Posts by Ali Crumpacker
Call for Sculpture – Remembrance Garden
Project Chimps is accepting proposals for a new outdoor sculpture that will honor chimpanzees who were used in medical research at our Remembrance Garden – a cemetery for chimps who have passed away at sanctuary. The request is for a large-scale, three-dimensional work that is able to command the space and make a bold “welcome”…
Read MoreRecent chimpanzee deaths caused by environmental pathogen
Project Chimps recently shared the sad news of two deaths of chimpanzees at its sanctuary in Morganton, Georgia. The organization fears there may be more deaths to follow as the cause is now known to be the bacteria Yersinia. Executive Director Ali Crumpacker reports: “My team has been under a tremendous amount of stress to…
Read MoreProject Chimps Charts Final Path to Bring All NIRC Chimps to Sanctuary
Project Chimps announces exciting final plans to bring every chimpanzee from the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) in Louisiana to its Blue Ridge, GA sanctuary.
Read MoreHealth Update: Armond (November 2021)
With a case such as Armond’s, there is little we can do to reverse those decades he spent in a confined space. Despite having access to decent size enclosures at the New Iberia lab for the years leading up to his retirement to the Blue Ridge Mountains, and despite now having access to multi-story villa and multi-acre yard.
Read MoreSafety Drills are Fun n’ Games
June is National Safety Month. At Project Chimps, we use safety drills to prepare for scenarios that we hope will never actually happen. And, while these hypothetical scenarios are serious, we do our best to make the drills fun!
Read MoreOutside Looking In: Enrichment
We all have these preconceived notions of what we think we know about chimps, myself included. It’s not our fault, really; we only know what we are taught. But trust me when I say that no carefully crafted nature documentary or Hollywood film could do them any justice.
Read MoreLearn about chimpanzee conservation
Chimpanzee populations are now under more distress than ever before. A population that once totaled more than 1 million now teeters around 200,000. What can you do to help?
Read MoreBoy Meets Girl – Entry #11
Wow! That was amazing to watch them out in the yard today. This group is such a quiet, calm bunch of apes. No one was quite sure who should be in charge of the patrol this morning so there was a bit of a pile up in the tunnel at first, but then Maverick, Justin and Rocko maneuvered around everyone to take the lead and Roxy, Arielle, Tabby, and Moonie joined them. But Lindsey pushed ahead and was at the helm as this group of eight took a stroll to visit the residents in the DJ&T Villa who were watching with amusement from the safety of their outdoor porch.
Read MoreBoy Meets Girl – Entry #10
The group is ready to go outside for the first time together! I wonder if Rosemary will finally be brave enough to go into the habitat with the support of the boys?
Read MoreBoy Meets Girl – Entry #9
Waking the villa up after their first night fully together is another one of those moments that you aren’t ever quite sure what you are about to walk into. Will they have slept peacefully, or will they have stayed up all night getting to know one another and investigating other’s nesting habits and nighttime behaviors
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