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Save the Chimps, Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit American sanctuary specializing in the care of chimpanzees.The organization was founded by Carole C. Noon in 1997 with support from Jon Stryker of the Arcus Foundation.
The mission of Project Chimps is "to provide lifelong exemplary care to chimpanzees retired from research". [9]To fulfill its mission of assisting these endangered nonhuman primates, Project Chimps has established several public education programs including Discovery Days and Chimpcation, [10] The sanctuary also hosts veterinary, behavioral, animal care and organizational development interns ...
Chimp Haven is a non-profit sanctuary for more than 300 chimpanzees retired from laboratory research. The 200-acre (81 ha) sanctuary is located in Eddie D. Jones Nature Park [ 2 ] in Keithville, Louisiana , approximately 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Shreveport .
Chimp Haven was founded in 1995 to meet the need for long-term chimpanzee care for chimps formerly used in biomedical research. The first chimpanzees arrived at Chimp Haven in 2005.
The organization's official role post-Hurricane Katrina was that of a primary animal rescue organization [27] [28] overseen by animal specialist and then-Best Friends employee Sherry Woodard. [ 29 ] Also after Katrina, Best Friends helped Pets Alive, an animal shelter in New York state, and rescued around 800 cats from an institutional hoarding ...
Animal welfare organizations are concerned with the health, safety and psychological wellness of individual animals. These organizations include animal rescue groups and wildlife rehabilitation centers, which care for animals in distress and sanctuaries, where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives.
Image credits: gays_with_kids "In the UK, adoption is the future plan for about 5% of the children in foster care," Khalida says. "Across the Atlantic, in the USA, this number is around 2%.
Chimps Inc. was a nonprofit, unaccredited animal rescue located at P-B Ranch near Bend, Oregon, United States. Faced with a history of safety and labor violations, it closed in 2019 and transferred its chimpanzees to Freedom for Great Apes, also in Bend. [2]