Monkey Sanctuary
| Monkey Sanctuary | |
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| 50°21′55″N 4°24′49″W / 50.3654°N 4.4136°W | |
| Date opened | 1964 |
| Location | Looe, Cornwall, England |
| No. of animals | 36[1] |
| No. of species | 3[1] |
| Annual visitors | 30,000[2] |
| Website | www |
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] and a small group of rescued Barbary macaques.[5]
A colony of rare lesser horseshoe bats live in the cellar of Murrayton House, a 19th-century building that is the visitors' centre and accommodation for staff and volunteers. They can be watched from "the bat cave", a room showing CCTV footage from an infrared camera installed in the cellar.[6]
The Monkey Sanctuary is the flagship project of Wild Futures (UK registered Charity number 1102532).[7][8]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "Monkeys". monkeysanctuary.org. The Monkey Sanctuary. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Gold for Sanctuary". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ Martin Lewin, "John Williams and John Etheridge: Hey, Joe!" Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Camden New Journal.
- ^ "John Williams biography".
- ^ "Barbary Macaques". monkeysanctuary.org. The Monkey Sanctuary. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "Bat Cave & Wildlife Room". monkeysanctuary.org. The Monkey Sanctuary. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "Wild Futures". wildfutures.org. Wild Futures. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "1102532 - Wild Futures". charity-commission.gov.uk. United Kingdom Charity Commission. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
References
[edit]- Tudge, Colin (21 April 1990). "More room for the woollies: The Monkey Sanctuary at Looe in Cornwall has been so successful that it must now expand and perhaps divide. What lessons does it hold for traditional zoos?". New Scientist. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
