Project Chimps Blog

  August eNewsletter Welcome to the first Project Chimps eNewsletter!  Each month you will be sent fun and informative updates on all the activities at the sanctuary.  This is where you will learn about our new chimpanzee residents, who will be on the next #roadtoretirement journey home to sanctuary, special events, volunteer opportunities, and more! …

  We are welcoming all local residents for an Open House event at the Project Chimps sanctuary on Saturday, June 25th from 2-4pm! Before our first group of chimpanzees arrive, we thought it would be a great opportunity to invite our neighbors over for a meet and greet with our staff, a guided tour of the property…

Hello from the Project Chimps team! We’ve been overwhelmed by the outpouring of interest and support following our public launch on Tuesday. The sanctuary site is a flurry of activity as we prepare to welcome our first group of residents later in June. We can’t wait! Stay tuned here and on social media (links above) to…

Project Chimps, in partnership with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, announced an agreement to relocate 220 retired research chimpanzees to its new sanctuary in northern Georgia. Project Chimps, a nonprofit organization, and the University’s New Iberia Research Center began negotiating the agreement more than two years ago to resettle the largest population of chimpanzees…