Monkey needs home

Petang tadi ke lokasi shooting seperti biasa. 

Because of delays, si Amir nya scene belum jalan pun. Lepak jap... then gerak ke satu lagi lokasi dalam kampung tu. Ada kolam pancing ikan. 

Sambil crew set up semua...perasan a small group of the crew gathered around one of those polystyrene cooler boxes. Rupanya... kata meka ada anak monyet.

I was like... oh yeah... sure. I took a peek. Holy fuck! 

Memang ada anak monyet kat dalam tu!!!

The poor thing was in foetus position. Tutup muka dia. I could sense the fear and distrust it had...

Everyone left it alone after I got irritated and said, "sudah-sudahlah... dia takut tu... da kecik berapa bulan tu perlukan mak dia".

No one touched it until Iqram came. Dia pun tau anak nyet tu pun memang ketakutan.

He took it and put it against his chest. The poor thing just opened its arms and hugged Iqram.

Kita borak dengan orang jaga kolam pancing ikan tu. Katanya, meka pasang trap and terjerat la ibu monyet dan anak monyet dia ni. Meka lepaskan si ibu, tapi simpan anak dia.

Adoi... korang ni perangai lagi teruk dari binatang. Arghhh... I can't hear shit like this about how people think it's ok just to grab a wildlife's offspring.

Iqram bonding gila. Aku tak nak dekat. Bukan takut ke apa... comel sangat... and kesian sangat. Jap lagik aku bawak balik rumah aje kang.

Iqram offered nak beli dari tokei tu... dia tanak jual.

Poor thing lepas kejap dia ok ngan aku dan Iqram... dia relax sikit.

Tapi bila ada orang lain datang je... dengan suara kuat "EH COMEL LAH" or anything like that, it cowers in fear as I first saw it. Poor thing.

And actually bukan saja cerita anak monyet ni... tu orang yang dok jual sugar glider tu. Banyak-banyak tu mati cepat sebab I've seen some sold below 3 months ago. It needs to be nursed by its mother...

Don't buy all this sort of wildlife. It's cute for you, but you're actually encouraging a heartless business. I avoid pets shops and all that have this deplorable practise concerned only with making more money than even giving a shit that these animals are living creatures too.

As for kes orang kampung ni... for all the trauma you're putting this little monkey through... I hope you take care of it just like one of your own...