Kari Bagnall, Jungle
Friends Primate Sanctuary
December 2017
Samantha's 25th birthday would have been on December 18th...
Kari and Samantha
With a broken heart and through my tears I write to you...Samantha lost
her battle to triple negative breast cancer last Saturday, it metastasized
in her lungs making it harder and harder for her to breath.
Samantha died in my arms with her friends and family around her, knowing how
much she was loved and how important she was to so many.
Samantha was the inspiration for Jungle Friends and she leaves behind an
amazing legacy. [Read
How It All Began 1992...] Because of Samantha, hundreds of monkeys have found
sanctuary. Her spirit will live on at the sanctuary and in my heart. She
will be remembered with love every day and I will miss her every day.
We will always remember Samantha as a happy, precocious, prankster, who had
a lot of fun playing with her sister Charlotte and then winding down to
engage in lengthy grooming sessions.
Samantha's 25th birthday would have been on December 18th and she has a Birthday Wish on Facebook to raise money to build another habitat for two more white-faced capuchins anxious to call Jungle Friends home.
Please remember Samantha with a substantial gift. Thank you!
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