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Celebrate World Chimpanzee Day, July 14
Meet Project Chimps on the first-everWorld Chimpanzee Day, Saturday, July 14. World Chimpanzee Day was created to celebrate chimpanzees, our closest cousin. It’s a day to raise awareness about chimpanzees, learn about the threats they’re facing (and what we can do to help), and promote the proper care of chimps when they can’t be in…
Read MoreProject Chimps Wins Chili Cook Off with “Chimp Chili” Recipe!
Project Chimps took top honors at the Blue Ridge Business Association’s annual Fire & Ice Chili Cook Off with its debuted “Chimp Chili” recipe. The animal-free, vegan chili recipe was created by Rachael Ray and modified with her permission to include foods that are tasty to both humans and chimpanzees! The chili earned first place…
Read MoreExperiencing the Outdoors
There wasn’t a dry human eye in the sanctuary on Tuesday, as we celebrated the opening of the new Peachtree Habitat and the first release of chimpanzees outdoors at Project Chimps. Lance’s expression, above, says it all. This was the first time in their lives these former research chimps could look up at an unobstructed…
Read MoreNine New Chimps Arrived Today!
We are so excited to share the first look at our nine #NewChimps, Babs, Sky, Amy, Almasi, LB, Noel, Sarah, Loretta, and Harley! Our journey began at 5:30 p.m. yesterday, as we left the New Iberia Research Center in southern Louisiana and drove through the night, arriving in Blue Ridge, Georgia, before sunrise this morning. These nine…
Read MoreBecome a Fundraiser for Giving Day for Apes
I woke up really excited this morning. While I’m always passionate about the work I do here at Project Chimps, there’s something else that’s got me pumped. On October 17, 2017, thousands of animal lovers are going to show their support for ape conservation and rescue during Giving Day for Apes. On that day, every…
Read More#ChimpChat: Chimpanzee Group Formation with Mike Seres
Director of Chimpanzee Management, Mike Seres began working with chimps in 1973, when he worked at the Budapest Zoo in Hungary. Mike has worked for 44 years with, and for, chimps in 12 different countries. Mike’s specialty is chimpanzee introductions and group formation. At Project Chimps, Mike will work one on one with each chimp…
Read More#ChimpChat: A Breakthrough With Genesis
Eleven-year-old Genesis is a special chimpanzee. She was born at the New Iberia Research Center on April 4th, 2005 and lived there until retiring to Project Chimps in September 2016. Since her arrival at the sanctuary, caregivers have grown to know and love Genesis and her quirks. “Genesis is the loner of the group. She…
Read More#ChimpChat: Jennifer and Michael
Jennifer, our focus for today’s #ChimpChat, was born at the New Iberia Research Center on April 21, 2006 where she lived for 10 years before retiring to the Project Chimps sanctuary in September of 2016. Caregiver Michael describes Jennifer as energetic, playful, and friendly. They seem to share a special bond. “Jenny will stop me…
Read More#ChimpChat: Charisse and Brooke
Today’s #ChimpChat is all about Charisse. Charisse was born in 2005 at the University of Louisiana’s New Iberia Research Center and came to live at the Project Chimps sanctuary in September 2016. We turned to our chimpanzee-caregiver Brooke to learn more about Charisse. The three words Brooke uses to describe Charisse are compassionate, rambunctious, and…
Read More#ChimpChat: Patrick and Joel
Today’s #ChimpChat is all about 15-year old, male chimpanzee Patrick, who is described as cautious, expressive, and chimp-oriented. This week caregiver Joel discusses his relationship with Patrick and how his personality has evolved since his arrival at the sanctuary last November. “In my opinion, Patrick’s personality has progressed the most out of all the males…
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