Names: Finley and Freya
Species: Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
Who are they? The Playful Brother and The Energetic Sister
Special skills? Foraging for tasty treats to eat!
Adopt Finley and Freya
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Adopting
Adopting a monkey with Wild Futures really is a gift with a difference. Whether it’s a gift for yourself or another, you will be supporting the vital work of our charity and enabling us to protect primates and their habitats worldwide. The monkeys featured in the symbolic adoption scheme reside at Wild Futures’ The Monkey Sanctuary in Cornwall, UK, where they all have a home for life. Adopters become part of a proud, extended family of supporters who are a part of each individual’s lives through visits, updates and photos. We are committed to giving the monkeys we have rescued the most natural life possible, amongst company of their own kind in species specific territories. The generous contributions from adopters help us to help them recover from the mental and physical trauma they have suffered in their former lives as someone’s pet, and simply learn how to just be a monkey. Each monkey is unique with their own stories and personalities, so please do spend some time reading through their profiles.
International adoption packs will be sent digitally, direct to your inbox. If you would like a physical pack, please email [email protected] to discuss options.
As an adopter, you will receive:
- A personalised certificate of your adoption
- A photo of your adopted monkey
- Your adopted monkey’s story
- Species factsheet
- Wild Futures newsletters twice a year (sent digitally or physically)
- Discounted entry fee into The Monkey Sanctuary
- A cuddly monkey toy (optional and for physical packs only)
About Finley and Freya
Names: Finley and Freya
Species: Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
Who are they? The Playful Brother and The Energetic Sister
Special skills? Foraging for tasty treats to eat!
Finley and Freya are twins who were born into the UK primate pet trade in 2017. Shortly after their birth, their owner split them from their older sister, Beattie, and their father as they were worried about jealousy in such a small space. This is extremely unnatural for marmosets, as the father provides the majority of care for the babies whilst older siblings get involved in helping with their care and learning natural life skills. They lived in adjacent bird-cages, unable to reach each other, so this would have been an extremely stressful time for all of them.
Eventually, siblings Beattie, Finley and Freya were put together. There was very little room for them to move around - with no ropes or branches to walk or swing on, and no substrate to forage through. Thankfully, their owner wanted a more natural life for them and so contacted us. We rehomed the entire family. When they first arrived at the sanctuary, all three of the siblings initially struggled with the complexity of their new enclosures, as they had never moved around on anything but cage bars before. Thankfully, their young ages meant that they were keen and energetic and, before long, they were all well on their way to mastering the art of being a marmoset!
Primates are intelligent and sociable animals and being kept as pets is a lonely, under-stimulating existence that can lead to abnormal behaviours. These behaviours may remain with the monkeys for the rest of their lives. But with enough environmental stimulation, social company, and lots of space with access to branches and trees, we can help these monkeys recover and offer them a stable, stimulating, and social life at the Sanctuary.
Adopting Finley and Freya means that you are helping to provide the resources needed to give them the best life possible. Your adoption also enables Wild Futures to continue its vital work campaigning for an end to the primate pet trade in the UK and abroad.
Adopters will receive a photo of either Finley or Freya.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Our adoptions are purely symbolic, which means you will not receive any real animals in the post! Monkeys are wild animals – not domesticated pets.
The need for rescue and rehabilitation of primates from private ownership:
- There are at least 5,000 privately owned primates in the UK
- All monkeys are wild animals and inherently unsuitable for keeping in domestic situations.
- UK law allows for the legal keeping of primates as pets, despite lack of recognised care standards and insufficient enforcement of licensing laws, leading to many pet primates being kept in inadequate conditions.
- Lack of adequate species knowledge, diet, veterinary care, social opportunity and space leads to mental, physical and emotional suffering for pet primates.
How our sanctuary meets their needs:
- We guarantee a home for life for all rescued monkeys.
- We give individuals the opportunity to socialise and form natural bonds with other monkeys.
- We provide an expert team of carers with the relevant skills to meet the complex physical, social and emotional needs of each individual.
- We have a high carer-to-monkey ratio which ensures that all needs are met, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Our charity receives no government funding, so financial support is vital to allow us to continue our important work.
By purchasing a symbolic monkey adoption, you are agreeing to our Terms and Conditions.