Pip the Baby Dusky Langur Arrives at WFFT

It seems that lately the WFFT Wildlife Rescue Centre has been inundated with baby wild animals, and yesterday was no exception!

A four week old baby Dusky Langur was brought to the WFFT Wildlife Hospital, after her mother was shot and eaten by locals near Kaeng Krachan National Park.

The baby, who has been called Pip, was also injured when her mother was shot – a bullet skimmed her leg, but thankfully this was quite a superficial wound. She is also running a high temperature at the moment, and is obviously quite distressed by her ordeal, so the vet team are keeping a very close eye on her.

Baby langurs are notoriously difficult to raise, with strict dietary requirements and delicate constitutions, so Pip will be handraised by the WFFT vet team and staff.

Due to being so tiny, Pip wakes up every hour for a milk feed and to nibble a few leaves. Her natural instinct is to cling onto the nearest warm, comforting body, so she is with a member of staff 24/7.

She will remain a bright orange colour until she is around 3 months old, when she will then fade to dusky silver.

She will require at least 11 months more of time-intensive care, until she is of an age where she can start to be introduced to the other langurs at WFFT.

Due to the fact she is being handraised, Pip will sadly never be able to return to the wild, but at WFFT she will be safe from the hunters who killed her mother, and have other langurs to play with once she is older.