Trentham Monkey Forest welcomes baby Barbary macaques
Six baby Barbary macaques have arrived at Trentham Monkey Forest and have been welcomed into the world by the other members of the troop.
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Go Nuts at Monkey World this Jubilee Weekend!
This Jubilee bank holiday, help the rescued and endangered monkeys and apes at Monkey World in Dorset by donating a bag of unopened nuts. Every child who brings an unopened bag of nuts for the primates receives a free Monkey World badge over the bank holiday weekend. The nuts can be either shelled or unshelled … Read more
Rare cotton-top tamarin monkey born at Chester Zoo
One of the world’s most endangered primates has been born at Chester Zoo. The rare baby cotton-top tamarin monkey arrived to first time parents Treat (3) and Leo (5), measuring just 10cm from head to tail and weighing a mere 40g.
Baby boom for Drayton Manor Park
Staffordshire’s Drayton Manor Park is celebrating the births of eight new baby animals – with all arriving just in time for the gates to reopen this weekend. A new critically endangered Spider Monkey baby – born on 22nd May – brings the total number at the park to six, with Scarlet Macaw pair Sally and … Read more
Incredibly rare monkeys rescued from Lebanon
Benny & Nia, a pair of young white-throated guenons, arrived at Monkey World in Dorset this week after being rescued from Lebanon. The incredibly rare monkeys were confiscated by Lebanese authorities at Beiruit airport after being smuggled from Accra, Ghana. White-throated guenons are a species vulnerable to extinction and native only to small regions of … Read more
Easter monkeys at Stoke on Trent
Trentham Monkey Forest, in Stoke on Trent, will be encouraging visitors to take part in an Easter trail around its grounds this weekend – with a little help from the monkeys too, of course! The popular monkey forest, which is set in the 750 acres on the Trentham Estate, allows its 140 animals to live … Read more
Zoo club at Drayton Manor
Drayton Manor Park in Staffordshire is giving animal lovers aged between 8 and 15 years the exclusive opportunity to join Drayton Manor Park’s Zoo Club for the 2017 season. It’s a very exciting time at the zoo, as the 100+ species already in residence are soon to be joined by lots of new and exciting … Read more
Monkey forest opens summer photography competition
Staffordshire-based attraction Trentham Monkey Forest is giving away a ‘Breakfast with Monkeys’ experience for two people as it launches a new summer competition that celebrates the 300-year anniversary of Trentham Estate landscaper ‘Capability’ Brown. The attraction has named their summer photography competition ‘Are You Capable?’ in honour of the famous gardener who worked on many gardens, … Read more
Monkeys go bananas for Valentine’s banquet
Keepers at Longleat threw caution to the wind when they laid on a special romantic banquet treat for their troop of mischievous macaque monkeys in the run up to Valentine’s Day. The candlelit dinner included a variety of traditionally romantic dishes like melon, avocado, asparagus, strawberries and pomegranates as well as grapes and bananas. However, … Read more
Award-winning Monkey Forest Reopens
February marks the start of the Chinese year of the monkey and what better way to celebrate than the reopening of the award-winning Trentham Monkey Forest. The forest reopens on the 13th February with a special ‘Lovebirds’ weekend. Not only will it be your first chance to see how the babies have grown over the … Read more