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We welcome members of the media interested in doing stories on the sanctuary, any of its residents or the current plight of exotic animals in Canada. If you are interested in doing a story please email us at sbfpsanctuary@gmail.com.

Here are quick links to the following sections of this page:

  • Story Book Farm in the News
  • Pockets in the News
  • Darwin, the Ikea Monkey Sensation
 

 

Story Book Farm in the News

2025

2025-04-07 Toronto Star - Story Book Farm damaged after ice storm

2022

2022-07-07 Monkey Business - Tails from a Primate Sanctuary

2022-04-22 Leo's pollinators - Lemurs

2020

2020-12-03 Article in the Durham College Chronicle

2020-11-22 Global News visit to the sanctuary

2019

2019-02-24 Durham Region article on 2nd Guitar auction

2018

2018-12-06 StoryBook - The Next Chapter - Campaign Launch

2018-11-20 Globe and Mail - Lab monkeys deserve retirement

2018-11-17 Globe and Mail - Given a stay of execution

2018-11-05 CBC Life - Step inside Story Book Farm

2018-05-08 Global News - Cedric, Cody and Pugsley arrive

2017

2017-12-30 CBC News - Ikea monkey 5 years later

2017-04-03 Frankie Picasso on The Good Radio Network (audio only)

2017-04-01 City-TV interview with Christina Howorun - News item (3 minutes)

2017-04-01 City-TV interview with Christina Howorun - Facebook live (20 minutes)

2017-03 CTV News W5 Extended - Inside Story Book Farm

2016

2016-03-06 106.9 the X Interview with reporter Kayley Cheyenne (then Kayley Leon)

2016-01-15 CP/Toronto Star - Ricky Gervais' guitar raises $6,000 for Ikea monkey's sanctuary

2015

2015-12-22 Furnal Equinox 2016 Charity - Story Book Farm - Meet the primates

2015-12-14 YouTube / SBFPS interview with Lauren Toyota - Lauren in real life

2015-06-30 Global News interview with Daina Liepa - Sanctuary is safe

2015-06-30 Toronto Star article - Ikea Monkey to remain at Sanctuary

2015-06-30 Ruptly TV - Sanctuary is safe

Archives

2011-03-24 Where sad monkey tales get a story book ending (The Star article)

2010-05-04 Farm a haven for monkeys (by NewsDurham)

2010-03-22 A safe haven in Sunderland (Durham Region article)

2009-10-13 Peace and Primates: Behind the Scenes at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary (Animal Voices article)

2009-04-03 Heavy petting (Globe & Mail article)

2009-01-27 Taking the Leap: Panacea and the Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary (Animal Voices article)

 

Pockets in the News

2021

2021-05-31 JeJune Magazine Interview

2020

2020-11-25 Radio interview with Martin Gore. He mentions Pockets and the sanctuary at ~4:40, for about 40 secs.

2020-11-17 Martin Gore uses Pockets artwork for his new EP cover and music video

See Paste Magazine and Rolling Stone.

2020-08-28 Pockets paints to Bach with TSO

2019

2019-05-31 Pockets in the House of Carr

2015

2015-04-23 Heather Clemenceau blog

2014

2014-12-04 View the Vibe

Archives

2013-09-8 Maclean's: My monkey could do that

2011-12-13 Would you buy paintings by an artistic capuchin monkey called 'Pockets Warhol'? (Huffington Post UK article)

2011-12-12 Monkey resembling Warhol sells successful abstract paintings (Huffington Post article)

2011-12-12 The chimpressionist (Mail Online article)

2011-12-05 Monkey makes Warhol-like paintings, art collectors go bananas (Toronto Star article)

 

Darwin (the Ikea Monkey)

2023

2023-12-13 Yahoo News interview with Rachelle Hansen 11 years after Darwin's escapade

2022

2022-12-09 CTV News interview with Daina Liepa on 10th Anniversary of Darwin's escapade

2022-12-09 Toronto Star article on Darwin's 10th Anniversary

2022-12-09 Buzzfeed article on Darwin's 10th Anniversary

2022-12-09 Toronto City News article on Darwin's 10th Anniversary

2022-12-09 Toronto City News video on Darwin's 10th Anniversary

2022-12-09 BlogTO article on Darwin's 10th Anniversary

2022-12-09 Globe and Mail article on Darwin's 10th Anniversary

2022-12-09 CP24 coverage of Darwin's 10th Anniversary

2022-12-09 Durham region insauga article on Darwin's 10th Anniversary

2022-12-09 Vancouver Daily Hive article on Darwin's 10th Anniversary

2022-12-09 Windsor Star article on Darwin's 10th Anniversary

2019

2019-01-09 Huffpost article on Darwin and Pierre

2017

2017-12-30 CBC News - Ikea monkey 5 years later

2017-10-02 Mental Floss article by Jake Rossen

2015

2015-12-09 Three years on - here's what he's up to now (vice.com)

2015-12-08 CBC News - Ikea monkey 3 years later

2015-12-08 Awaiting arrival of new room mates (Global News)

Archives

2014-12-12 Ikea monkey 2 years later (CBC News)

2012-12-11 Ikea monkey heads to Canada primate sanctuary (BBC News article)

2012-12-10 Ikea monkey transferred to sanctuary north of Toronto (CTV News article)

2012-12-10 Baby Ikea Monkey finds new home (CP24 News article)

2012-12-10 Ikea monkey transferred to primate sanctuary (CBC News article)

2012-12-10 Ikea monkey Darwin checks into his new home at animal sanctuary in rural Ontario (National Post article)

2012-12-10 Ikea monkey Darwin leaves Toronto for Sunderland sanctuary (Toronto Star article)

2012-12-10 Ikea monkey: Why the rhesus macaque is a ‘worst choice’ pet (Toronto Star article)

2012-12-10 Lost monkey roams Ikea (by CNN Video)

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