BARBARY MACAQUES

TRENTHAM MONKEY FOREST | STOKE-ON-TRENT | ENGLAND

‘The journey of Monkey Forest started in 1969 in France, where our two owners pledged to help save the rapidly declining species of Barbary macaques and conserve them. They wanted a space for the monkeys to freely roam and to mimic their natural habitat, in order to preserve their natural behaviours that they could prolong the existence of this fascinating species of primate. A population of wild Barbary macaque were relocated to ‘La Montagne Des Singes’ in France, in our first park...

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WORDS: JOSH TORLOP

Head of Marketing | Trentham Monkey Forest

IMAGES: COURTESY OF TRENTHAM MONKEY FOREST