The Monkey Sanctuary was founded in 1964 by Len Williams, father of John Williams (guitarist), as a cooperative to care for rescued woolly monkeys.

The Monkey Sanctuary is the flagship project of Wild Futures (UK registered Charity number 1102532).

CIWY is also supported by One Voice, a French animal rights organization, and The Monkey Sanctuary, a British organization that cares for rescued monkeys.

In 2011, Luis Morales visited and assisted The Monkey Sanctuary.

In 1971 it acquired a colony of woolly monkeys and became the "Banham Zoo and Woolly Monkey Sanctuary".

The Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary lies just outside the village.

Volunteering opportunities range from mentoring with Cybermentors, helping with upkeep of the Monkey Sanctuary in Looe, Cornwall to helping run projects in a local Plymouth school.

A Monkey Sanctuary with a colony of woolly monkeys and other rescued primates is situated two miles to the west.

Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary is an animal sanctuary between Caehopkin and Abercraf in Powys, Wales.

It became the Wales Ape & Monkey Sanctuary in December 2008, being previously known as Cefn-yr-Erw Primate Sanctuary.