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Former Research Chimps Explore Outdoors for the First Time

By Project Chimps | January 16, 2018

Research chimpanzees who have spent their entire lives in captivity explored an outdoor forest habitat for the first time today. Project Chimps, a 236-acre sanctuary for chimpanzees formerly used in biomedical research in laboratories, released the chimps to freely explore a six-acre, forested habitat in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia. Nine female and…

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October 2017 News: Building a New Home for New Chimps

By Project Chimps | October 11, 2017

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…

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September 2017 News: Checking in on the First Chimps – One Year Later…

By Project Chimps | September 13, 2017

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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