JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title: PR Assistant   Salary: circa £14,000 pro rata (part time – 2/3 days per week) Duration:  Initial 12 month contract Responsible to: Head of Income Generation and PR Responsible for:  N/a   Charity Overview:  Wild Futures is a leader in the field of primate welfare and conservation, environmental education and sustainable … Continued

 JOB DESCRIPTION   Job Title: Trust Fundraiser Salary: circa £14,000 pro rata (part time – 2 days per week). Duration:  Initial 12 month contract Responsible to: Head of Income Generation and PR Responsible for:  N/a   Charity Overview:  Wild Futures is a leader in the field of primate welfare and conservation, environmental education and sustainable … Continued

Two days ago at the European Parliament, the European coalition of animal welfare NGOs, ENDCAP, launched its new publication on ‘Wild Pets in the European Union’ to a packed room of Members of the European Parliament, Representatives of EU countries and officials from the European Commission. Speakers: Daniel Turner (Born Free Foundation); Clifford Warwick (Emergent … Continued

Dogs and domestic cats may be the most conventional and numerous companion animals, or ‘pets’, but  wild animals, such as monkeys, snakes, lizards and meerkats, are increasingly in demand around homes in Europe.  Wild in nature and often unpredictable, these animals are not only potentially dangerous to people, able to inflict severe physical injury, and … Continued

Fuelled by an anti-litter passion and equipped with rubber gloves, bin bags and litter pickers, volunteers from Wild Futures’ Monkey Sanctuary and Friends of Seaton Valley will once again be descending on SeatonBeachin South East Cornwall as part of this year’s Marine Conservation Society’s Big Beachwatch Weekend. Their seashore mission: To rid Seaton Beach of … Continued

Wild Futures, a primate conservation and rescue charity, has released an app and online game to launch their latest campaign film starring Stephen Fry, in which players aim to move a nut through a maze in the fastest time and beat the ‘scores’ of monkeys at The Monkey Sanctuary in Looe, Cornwall. The game is … Continued

Many charities struggle to attract the support of well known celebrities to endorse their work, yet Wild Futures’ dream came true when highly esteemed English actor and comedian Stephen Fry agreed to present a short film on the charity’s work. Stephen Fry came to know the charity after Director Rachel Hevesi wrote to him asking … Continued

World Oceans Day Goes Down a Storm! The Wild Futures Monkey Sanctuary based near Looe, Cornwall held a successful day last week to celebrate World Oceans Day. On Thursday 7th June, despite the stormy weather, more than 160 people attended the World Oceans Day event and had a great time.  Several marine conservation group volunteers … Continued

Wild Futures’ Monkey Sanctuary hosts Important European Meeting The Wild Futures’ Monkey Sanctuary is a founder member of the European Alliance of Rescue Centres and Sanctuaries (EARS) and last week hosted the second EARS meeting at its site near Looe, Cornwall. 16 members attended the conference between 19th and 22nd May, from as far as … Continued

Wild Futures Goes Wild About Food with New Venture, ‘Wild Catering’ Wild Futures, the charity which runs The Monkey Sanctuary near Looe, Cornwall has recently launched a new catering arm, Wild Catering. The charity decided to launch Wild Catering following the success of its vegan and vegetarian, eco-friendly establishment, the Treetop Café at The Monkey … Continued