A Barbary macaque at Trentham Monkey Forest has taken a ‘throw-in’ inside the 60-acre Staffordshire Woodland and managed to reach the Bet 365 Stadium centre circle approximately 4.8 miles away.

The park has absolutely no idea how the monkey has managed to reach the Potter’s playing field or get a hold of a football, as the monkeys live exactly how they would in the wild,  but staff are absolutely amazed to hear of the accomplishment of the primate.  Apparently, they felt like ‘fools’ to believe such a thing !

Rumours are rife that the newly introduced beavers at the Trentham Estate might have performed a Peter Crouch-esque ‘knock-on’ to assist their neighbours, but these are unconfirmed rumours at this point.

The park can definitely confirm that the primate will not become an ‘impact’ option off the bench for the Potters, nor will they entertain any bids for the monkey, highlighting that he should remain with his family and friends at Trentham Monkey Forest as primates are not playmates and should be seen as such!

To support the primates not playmates campaign, read why primates should never be viewed as playmates below:

1) All primates need to interact with their own species to maintain well-being

2) Primates require adequate space and foods that are often costly and difficult for pet owners to provide. 

3) Using monkeys for live entertainment, dressing them up for social media clout and tourist photo props encourages people to buy pet monkeys. Many are poached from the wild for this reason.

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It is really frightening that there are less than 8,000 wild Barbary macaques in the wild.

So this year for Halloween, Monkey Forest has designed a Pumpkin Trail Quiz which we hope will raise awareness around the scary plight of the wild Barbary macaque and keep your little ones entertained.

The Halloween Pumpkin Trail Quiz will offer your cheeky monkeys the fun opportunity to win a cuddly treat – if they manage to avoid the little tricks along the way !

Children will need to find every pumpkin by following the clues on the pumpkins and complete the 10 words on the quiz sheet before filling out the final special word.

To get involved, all you need to do is book a visit to Trentham Monkey Forest between the 3rd of October – the 30th of October and when you arrive, ask for the Halloween Pumpkin Trail Quiz Sheet from the Kiosk.

The quiz is completely free to enter and is an additional offering for tickets purchased during the time that it is on.

Monkey Forest is strongly committed to the protection of the species by:

• Raising public awareness for the need to protect this endangered species by giving people the opportunity to observe the Barbary macaques in a setting very similar to their natural habitat
• Developing educational information in order to help engage our visitors
• Working with organisations to help protect wild Barbary macaques, such as Barbary macaque Awareness and Conservation (BMAC) * Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) *

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