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Animal sanctuary in Cornwall, England

Monkey Sanctuary

50°21′55″N 4°24′49″W / 50.3654°N 4.4136°W / 50.3654; -4.4136
Date opened	1964
Location	Looe, Cornwall, England
No. of animals	Over 30
No. of species	3
Annual visitors	30,000
Website	www.monkeysanctuary.org

The Monkey Sanctuary was founded in 1964 by Len Williams, father of classical guitarist John Williams, 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 and a small group of rescued Barbary macaques.

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

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

Notes

^ "Monkeys". monkeysanctuary.org. The Monkey Sanctuary. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
Staff knowledge
^ "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.
Staff knowledge
"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

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.

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