I have loved watching Monkey Business for years, and it never loses its appeal for me. I’ve seen every episode what must be ten times, but it’s such a fascinating programme, it’s well worth watching over and over again.

The late and great Jim Cronin (pictured above) built the very first Monkey World enclosure on an ex-pig farm in Dorset in 1987 to house chimps that he’d rescued from the beaches of Spain where they were being abused and forced to pose for photographs with tourists.

Jeremy Keeling, who is now Animal Manager, joined Jim and the centre grew and grew as Jim, Jeremy and later, Alison Cronin – Jim’s wife – rescued primates from desperate circumstances all over the world.

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