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 |
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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]
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]