Posts Tagged ‘apes’
Chimpanzee Caregiver Takes Chimp Fun Seriously
Chimpanzee caregiver Jill Mullen has the best job ever – creating fun and enriching activities for former research chimps at the Project Chimps sanctuary.
Enrichment is a vital to creating a stimulating environment for the chimps who, after years in research labs, will spend the rest of their lives at the sanctuary. Enrichment can include new foods, smells and toys, and activities that provide the chimps with opportunities to forage, learn and play as they would in the wild.
Read MoreEnrichment Means Fun for Former Research Chimps
Would you eat an Icee in the dead of winter? Chimpanzees will and they seem to love it!
Noel and the other former research chimpanzees at Project Chimps didn’t hesitate when caregivers served them giant frozen blocks of juice and other enrichment items as part of a special February celebration for the chimps.
Read MoreNew Year, New Goals, New Chimps
Project Chimps is working to bring more than 150 additional research chimps from the lab to sanctuary. That means new goals for the new year and exciting new initiatives in 2019.
Read MoreFarm to Forage: Volunteer Feeds Chimps and the Soul
Volunteer Shannon Michael helps feed former research chimpanzees locally grown, farm fresh produce at the Project Chimps sanctuary in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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 MoreDecember 2018 News: Chimpanzee Reunion, Intern Program and Holiday Goodies for All
Read about our major step forward in chimpanzee introductions and meet German landscape architecture student Jan Schoepe. Jan’s on loan to Project Chimps by the design team that’s helping us plan our planned Phase Two expansion.
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 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.
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