WHY WE ARE LAUNCHING THIS CAMPAIGN
The past few years — especially during and after the pandemic — have shown us how vulnerable sanctuaries truly are when the world changes unexpectedly. Tourism income disappeared overnight, yet the primates in our care still needed food, veterinary support, forest maintenance, and protection.
As we looked toward the future, one fact became impossible to ignore:
To truly secure their future, the primates must have permanent, unquestionable protection of their forest home.
And the only way to guarantee that protection is to ensure the sanctuary land itself is held in trust forever for the animals, safeguarded from development, ownership changes, or external threats.
To achieve this, the South African Animal Sanctuary Alliance (SAASA) — a registered non-profit — is acquiring the Monkeyland forest and permanently securing it under conservation-only title deed conditions. This ensures that:
✅ The land can never be sold for profit
✅ The land can never be used for anything other than a primate sanctuary
✅ The forest will remain protected long after we are gone
✅ The primates’ home becomes as permanent as the forest itself
But to complete this historic conservation action, we need the help of people who care deeply about animals, nature, and ethical sanctuaries.
That is why we created the Buy a Square Metre Campaign.
For just $5, you can protect one square metre of Monkeyland’s forest — forever.
Every square metre purchased moves us closer to completing the transfer of the land into SAASA, where it will be held exclusively for sanctuary use and safeguarded for generations to come.
This is not symbolic.
This is not theoretical.
