Posts Tagged ‘chimp’
Project Chimps From the Beginning
This inspiring, life-serving, exciting organization began as a big, some would say unrealistic, dream — and today it is a reality exceeding every hope and expectation of its founders.
Read MorePrecious Moments: Mother & Son Chimpanzees Reunited
After years of separation in the lab, mother and son chimps, Jill and Arthur, are reunited at the Project Chimps sanctuary for former research chimpanzees.
Read MoreVolunteer Megan Hume finds Zen in Helping Chimps
When a friend at her yoga studio mentioned they should raise money for a nearby sanctuary that housed chimpanzees retired from scientific testing, volunteer Megan Hume was intrigued and excited…
Read MoreChimps Watch the “Human Parade”
Project Chimps volunteer and Australian expat Gordon Hewett describes the ways human visitors serve as enrichment for former research chimpanzees during sanctuary tours.
Read MoreLocal Volunteers Keep Chimp Sanctuary in the Swing
Volunteers are the backbone of a wildlife sanctuary like Project Chimps. On April 6, 2019, the sanctuary honored local volunteers for their more than 7,300 hours of service to former research chimpanzees in 2018.
Read MoreFire and Ice: Making Chili for Chimps
Project Chimps took top honors at the 2018 Fire and Ice Chili Cook-off in Blue Ridge Georgia with a vegan chili recipe. Now the team returns to defend the sanctuary’s title.
Get the recipe and the whole story in our February 2019 newsletter.
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 MoreProtecting 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.
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