Jim Cronin
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James "Jim" Cronin MBE (15 November 1951 - 17 March 2007) was the founder of Monkey World in Dorset. A New Yorker, Cronin started the sanctuary in 1987.
Born and raised in Yonkers, New York, he was a resident of Great Britain for more than two decades where he and his wife, Dr. Alison Cronin, operated the internationally renowned ape rescue center, Monkey World, which works with governments around the world to halt the illegal smuggling of apes out of Africa and Asia.
Over the past 20 years, Cronin established himself as an international expert in the rescue and rehabilitation of abused primates, and the enforcement of international treaties aimed at protecting primates from illegal trade and experimentation. Jim founded Monkey World which he and Alison built from a small refuge to a 65 acre wildlife park that is home to more than 160 rescued primates of 16 different species and is rated as one of the most popular family destinations in England.
In 2006 he was awarded an honorary MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for "services to animal welfare". Animal Planet has documented the Cronins' frequent rescue missions and undercover investigations throughout Europe and Asia for the past 10 years in the series Monkey Business and will be airing new programs in the USA in the fall.
Cronin died at the Cabrini Medical Center, Manhattan on 17 March 2007, following a brief battle with liver cancer.
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