Monkey Sanctuary
Animal sanctuary in Cornwall, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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50.3654°N 4.4136°W / 50.3654; -4.4136 | |
Date opened | 1964 |
Location | Looe, Cornwall, England |
No. of animals | 36[1] |
No. of species | 3[1] |
Annual visitors | 30,000[2] |
Website | www |
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]