Luke Skywalker came to us in December 2014 at 5 years old from another local animal facility that had an abundance of squirrel monkeys. He had been attacked as a baby holding onto his mother. She was being picked on by a more alpha female and he got hurt in the process. He had several of his fingers bitten off and mangled, thus he had to be separated from the troop as he would have been continually picked on and not able to protect himself. He uses the force every day, and this is how he got the name Luke Skywalker! Approximately 2 years later a female squirrel monkey missing an eye and having alopecia came to us from the same facility as Luke. Princess Leia was his other half. They were a cute, albeit misfit couple, but unfortunately our Leia passed away in early 2024. Luke is very rambunctious and has a dominant attitude, even though he is small in stature! He is our only male primate that has come to us un-neutered.  Luke has remained fully intact as an adult which is very rare in captive monkeys unless they are part of a breeding program. He is so manly, that even the female baboon has a crush on him!

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