The Saturday morning quiet quickly turned into a chorus of monkey screams as the Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary turned its clinic into a dental suite in partnership with the Dental Coalition for Conservation.
The coalition is a nonprofit group that travels all around the world providing care for exotic animals. The organization brought a team of nine veterinarians and dentists to Gainesville to help perform routine checkups on some of the 173 monkeys that call Jungle Friends home.
Coalition founder Charles Dyer was the one to reach out to Jungle Friends founder Kari Bagnall. He founded the non-profit in June 2025.
The monkeys received X-rays, blood draws, lab work and dental cleanings or extractions when needed…