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Protecting the Chimpanzees from Cold Winter Weather
Project Chimps is working to protect former research chimpanzees from the cold winter weather at its sanctuary in the Blue Ridge Mountains of north Georgia. Some chimps like it hot and some chimps like it cold.
Read MoreOne Chimp’s Journey to Sanctuary – part three
Remarkably, because of the special soul that he is, Kareem was somehow able to survive, despite the horrible conditions and unforgivable neglect to which he was subjected at Coulston Foundation. But his journey in research was not over.
Read MoreOne Chimp’s Journey to Sanctuary – part two
Kareem’s story starts with the heart-wrenching fact that, like many chimpanzees who were born in research facilities, he was pulled from his mother at just a few days old. It’s difficult to think about the devastation that Kareem’s mother must have endured when her baby was pulled from her loving arms. Caregivers swaddled him in diapers and placed him in the lab’s chimpanzee nursery.
Read MoreOne Chimp’s Journey to Sanctuary – part one
Kareem was only 5 years old and living at the now-closed Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates (LEMSIP) in New York City. It was 1994 and a compassionate caregiver named Nancy was trying to lure Kareem back into his small cage after a day of innocent play in the lab’s nursery playroom. Kareem was tired of going back into a tiny cage each time his play sessions were over, so he held back.
Read MoreMale and Female Chimpanzees Reunited, at Last
Male and female research chimpanzees, once separated in the lab, are reunited in the Project Chimps sanctuary in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Read MoreLandscape Architecture Intern Visits from Germany
Jan Schoepe is helping to design Project Chimps expanding chimpanzee habitats as an intern on loan from Zoo Design Inc. He is a landscape architecture student from Cologne, Germany.
Read MoreThe Precious Gifts of Giving Tuesday
Celebrity supporters and people from around the world showed their love and support for former research chimpanzees on #GivingTuesday 2018 by donating to Project Chimps.
Read MoreFrom a Cage in New York to a Forest in Georgia, Former Research Chimp Alex Arrives in Permanent Sanctuary
Alex spent his adolescent years confined in a small, metal cage with no room to roam. Now, after 34 years in multiple medical research laboratories, the former research chimpanzee will have six acres of forest to explore as the newest resident of the Project Chimps sanctuary. Thanks to a cooperative agreement with the University of Louisiana’s New Iberia Research Center (NIRC), Alex and…
Read MoreGetting Ready for Group 7!
Chimpanzee caregivers Joseph and Brooke are getting the transport trailer ready for…Group Seven! The Project Chimps transport trailer can accommodate up to ten former research chimpanzees in individual carriers for the one-time journey from the lab in Louisiana to their forever sanctuary home here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. In a few days, we’re going…
Read MorePrecious Experiences the Outdoors for the First Time
After 28 years in a research laboratory, Precious the chimpanzee had her first opportunity to step out into a forest now that she lives at the Project Chimps sanctuary. A cloudy sky didn’t dampen the spirits or enthusiasm of Precious and her nine female group mates as they had their first opportunity to step out…
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