Monkey World are very proud of the efforts made by our supporters to raise money for both the park and the Jim Cronin Memorial Fund (registerered Charity Number 1126939). We could not continue the rescue and rehabilitation work that we do, without your kindness and willingness to help.

Please let us know if you are doing any fundraising activities for Monkey World, Endangered Asian Species Trust or the Jim Cronin Memorial Fund. We would love to hear about your cake sales, car boot sales, or sponsored events. Please see below for some of the current fundraising efforts:

Help the Beirut Baboons!

Monkey World has been trying to rescue six Hamadryas baboons living on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon. Despite constructing beautiful homes for them, since war broke out in the Middle East it’s proved difficult to organise transport of both the travel crates to Beirut, and passage of the baboons back to the UK.
Incredibly, we were contacted by Didi Amato, the wife of REO Speedwagon’s Dave Amato, who heard our plight and wanted to help. They generously donated a guitar signed by the whole band before they announced their split in 2025.
We hope funds raised from the auction of this amazing music memorabilia will enable us to help the baboons stranded in Beirut, and bring them to safety in the UK. The guitar will be sold via auction in November. Please check back for when the auction is live!

Team Chocolat

In August 2024, Monkey World rescued a disabled chimpanzee called Chocolat from Kenya. Orphaned by the illegal bush meat trade in Republic of Congo, Chocolat had suffered injuries which left her partially paralysed.

Her rescuer and owner was desperate for Chocolat to have a safe future, and a chance to have a family again, so of course we did all we could and brought Chocolat to the UK to be introduced to Bryan’s group of chimps.

We made some adjustments to the bedrooms & enclosure that the chimps live in to accommodate Chocolat, and now she is here and we can assess her abilities fully, we know we need to make further changes to ensure Chocolat’s safety in the playroom.

We are estimating that the total cost of these modifications will be around £10,000. Can you help us? For every £1000 donated, we’ll be entering ALL the names of donors into a prize draw to win signed Team Chocolat t-shirt from Team Chocolat themselves- Jeremy, Alison and Stefanie Powers from the William Holden Wildlife Foundation!

We’re hoping you can join Team Chocolat!

Help Marmoset Milly and Pet Trade Victims

Milly’s case made the press when her owner was found guilty of two counts of animal abuse and sentenced to a 12 week suspended sentence, a £600 fine and ban from keeping animals for life.

Milly’s story touched many, and Monkey World have been overwhelmed with the number of people asking how they could help Milly, and others like her.

We would like to raise funds to help the rehabilitation of Milly, and future rescues of primates like Milly from the UK pet trade over the next year. Monkey World has been campaigning for a change in the law to stop monkeys being kept as “pets” in bird cages for the past 30 years. We have rescued 120+ and built two specialist enclosures to house over 30 victims of the trade. While the law looks set to change with the implementation of the Kept Animals Bill, we are anticipating a large number of monkeys needing rehoming.