The Primate Sanctuary is a division of Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute. Our mission is to provide nonhuman primates as high a quality of life as we can, with as little human interference as possible. The 186-acre Sanctuary, located near San Antonio, Texas, is currently home to more than 500 individuals, many of whom were rescued from abusive or exploitative situations.
Sanctuary evenings
After a week of regular rain showers, the Sanctuary has turned a nice shade of green. With the cooler temperatures, the monkeys have been active throughout the day, foraging, eating, playing with and chasing each other. But, now we’re back into the dry heat and they are spending their afternoons seeking shade and sleeping among the trees and other vegetation in the enclosures.
Latest videos from the Sanctuary
To catch the latest goings-on at the Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary click on these links:
Watch our resident group of longtail macaques, recently retired after spending years living in laboratory cages, enjoying a refreshing treat of watermelons at the Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary:
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Born Free USA calls on Columbia city council to ban dangerous monkeys as pets
Columbia, MO — Born Free USA, a national animal advocacy organization, today sent a letter to the Columbia city council calling on officials to ban the ownership of wild and exotic animals in the city. This request follows reports of a July 4th attack on a human by a primate — in this case, a Japanese Macaque, or snow monkey — being kept inappropriately as a pet. This is the second such attack in Columbia in less than a year.
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