salvage. If a zoo is a white-collar prison, this was Oz. '', See the article in its original context from. The ever-iconic Pigeon Key, an aerial shot of which graces nearly every tourist brochure, is an historic railroad work camp along the Seven Mile Bridge. The monkeys receive fresh water and rations of monkey chow ferried every day from a nearby key. Depending on whom you ask, the monkeys are either crucial to medical researchers seeking a cure for AIDS, osteoporosis, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease or they are an environmental disaster that could spread elsewhere in the ecologically sensitive Keys. The monkeys hated their new home. Four controversial facilities house more than 10,000 monkeys, mainly rhesus macaques. We want to bridge divides to reach everyone. I offer generalized political campaign consulting and campaign management services. Several hundred monkeys living in tropical paradise in the Florida Keys have literally eaten themselves out of a home. Our work isn't possible without your support. The monkeys stripped the leaves from thousands of red mangroves, a protected species, and now struggle to find shade. In 1998, he wrote an article bemoaning how, as a reader, he had not been able to figure out that the New Republic reporter Stephen Glass was a hoax writer. | But in an interview on Friday, the fisherman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that only once before the journey with Mr. Forman and Mr. Caputo -- ''maybe twice,'' he said -- he got drunk and rowed out to Lois Key, to bait monkeys with a fishing rod. Imported from India in the mid-1970's on a biosecure charter jet, the monkeys were. Executives from Charles River Laboratories, a company that raises laboratory animals and that bred the monkeys on the island, said last week that the article could not possibly be true. Explore Florida's beaches and backwaters, islands and prairies, campgrounds, trails and historic sites. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. The department is trying to find surveyors willing to brave the monkeys and measure the property, Mr. Plante said. The state owns everything below the high-water line, and environmental officials ordered Bausch & Lomb to clean up those grounds years ago. Lois Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys approximately 20 miles (32 km) east of Key West. Now Gov. If Bob Kerrey had revealed that he monkeyfished to the New York Times, would we forgive him? Mr. Forman's column about monkey fishing around the island of Lois Key describes how ''a sport evolved among the local fishermen,'' in which sturdy deep-sea poles intended for 200-pound fish ''were the preferred tackle. These include five monkey species, three of which have established breeding populations: rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), squirrel monkeys . You dont have a Christian Science Monitor "I'm not interested in winning court cases. The sprawling mansion has a state-of-art solar power system and back-up power to ensure youre living in luxury for the duration of your stay. "If any developer had done anywhere near that level of damage, he'd be on the road to Levenworth [penitentiary]," says Ed Davidson, chairman of the Florida Audubon Society. Both keys are difficult to access, thanks to very shallow water and no clear entry points. Her thinking is crisp, data driven and action orientated. They strip the bark, leaves and trees from the mangroves as if peeling the skin from a banana. No go, they said for insurance reasons. This post may include affiliate links from which we earn modest commissions. "And, to be honest, they ate a lot of mangroves," Routa said. Pakistan begins troop withdrawal from Indian border, White-collar workers in Jakarta join anti-Habibie chorus, Veteran politicians hand over EU reform blueprint, Klan rally in New York fizzles under counterprotests, Critics assail plan to give women addicts money to use birth control, Chemical that could power microbes is found at Jupiter moon, Agents boycott United for slashing commissions, Advocates assail legislation encouraging mergers. A feral monkey troop has deep roots in Silver Springs State Park, possibly dating to the 1930s after an accidental release. Fears are that a hurricane or even a major storm could carry some members of the colony to other islands. Perhaps I should have eaten the monkey. There is a colony around the Silver River in Ocala, and in a state park . It was free but had no parking. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. A hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 30. Since the DNR can only punish people for trespassing on or damaging state lands, the ownership question has to be resolved before Charles River can be prosecuted. Only 25 miles from Key West and just two miles from their closest neighbors on Summerland. ''It is not factually possible to hook a monkey on a fishing pole,'' he said. The monkeys swarmed round the treat, and when the fisherman felt a strong tug he jerked the pole. Hidden islands in the Florida Keys: Satellite view of Tarpon Belly Keys shrimp canals. Not for long. But their efforts were unsuccessful until recently, when a judge ordered Charles River, the world's largest lab-animal production company, to relocate all the free-roaming monkeys within the next two years. Before them, wrecker Jacob Housman had built a residence, of which small ruins remain, and after them a man ran a small watermelon and pineapple farm. Melody Key is one of the best secret islands in the Keys. But he said that he was not able to catch any monkeys out of trees or wrangle them into the water, and that he had never heard of any other fisherman who had, and that monkey fishing had never been a local sport, as Mr. Forman's column reported. Lois D Mackey. Not like Rwanda cruel but cruel still. Resides in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. (As for reports of Monkey Fishing?No, thats not a thing.). I have friends who have landed tarpon on them, and tarpon are much bigger than monkeys. Bob Martinez ordered the Department of Natural Resources to prosecute Charles River for destroying state land. Hurricanes reclaimed some of those as well. Remnants of the operation, including an old truck, are found tucked away around the island. Many of the abandoned islands in the Florida Keys have colorful histories which are interesting to learn more about. Lois Comes Out Of Her Shell (Season 11, Episode 6) When Peter makes an insensitive comment about Lois' age in season 11's "Lois Comes Out of Her Shell," she goes through a midlife crisis and decides to start acting young. In addition to disturbing the area's ecology, the monkeys are not vaccinated and could spread disease, Jones said. Great read n I have no destination in life til I read this thank you!!!! TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Lignumvitae Key is now known as Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park but was once home to wrecker Jacob Housman and thereafter a small pineapple and watermelon farm. Monkeys -- specifically, rhesus monkeys, which are natives of Asia. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. A pharmaceutical company had released a bunch of rhesus monkeys there and left them to. Boaters who happened upon Lois and Raccoon Keys (a.k.a. But then again, that argument works for almost anything. Chiles and the Cabinet, acting as the trustees for state lands, will be asked to do that at their meeting on Tuesday. This was put to a stop in 1998 when the operation was ordered to be shut down due to the mangroves being destroyed by the monkeys and the water polluted by their excrement. There is no paper trail. The operation is private, not government- run; the signs are a white lie designed to keep intruders at bay. Lois Key is not connected to the rest of the Florida Keys by bridge or by land. ''Jay writes about the sordid, the unpalatable, the amoral,'' Mr. Shafer said last week. The Monkeys were bred for research purposes by Charles River Laboratories, a subsidiary of the optical giant Bausch and Lomb. Use our guides to help you choose your next vacation destination. Our friends had an inflatable. Though Mr. Forman defended his story, a friend, Marc Caputo, a reporter for The Palm Beach Post who accompanied Mr. Forman on the trip, said that the fisherman actually did not send his line flying up into the trees, that monkeys did not swarm around the fruit, that the fisherman did not succeed in catching any monkeys and no one cut any fishing lines. But rather than ending the debate, the governor's order has just left the monkey breeding operation in limbo. , Karuna Eberl and Steve Alberts live on Cudjoe Key in the Lower Keys, where they write and photograph for local and national publications, most often with a focus on travel, adventure and the environment. It is performed in "Saving Private Brian". A few have remarkable stories. By continuing to browse the site Peter struggles to keep up with her hard-partying new lifestyle. Humans may have called them home since at least the height of Greek civilization, some 3,600 years ago. "There is less island than there was. Not for long. They established a rat-fishing league, complete with uniforms and teams. The species is considered extirpated by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The latest twist in the simian saga caught the breeders by surprise. So we headed to Robbies. With a Caribbean flair, the restaurant serves island dishes like conch fritters, seafood quesadillas and spicy fish tacos. As the monkeys reproduced their habitat shrank, and their situation became even more awful. Watch 'hero' monkey revive fallen monkey: A lesson for humans? Monkeys arrived in 1973 and the population was mostly free-ranging, not caged, peaking at 6,000 in 1983, according to reports. We had not been since pre COVID. Was this sport barbaric? "We need at least two to three years unless you go out with a gun.". Is this a sport, even? Homepage photo, Primate Products facility, via Fort Myers News-Press. Charles River Laboratories is a subsidiary of the optical giant Bausch and Lomb. Once youre done working up an appetite head to Mangrove Mamas for a bite. Our friends said they would rent yaks. You can visit their web sites at quixotictravelguides.com and wanderingdogcreations.com. This is really a mess.". ''It looks like a war zone right now, just like Vietnam,'' said James McElroy, who is part of a grass-roots anti-monkey campaign. With pristine reefs and unusual birds, it is an excellent place to spend the day, or even camp for a few. Mr. Forman did not return phone calls over the weekend. In 1973 the worlds largest producer of laboratory animals set up shop in the Lower Keys. A pharmaceutical company had released a bunch of rhesus monkeys there and left them to breed, thereby supplying research labs around the country with a fresh supply of experimental test subjects. Lived In West Palm Beach FL, North Palm Beach FL, Columbus OH, Gainesville FL. He said he had heard of monkey fishing only from one other person, a Key West fisherman. The small island is accessible by boat or at low-tide, you can even walk across. "The shoreline eroded, and the monkey droppings wash out into the public waters. On a hike, look for a raised and rocky-dirt beds or ridges. Anofficial complaint by PETAsparked a federal investigation in May. Such fears are unfounded because the island monkeys are bred to be as pure and healthy as possible, said Barbara Kelley, a spokeswoman for Bausch & Lomb, which owns Charles River. Spoiler alert: the famous cement buoy in Key West isnt technically the southernmost point in the country. They would never approach a stranger.''. In Florida, skeptics abound. Facebook gives people the power to share and. "Evil Monkey Song" is a song written by Chris Griffin and performed by Splash Log, a band formed by students at Buddy Cianci Junior High School. I'm K.Monkey. The island is only accessible by boat or kayak so is a truly secluded island to explore. Now, 20 years later, the mangroves have largely recovered and the water is no longer polluted but the island remains uninhabited. Some of the free-roaming animals are 28 or 29 years old. Because the monkeys on Lois Key were extremely rare and valuable, they were carefully maintained, he said. which recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, documents diving legend Valerie Taylor. [1] Lois Key is not connected to the rest of the Florida Keys by bridge or by land. After years of being dormant out in space, Titano is brought back to earth. Houses cover part of Upper Sugarloaf, but in the wilderness beyond, hidden amongst the trees and bogs, lie numerous Indian mounds, remnants of an ancient civilization. (Via News-Press / Andrew West). I wish I was not telling this story. When it comes to torturing animals, they take the cake. The second best result is Lois R MacKey age 80+ in Melrose, MA in the Melrose Highlands neighborhood. Today the monkeys are gone and the mangroves recovering. The monkeys were brought to the Keys in 1973 from India by Charles River Laboratories, a Massachusetts-based company that breeds the primates for biomedical research. 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