Monkey Sanctuary

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The Monkey Sanctuary
Monkey Sanctuary
50°21′55″N4°24′49″W / 50.3654°N 4.4136°W / 50.3654; -4.4136
Date opened1964
Location Looe, Cornwall, England
No. of animals30 [1]
No. of species5 [1]
Annual visitors30,000 [2]
Website www.monkeysanctuary.org

The Monkey Sanctuary was founded in 1964 by Len Williams, father of classical guitarist John Williams, [3] [4] as a cooperative to care for rescued woolly monkeys. Based in Looe, Cornwall, England, it is home to woolly monkeys descended from the original residents, a growing number of capuchin monkeys rescued from the British pet trade [2] , many marmosets, and a small group of rescued macaques. [5]

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A colony of rare lesser horseshoe bats live in the cellar of Murrayton House, a 19th-century building that is staff offices and accommodation for staff and volunteers.

The Monkey Sanctuary is the flagship project of Wild Futures (UK registered Charity number 1102532). [6] [7]

In 2025, the Sanctuary site Murrayton House was placed up for sale citing growing financial pressure.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Monkeys". monkeysanctuary.org. The Monkey Sanctuary. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Gold for Sanctuary". BBC. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Martin Lewin, "John Williams and John Etheridge: Hey, Joe!" Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Camden New Journal.
  4. ↑ "John Williams biography".
  5. ↑ "Barbary Macaques". monkeysanctuary.org. The Monkey Sanctuary. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Wild Futures". wildfutures.org. Wild Futures. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "1102532 - Wild Futures". charity-commission.gov.uk. United Kingdom Charity Commission. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

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