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You Can Have Lunch At This Hidden Primate Sanctuary In North Florida

Whether you have plans or not this summer, you must add monkeying around to your bucket list. One of the largest primate sanctuaries is located in Florida where rehabilitated, retired, and ex-pet monkeys live together.

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Animal Sanctuaries: Jungle Friends

On 42 acres of land in Gainesville, Florida, Kari Bagnall has set up a refuge for monkeys. In total, roughly 300 residents rest in her care. Video at the link!

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How Monkeys Stay Cool at Jungle Friends

In the Florida heat, volunteers at Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary have been making sure their roughly 300 monkeys are staying cool this summer.

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Monkey Finds Love in New Home

At the Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary in Gainesville, Leiah the marmoset has found a new home — and love. The primate sanctuary provides homes for 12 monkey species. Leiah, a 4-year-old common marmoset and former pet from South Florida, became the sanctuary’s newest resident Saturday. Her former owners could no longer take care of Leiah after the death of her partner, Luke, said Lindsey Jean, one of the facility’s caretakers.

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