Posts Tagged ‘apes’
November 2017 News: We're Building an Outdoor Habitat for the Chimps
We’re building a new, six-care outdoor habitat for the former research chimpanzees now in permanent retirement at Project Chimps! In this month’s Project Chimps news, we describe our vision for the habitat and the new opportunities it will create for captive chimpanzees that have only experienced life in mesh enclosures. Read more…
Read MoreOctober 2017 News: Building a New Home for New Chimps
Our facilities team is busy renovating Villa 4 so we can bring the next group of chimpanzees from the lab to permanent sanctuary. The Project Chimps property was once a gorilla sanctuary, so major renovations are required to make the facilities suitable for chimpanzees. We also unveil the winning photo for our 2018 calendar! Read…
Read MoreSeptember 2017 News: Checking in on the First Chimps – One Year Later…
This month, we celebrate the one-year anniversary of the arrival of the first group of former research chimpanzees at Project Chimps. September 8, 2016, was the day our inaugural chimpanzee residents arrived at their forever home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of north Georgia. The all-female group includes Latricia, Genesis, Jennifer, Gertrude, Gracie, Emma, Charisse,…
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