April 15 Open Day cancelled.
Tickets will be honoured at May 27 or other 2018 Open Days.
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Story Book Farm is a place of safety. We offer freedom from fear. We are a place of healing and recovery from trauma.
As of 2018-01-25, we are home to 16 monkeys who have come to us for peace and solace from a variety of backgrounds, some of them with stories difficult even to share, let alone survive.
In sanctuary care, we encourage friendships between our residents. We encourage exploration and freedom of choice. We give back the ability to make decisions and control events that affect residents' lives.
At Story Book Farm we believe that all animals have rights; that animals have the right to live free of fear or pain from humans, in any form; and that we can all make a difference, one being at a time.
Won't you join us in our mission? Donate or volunteer today! The rewards are immeasurable.
Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary is a Canadian registered charitable organization. Tax receipts will be provided for donations of $20 and over. Registered Charity No. 84081 7910 RR0001.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us in the past. We hope you will continue to do so in the future, and spread the word so that our community of supporters continues to grow!
Our campaign to raise money for expanded outdoor enclosures is still active. We need to build new enclosures for three new monkeys arriving soon from research.
Please visit our Campaign page on CanadaHelps.
We regret that due to forecast bad weather, including freezing rain, we have cancelled the April 15th Open Day at the sanctuary. We have never done this before. We put the well being of our residents and visitors first. With the bad weather, the monkeys will not come outside. We want your visit to the sanctuary to be an enjoyable experience. People who purchased tickets for the April 15th Open Day will be given first priority for the next Open Day on May 27th. If you are unable to make that date, your ticket purchases will be honoured on any of our Open Days in 2018. Please email us your preference.
Thank you for your understanding and support in this unforeseen circumstance. We are all waiting for spring to arrive.
New tickets sales for the May 27, 2018 Open Day have therefore been closed. We will update this post when tickets go on sale for the June 17 Open Day.
See the Events page for details.
The following are the planned dates for other public Open Days in 2018:
Sunday June 17; Sunday July 15; Sunday August 19; Sunday September 16.
Thanksgiving event: Saturday October 6.
Tickets will go on sale about 6 weeks before each event, and close one week before the event, or when all tickets have been sold.
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Community Support
We would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to all of our supporter organizations below - donors of time, resources, services and/or monetary funds.