Who's Who in Harmony Villa?

The alpha of this group is Kareem! Despite being one of the largest chimps at the sanctuary, Kareem leads his group with kindness and fair treatment rather than only relying on his size or strength. His journey to sanctuary and becoming the leader he is today even inspired a children's book, Hope for Kareem.

Other than Kareem, the highest ranking males are Jermaine and recently Collin. He is growing up and starting to realize how big he is and becoming a bigger part of the group. Kennedy is the lowest ranking male, even below some of our females. Then we have 3 very high-ranking older females, alpha female Babs, LB, and Sky, with the other female chimps falling below.

Ronald is the oldest chimp in this group and Danner is the youngest. They are 21 years apart in age!

Danner and LB are half siblings, as are half siblings Harley and Jermaine. Ronald is Kennedy's biological father, making Harmony the only villa to house a father and son pair at the sanctuary!

Though they have no idea of their family relations, Kennedy and Ronald have developed a friendship since Kennedy and Danner joined the group. For a long time, Kennedy was an "indoor" chimp who consistently chose to stay inside rather than join his peers in the habitat. After he moved to Harmony, Ronald started to stay back with Kennedy from the group to keep him company, and eventually Ronald helped Kennedy gain courage to go outside for the first time, which he continues to do ever since! Ronald and Kennedy can often be seen playing chase with each other first thing in the morning. 

This group has four chimpanzees currently featured for sponsorship: Amy, Kareem, Loretta, and Noel!

You can sponsor any chimpanzee at the sanctuary, however, sponsors of featured chimps can opt-in to occasional email updates and photos of their sponsored chimps' most recent adventures in sanctuary.

Plus, by sponsoring Kareem, you can receive a copy of Hope for Kareem, a book inspired by his journey to sanctuary at no additional cost as our thanks to you for supporting his care! Learn more about sponsorship here!

So many of the chimps at Harmony love the baby chimp stuffed animal. We go through many of them in this villa because they love them a little too hard at times, and they often need to be replaced.

It's mostly the girls that will be seen with them, with the exception of Kennedy, who also LOVES a baby chimp doll. Sarah thinks she owns them all and can be seen taking them from the others with her feet. The chimps will play with them by taking their babies out into the habitat for a 'walk' where they will continuously toss the baby in front of them, as well as carrying them on their backs. They also like throwing them up in the air or simply using them as a pillow.

You can send favorite items like these to the chimps on our wishlist!

Harmony has two strong "girl squads"! Babs, LB and Sky's friendship is very strong, these girls go everywhere together and are always backing each other up. Often, you will see these girls all napping together in the south habitat, sometimes even holding hands.

The second all-female trio includes Amy, Loretta and Sarah. These girls often join together in a comfort formation that takes the form of a train with Amy in the back, Loretta in the middle, and Sarah in the front.