| Zoo Name: | Monkey Sanctuary |
| Location: | Looe, Cornwall, England |
| Date Opened: | 1964 |
| Num Species: | 3 |
| Num Animals: | 36 |
| Annual Visitors: | 30,000 |
The Monkey Sanctuary was founded in 1964 by Len Williams, father of classical guitarist John Williams,[1] [2] 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[3] and a small group of rescued Barbary macaques.[4]
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.[5]
The Monkey Sanctuary is the flagship project of Wild Futures (UK registered Charity number 1102532).[6] [7]