Lemur and Labrador become inseparable following operation

A poorly lemur taken in by zookeepers after an operation is monkeying around with new best friend – ‘Pie’ the dog. Stumpy the lemur became infatuated with Labrador Collie cross Pie after wildlife sanctuary owners Joy and John Palmer took him into their home before Christmas.

The pair are now inseparable and lie for hours on end washing and preening each other while fifteen-year-old Stumpy recovers from an operation on his left back leg. Joy, who runs Porfell Wildlife Park and Sanctuary, near Liskeard, Cornwall with John, said: ”They are literally together all the time.

”They lie together on the sofa washing and preening and although Stumpy is a wild animal, the pair have got on really well. It’s going to be difficult when Stumpy has to return to his enclosure and I’m sure Pie will be devastated to miss his new best friend.

(Not Stumpy and Pie, here Ringo the ringtail lemur plays with Great Danes. But a cute video nonetheless.)

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”Pie just took to Stumpy straight away and has helped care and nurse him back to health.” Stumpy was taken into the Palmer’s home to convalesce after undergoing skingraft surgery on his rear leg and within hours was being ”mothered” by 10-year-old Pie.