Overview
We are a research facility and conservation centre for Barbary macaque monkeys.
Monkey Forest is dedicated to the conservation of the Barbary macaque. We aim to raise public awareness of the plight of this endangered species, and to ensure everyone has a unique, stimulating, enjoyable and informative visit.
There are fewer than 8,000 Barbary macaques that remain in the wild
The population has decreased more than 50% in the last 40 years. These brilliant primates are facing various hardships in the wild which has left their populations to dwindle.
We're here to protect them and ensure that they are here to stay for future generations.
Monkey Forest provides the optimal environment to preserve the fascinating behaviours of the Barbary macaque.
Our 60-acre Staffordshire woodland mimics their natural habitat perfectly, allowing them to live rich, fulfilling lives here in Stoke. The Barbary macaques live out their days in remarkably similar circumstances to how they would live in the wild, as they reside in the forest all year long.
The woodland has provided sanctuary to them and the generations before them, going back all the way to Kintzeim France in 196, where our conservation story began.
On the IUCN Red List, Barbary macaques are officially listed as endangered.
We fund and support vital conservation projects
Each and every single visit to Monkey Forest helps us to support vital conservation, research & education projects going on across the globe. This is through supporting, Chances For Nature, Barbary macaque Awareness & Conservation, Primate Society of Great Britain and Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
The environment of which the monkeys live in Trentham, allows for vital research on the species to be conducted. We have had researchers from as far as the prestigious Yale University come and study the Barbary macaques. This is because they live their lives as if they were wild Barbary macaques, so findings can be likened and compared to their wild cousins - to aid their conservation.
