Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary

A wonderful compassionate place doing good work. We visited on an open house day and had a very informative tour. If more people learned the back story of these beautiful creatures we would surely do them less harm. An inspiration to support animal rights and live a more feeling life.

I like that they are taking care of monkeys from the testing labs, and zoos, however the monkeys are in what i call cages for the rest of their life and it is very sad. I have seen even zoos that give them a lot more space and natural setting. The best thing to do will be to let them back in nature where they belong, and face the challenges of the wild no matter how difficult it is.

Lovely group of people here. We got the owner herself for our tour and she was very friendly and knowledgeable about all of her tenants.

We bought a Pockets Warhol painting about 18 months ago in order to help the sanctuary. It is so lovely and gets many compliments whenever people come over and visit. The monkeys seem happy there at the sanctuary and they are obviously loved and cared for. Great place. Give them money.

Very shady and snarky disrespect almost offended on the phone when I asked wether there may be any organized Hands-On" Experiences with the monkeys. Pictures look pretty sketchy as well

Disgusting. Setting up a fake place + charity so you can bypass current ownership laws from owning exotic pets, then soaking the public to donate + support it. Anyone giving a dime to Storybook Farms supporting this fraud and animal abuse is sadly misinformed. Its a private zoo. My opinion.

WELL CARED FOR MONKEYS- glad I went for a tour!

Truly dedicated staff. They do a tremendous job of caring & loving their furry charges.

Really want to come see this place and make a donation after reading some articles. I’d be the guy who breaks the primates out of the facility illegally. So unethical to test anything on animals, test the drug on yourself you cowards.

Discovered Story Book through Facebook a few years back and went for a visit June 2016 for the first time.I was sent an email back at the end of April 2016 talking about their Public Open Day happening on a specific days at the end of May, and second weekend of June. Thought it would be a great idea to see the rescued monkeys, so purchased 3 tickets for $40 per ticket.My overall take - I'm not sure about this place, guessing I expected more.Before starting the tour, I though the guide would have given an overview of Story Book, the history, what to expect on the tour, how many monkey's, how many volunteers, if you're interested in volunteering at the end of the tour, etc. Felt the tour guide was either guarded or cool toward us. We asked questions but some answers received were vague or didn't make any sense (I've worked at the Toronto Zoo for 28 years). she didn't elaborate which I found strange.I think it's wonderful the sanctuary and volunteers are trying to take care of these poor monkeys and it's probably better then where some of them were previously but they really need to clean up the area and property, do a complete donated toy purge, tidy up cages, dust off the fan in the kitchen, fix the building housing the monkeys and update their website. I'm sure it would help with more donations, more visitors and more money.Now that I've left, I feel sorry for them - I don't think they have enough space. What they need is a volunteer carpenter. Why don't they advertise on Kijiji?Also, Story Book needs to promote themselves more via Facebook and Twitter, through t-shirts, mugs, pens, etc. How did Farm Sanctuary become what it is now?NOTE: you CANNOT touch the monkeys. Even the tour guide doesn't really have contact with them except provide a bit of food you bring. Some of the monkeys can be vary vicious.See some points below:-In the reminder email, it states some visitors at our last Open Day asked what they might bring for the monkeys. Some of their favourite foods are peanuts