I have had many happy weekends down in Dorset and we always go along to Monkey World to see the chimps, orangutans and assorted primates. The kids then go off to the play area and hang on the ropes and play on the slides and look just like the chimps we've just visited.
We have watched Monkey World grow from in 1987, being a small primate sanctury set up by Jim and Alison Cronin which was set up to rescue Spanish chimps from being abused, to being a world renowned rescue centre.
Sadly Jim Cronin died on Saturday 17 March in his home city of New York. But his legacy will live on with all of the primates he and his wife saved from abuse not only from the streets of Spain but Tailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the list goes on.
Respect to you dear Jim
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