http://friendsofmonkeyworld.co.uk Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:01:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From Bournemouth Echo: HE was one of Monkey World’s very first inhabitants and now this cheeky chap has been immortalised in bronze. London sculptor Andy Garner brought along a 2ft high bust of Charlie, one of the primate rescue centre’s much-loved chimpanzees, yesterday. The bronzed-resin sculpture of loveable Charlie was presented by Andy ... http://friendsofmonkeyworld.co.uk/archives/57 From Daily Echo: A WOMAN who dedicates every day of her life to helping the homeless, stroke victims and families has been crowned Bournemouth's Hero of the Year. Gwen White, a volunteer for Winton Salvation Army, was also given the Community Spirit Award at the Unsung Hero Awards, organised by Bournemouth 2026. Speaking ... http://friendsofmonkeyworld.co.uk/archives/54 From Monkey World: Monkey Life - Series 1 DVDs will be available in the Monkey World shop this September! Monkey Life - Series 2 transmitted on Channel Five in May/June this year! As soon as new transmission dates are known, we’ll post them up here. Monkey Life - Series 3 is in production - ... http://friendsofmonkeyworld.co.uk/archives/52 From PR-inside.com: Tickets are still available for the Echo-backed Unsung Hero awards. The event at the Carrington House Hotel has been organised by Bournemouth 2026 and takes place on September 16. Guest speakers include Alison Cronin of Monkey World, Mayor of Bournemouth Cllr Stephen Chappell and Echo news editor Andy Martin. The evening ... http://friendsofmonkeyworld.co.uk/archives/50 From BBC News: A mystery monkey caused uproar at a busy train station in Tokyo, Japan. Police tried to capture the creature with nets, but it climbed down and ran away through the crowds of commuters. It remains unclear where the monkey came from - it could be a stray pet, or a ... http://friendsofmonkeyworld.co.uk/archives/48 A couple of Monkey World supporters are holding a little car boot sale near the entrance gates on Sunday 24 August 2008, to raise money for the Jim Cronin Memorial Fund and the monkeys. http://friendsofmonkeyworld.co.uk/archives/43 From Bournemouth Echo: IT was a dream he did not live to see come true, but the founder of Monkey World would have been justly proud of the centre's latest achievement. The wife of the late Jim Cronin, Dr Alison Cronin, has this week returned from Vietnam where, after six years of ... http://friendsofmonkeyworld.co.uk/archives/41 Monkey World – Ape Rescue Centre is celebrating the successful completion and opening of the Dao Tien Endangered Primate Species Centre. Known for assisting governments around the world to stop the smuggling of primates from the wild, this is Monkey World’s first insitu conservation project. Monkey World collaborated with Cat Tien ... http://friendsofmonkeyworld.co.uk/archives/36 From the Great Ape Trust: A group of orangutans who appeared in Hollywood films, television commercials and magazine advertisements is being relocated to Great Ape Trust of Iowa – a significant move that begins to close the curtain in the United States on the decades-long use of orangutans in the entertainment ... http://friendsofmonkeyworld.co.uk/archives/34 From VietNamNet Bridge: The Nam Cat Tien National Park in southern Dong Nai province on July 12 put into operation a wildlife rescue centre, specializing in primate. The centre, covering 30 ha of land inside original forests on the Tien (Fairy) island, has been entrusted to step in when illegally-caged primates or ... http://friendsofmonkeyworld.co.uk/archives/33