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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:
2025-04-07 Toronto Star - Story Book Farm damaged after ice storm
2022-07-07 Monkey Business - Tails from a Primate Sanctuary
2022-04-22 Leo's pollinators - Lemurs
2020-12-03 Article in the Durham College Chronicle
2020-11-22 Global News visit to the sanctuary
2019-02-24 Durham Region article on 2nd Guitar auction
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
2017-12-30 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
2016-03-06 106.9 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
2015-12-22 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
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)
2021-05-31 JeJune Magazine Interview
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
2019-05-31 Pockets in the House of Carr
2015-04-23 Heather Clemenceau blog
2014-12-04 View the Vibe
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)
2023-12-13 Yahoo News interview with Rachelle Hansen 11 years after Darwin's escapade
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
2019-01-09 Huffpost article on Darwin and Pierre
2017-10-02 Mental Floss article by Jake Rossen
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)
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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