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Entrance, photographed in May 2006. Set up in 1987 by Jim Cronin with assistance from both Jeremy Keeling [2] and later operated by both Cronin and his wife Alison along with a team of care staff led by Keeling, Monkey World was originally intended to provide a home for abused chimpanzees used as props by Spanish beach photographers, but is now home to many different species of primates.
Monkey Life is a TV series based on the work of the largest monkey and ape rescue centre/sanctuary in the world: Monkey World in Dorset, United Kingdom. The series is a follow-on from the original ITV series Monkey Business , and shows the day-to-day work and troubles of the staff.
Cronin could hardly believe that his small refuge centre had grown into a thriving rescue centre for primates from around the world. Monkey World worked with the Ping Tung Rescue Centre in Taiwan in stopping the illegal smuggling of apes from the wild, and Monkey World was able to re-home some of the primates from the Ping Tung Rescue Centre ...
Alison Lorraine Cronin, MBE (born September 1966) is the American director of Monkey World in Dorset, England, a sanctuary for abused and neglected primates.She is widely acknowledged as an international expert in the rescue and rehabilitation of abused primates, and in the enforcement of international treaties aimed at protecting them from illegal trade and experimentation.
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In 2016, an employee at the primate facility, Angela Scott, contacted PETA to express concerns about abuse she had witnessed at work. Scott secretly shot video and sent it to the animal rights group before quitting her job there. [10] [16] PETA had already been investigating the facility, following a string of USDA violations. [17]
Animal Planet says, "These are some of the only tool-using wild monkeys in the world." So, the adorable interaction makes sense -- but seeing that level of care is still pretty amazing.
The sanctuary is one of only eight free-release primate sanctuaries in the world, [2] and home to over 90 indigenous and exotic primates from around the world. A number of primates have also been born wild at the sanctuary. [3] The sanctuary is non-subsidised, and supported by funding generated from guided tours and sales of curios.