The Monkey Sanctuary Trust
 United Kingdom  |  Animals/Wildlife

We are working to end the trade in primates in both South America and the UK by supporting organisations that are working to protect primates in their natural habitat, and those caring for victims of this trade.

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The Sanctuary draws upon close to 50 years of experience in caring for South American primates and prides itself on the quality of this care and the consideration of the monkeys as individuals. The original members of the woolly monkey colony were all rescued from zoos and the pet trade in the 1960s and 1970s. Thankfully, and as far as we are aware, the trade in woolly monkeys no longer exists in the UK, however the trade does still exist illegally in South America and one woolly monkey species (the Colombian woolly monkey – Lagothrix lagotricha ssp. lugens) is now listed on the IUCN red list as Critically Endangered and another (Poeppig's woolly monkey - Lagothrix lagotricha ssp. Poeppigii) is listed as vulnerable.

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