Monkey Sanctuary Trust is a unique environmental charity dedicated to:

Woolly monkey welfare, including the welfare, conservation and survival of primates, particularly woolly monkeys and capuchin monkeys.
Capuchin monkey welfare, including Working to end the primate and monkey trade and abuse of primates and monkeys in captivity.
Conserving natural habitats of woolly and capuchin monkeys through education and sustainable living.
monkey rescue, including promoting the rehabilitation of rescued woolly and capuchin monkeys and primates to natural habitats.

Woolly Monkey - what is it?

The woolly monkey (lagothrix lagothricha) is one of the largest and most beautiful of the South American primates. They live in the middle and upper Amazon basin to the west of the rivers Negro and Tapajos. There are four recognised sub-species of woolly monkey. These are mountain or long-haired woolly monkey (lagothrix lagothricha lugens), the brown woolly monkey (lagothrix lagothricha poepiggii), the grey woolly monkey (lagothrix lagothricha cana) and the brown-headed woolly monkey (lagothrix lagothricha lagothricha).

Woolly monkeys are arboreal (meaning tree-dwelling), spending most of their time high in the canopy of the trees and rarely venturing to the forest floor.

Woolly monkeys have evolved in a way which enables them to exploit this tree-top niche, to travel easily along narrow limbs, to reach nuts, seedpods and fruits at the end of branches, to leap between gaps safely and even to sleep securely 150 feet above the ground.

Capuchin Monkey - what is it?

Capuchins were named after capuchin monks because the dark fur that forms a cap on their heads and extends down in 'side-burns' resembles the cowl or headdress of the capuchin priests.

Capuchin monkeys are one of the most intelligent and adaptable of all South American primates. The first capuchins (Cebus species) appeared 16.3 million years ago in South America and, like all monkeys capuchin monkeys share about 97% of their DNA with humans. All capuchin species are neotropical, in other words capuchin monkeys are mainly found in northern and central South America. Within this range only the howler monkey is as widespread, and the black-capped capuchin or tufted capuchin has the widest distribution of any new world monkey, as capuchin monkeys are found in every South American country except Uruguay and Chile.

Monkey Sanctuary Trust is based at The Monkey Sanctuary in Looe, Cornwall, UK. The Monkey Sanctuary is home to a social colony of Woolly monkeys and a group of rescued ex-pet Capuchin monkeys. The Trust provides advice and support for primate, woolly and capuchin monkey rescue centres and sanctuaries around the world.

Each year the Monkey Sanctuary Trust educates thousands of visitors on monkey life in the wild and in captivity, on the ethics and problems of captivity for woolly monkeys, about ideas for rehabilitation as well as other animal welfare and conservation issues for woolly and capuchin monkeys.

Monkey Sanctuary Trust Home page

The Monkey Sanctuary Trust's Work

History of the Monkey Sanctuary

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Adopt a woolly or capuchin Monkey

International Adoptions of capuchin monkeys

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Become a woolly monkey Keeper for the Day

Jobs at the monkey sanctuary

The Monkeys - woolly capuchin

The Bats that live alongside the woolly monkeys

Woolly monkey Rehabilitation Programme

About Woolly Monkeys

About Capuchin Monkeys

Wildzone - all about capuchins and woollies

Monkey Rehabilitation Programme

Monkey Sanctuary Visits and Talks

Monkey Sanctuary - Educational Resources

Sanctuary Links

Jobs

Cafe Co-Manager

The Tree-Top Café is a small but busy vegetarian café situated in the grounds of The Wild Futures Monkey Sanctuary, near Looe in Cornwall.

Wild Futures is a registered charity, which is organised and run in the spirit of a co-operative. The Wild Futures Sanctuary cares for rescued monkeys from the UK pet trade and entertainment industries and promotes animal welfare, conservation, education and sustainable living. All profits go towards Wild Futures' charitable work.

The Sanctuary is open to the public every year from Easter until the end of September and during the autumn half-term.

During the open season, two managers are required to share the responsibility for the running of the Tree-Top Café. Full training will be provided, but previous experience is preferred. This is a fixed term contract from Mid-March 2010 until the end October 2010.

Hours: 9am - 5pm Sunday to Thursday (but may require some flexibility during busy periods), Fridays and Saturdays standard days off. Salary: Minimum wage for 37 hours per week

Part-time Fundraising Administrator

Wild Futures is seeking to employ a fundraising administrator for a part-time fixed term contract. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to thrive in a busy and creative office environment, whilst supporting the fundraising and finance managers in their roles within the organisation. The position is part-time (4 days per week), paid at minimum wage and ends the 1st September 2010. Immediate start is preferable.

The fundraising administrator will promote, manage and administer the Adopt-a-Monkey and Keeper-for-a-Day schemes, deal with general donations and thank-you letters, and manage the Wild Futures’ database. The administrator will also deal with general enquires via telephone, email and any other medium and help maintain a good office environment, showing attention to detail in their work.

For more information on any of the above roles please contact:

Gemma Lawrence

Personnel Officer

Wild Futures

Murrayton House

St Martins

Looe

Cornwall, PL13 1NZ

Tel: +44 (0) 1503 262 532

Email: gemma_lawrence@wildfutures.org

Volunteering Opportunities

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