Upcoming Webinars & Book Club
Register below for webinars led by our staff and volunteers on specific topics or join us for our quarterly book club discussions!
Are you an author? Want to join us for a discussion about your book?
Past Book Clubs & Webinars
Join us on April 3 at 2pm to meet author Erika Fleury and discuss her work Monkey Business.
Join us on February 16 at 4pm to meet the authors Sylvia M. Medina and Grace Peters to discuss the children's book (from Green Kids Club Inc.) Hope for Kareem!
Join us for a book club discussion on Behind Glass and "meet" photographer Anne Berry. Behind Glass features primates she photographed around the world, most are endangered, and all of them are facing stress from loss of habitat and human activity. Buy the book HERE.
Join for a discussion of the documentary film The Elephant in the Living Room. Pat Craig from The Wild Animal Sanctuary is with us.
Join us for a discussion of Last Chain on Billie by Carol Bradley. Carol will be joining us on the virtual panel.
Join us for a discussion of Lion Shaped Mountain - A Fable as told through the Eyes of Wild Chimpanzees with author Andrew Halloran.
Learn about the unique relationship between caregiver and chimpanzee in this webinar from Caregiver Alan.
Ancient Primates, Chimpanzees, and Bigfoot
North Georgia is said to have a high rate of sightings for the creature known as Bigfoot, it is also home to a few dozen chimpanzees. Coincidence? Hosted by Fred Rubio as we explore both living and extinct species of primates, and the intriguing potential of their kinship with the fantastic beast known as Bigfoot.
Caregiver Alan as he discusses his efforts to identify personality traits in our chimpanzees and what these results could mean for assessing and improving their lives even more.
Who is the most dominant chimp at the sanctuary? How about the most intelligent? Find out!
Then take our Personality Quiz and find out which chimp you are most like!
If you know anything about chimps, you know you can’t make a chimp do anything it doesn’t want to do! If you need to, for example, listen to Kareem’s heartbeat with a stethoscope, that is absolutely not happening unless Kareem wants you to. This is where Positive Reinforcement Training, or PRT, comes into play. Read more on our Chimp Chatter Blog
Martin Hollander explains our fun Chimpcation options! We offer our Chimpcation experiences April, May, September, October and November. In this webinar, Martin will share his experiences with us that lead to him leaving his sunny San Diego home to join us permanently here in the Blue Ridge Mountains!
In this webinar, Kathryn will give you a little bee keeping 101. We will discuss bees, how they work, and how to begin keeping your own hive. Join us and learn more about the world of apiculture as well as finding out how you can come and see our bees and meet the chimps in one of our upcoming Airbnb experiences.
During this webinar, Caregiver Supervisor Tawnya Williams discussed chimpanzee behavior, husbandry, enrichment, and the tasks involved in taking care of these magnificent creatures.
You might not realize it, but you prepare meals for primates every day when you cook for your family. Here at Project Chimps, every day we prepare feasts for all of our chimpanzees! Join caregiver and head of our Nutrition Committee, Kailie Dombrausky, to learn more about what the chimps eat and our nutrition program. Kailie will chat with us about the chimpanzees' diet and how we make sure our chimps receive all of the nutrition that they need to be happy & healthy.
You are probably growing chimpanzee food in your own backyard! Learn about the daily basic food needs of the current 77 chimpanzees, their favorite treats and how you can help feed them! Each chimp is eating 6-7 pounds of food every day. What is browse? Tune in to find out!
Caregiver Kalli as she discusses the effects of visitors on captive chimpanzees. Chimpanzees are highly aware of their surroundings and always know if there are visitors nearby. This webinar is about the different ways in which chimpanzees respond to the presence of unfamiliar humans and how care staff adapt to individual chimps' preferences.
Following the emergency evacuation of animals from a sanctuary in Texas earlier this year, the facilities department at Project Chimps has fielded inquiries as to whether we are prepared in the event of a disaster. In this webinar, Rodney will discuss the steps we have taken to mitigate our risks. We will discuss or own emergency plans and give the audience a practical checklist of topics and resources to help them create their own plan.
Kids Reading Series
Find previously recorded Kids Reading Series on our YouTube Channel.
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This project would not be possible without our many generous individual supporters and volunteers. We rely on donations to fulfill our mission, including caring for our existing residents and expanding the sanctuary to accommodate those chimpanzees still waiting in the lab.
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