Paws For Thought

PAWS FOR THOUGHT DID YOU KNOW? Our sister organisation, Born Free USA, runs the USA’s largest primate sanctuary, home to 475 rescued baboons, macaques and vervet monkeys. PRIMATES ARE THE GROUP OF MAMMALS PROTECTING THAT CONTAINS ALL LEMURS, MONKEYS PRIMATES AND APES, INCLUDING HUMANS.

AROUND THE WORLD, THOUSANDS OF PRIMATES LIVE IN CAPTIVITY ON DISPLAY IN ZOOS, USED IN LABS FOR ANIMAL TESTING, OR SOLD AS PETS.

In the UK alone, hundreds of marmosets, squirrel monkeys, capuchins and lemurs are kept as pets, many illegally. Most were born in captivity, but these animals cannot thrive as pets as they have complex environmental, dietary and social needs.

Born Free is opposed to keeping primates as pets worldwide, and proudly support initiatives like the Zambia Primate Project, which rescues, cares for and releases injured, orphaned or illegally kept baboons and vervet moneys back to the wild, where they belong.

MEET JACKIE

A young vervet monkey, Jackie was so seriously injured by a speeding car in Zambia, her leg had to be amputated. After specialist treatment, she returned to the wild and recently gave birth to her first baby!