At Battle Hill Berry Farm Sheffield / Chesterfield we have a number of monkeys within our monkey sanctuary.
Capuchin Monkeys come from the rain forests of South America, they are very highly intelligent and are often kept as pets in unsatisfactory conditions.
Their name is derived from the growth pattern of hair on the top of the head which resembles the sharp pointed ‘Capuche” or hood warn by the capuchin order of monks.
Today you need to have a Dangerous Wild Animal License to keep a Capuchin Monkey that involves your local environmental heath to inspect where and how you are going to keep you monkeys. They also appoint a vet to check you are providing all the correct conditions to house your monkeys, including their diet.
Monkeys should always be kept in pairs or in groups and Monkeys DO NOT make good pets, they are WILD animals…………
Our Monkey Sanctuary
Monkey Sanctuary Resident:  CHARLIE
Charlie is a male and came from a house were he was been kept in small cage which had been converted from a wardrobe he was 15 months old and with no access to the outdoors and was been kept on his own, (all monkeys should be kept in either pairs are groups)
Charlie has been in my care for 15 years and he has a large outdoor enclosure with lots of branches and ropes. Attached is an indoor heated house.
 Monkey Sanctuary Resident: KWANGO
Kwango is a female and she came form a zoo that had closed down.
She came to be with me in 1991 and is now we think she is about 26 years old she is very active and loves her grapes.
Kwango also has a large outdoor enclosure with indoor heated house.
 Monkey Sanctuary Resident: GOOGLA
Googla is a female capuchin monkey.
She came from some people who lived in a flat they did not have the correct environment for he she was kept in a small cage with no outdoor access she had no other monkey to keep here company
Googla has been in my care since 1998, she has a large outdoor enclosure with a heated indoors she lives with two other monkeys.
It has taken many years for googla to adapt to living how a wild monkey should, she was so human imprinted she did not now how to socialize with other monkeys, after time she has adapted to living as a monkey and not someone's pet.
Monkey Sanctuary Resident: KIRSTY
Kirsty is a female Capuchin monkey, she came to be in my care after an animal sanctuary had to close she was very healthy when she arrived and has been here since 1999 and lives with two other monkeys
She is quite a shy monkey and lives in large enclosure with indoor heated accommodation and outdoor area with ropes and branches
Monkey Sanctuary Resident: GUCCI
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