alison cronin became known through the television series "monkey business", which was made by meridian broadcasting and shown on itv meridian in the uk and on animal planet worldwide, which has recorded the frequent rescue missions and undercover investigations all around europe and asia. the show began in 1998 with "monkey business", which was then replaced with "monkey life" in 2007. it covers the low and high-profile rescues, one of the most dramatic being in january 2008 when cronin led a huge rescue of 88 capuchin monkeys from chile.