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The Monkey Sanctuary Trust

The Monkey Sanctuary, Looe, Cornwall PL13 1NZ, UK
01503 262 532
info@monkeysanctuary.org
www.monkeysanctuary.org

The Monkey Sanctuary Trust is a unique environmental charity dedicated to:
Promoting the welfare, conservation and survival of primates.
Working to end the primate trade and abuse of primates in captivity.
Conserving natural habitats through education and sustainable living.
Operating a sanctuary to care for victims of the UK primate pet trade.
The Trust is based at The Monkey Sanctuary in Cornwall, UK. The Sanctuary is currently home to four species of monkey: woolly monkeys, ex-pet capuchins, patas monkeys and barbary macaques. The Trust provides advice and support for primate rescue centres around the world.

Work or Activities
The Monkey Sanctuary is visited by thirty to forty thousand people every year. These people come to the Sanctuary for the opportunity to meet monkeys and to see them living in a natural colony. A lot of effort goes into providing people with an enjoyable and educational experience. Although volunteers cannot directly handle monkeys, they do help make sure that things run smoothly. In summer volunteers help prepare food for the monkeys, run our shop, help serving in the kiosk, run workshops in the Activity room and help keep the Sanctuary tidy. Longer term volunteers may help at the admission desk or answer visitors' questions at the enclosures.

In the winter, volunteers help us maintain the house and monkey territory, prepare the monkeys' food and treats, do street collections, design and make displays, work in the Sanctuary gardens and help with the daily cleaning of the monkey territory. Volunteers with special practical skills have been very important in helping us build new enclosures and improve the monkey territory.

For many volunteers their time at the Sanctuary is their first experience of communal living. The Sanctuary provides volunteers with a chance to become part of the community and to share our commitment to care for the monkeys.

Qualifications
You do not need any special skills to become a volunteer, but you need to be over 18 and have a basic knowledge of the English language and a general concern for animals and nature.

Where
Cornwall, UK.

Fees
£35 for board and lodgings.

Application Details
To volunteer Coordinator info@monkeysanctuary.org

Further Information
To volunteer Coordinator info@monkeysanctuary.org

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