Candy the chimpanzee may have died April 21 at Dixie Landin’, but a 2015 lawsuit by animal rights advocates who sought to have her removed from the Baton Rouge amusement park lives on — at least for now.
Lincoln Park Zoo has long led the way in finding suitable homes for chimpanzees through Project ChimpCARE. Chimp Haven, has in turn provided a refuge for hundreds of chimpanzees retired from service in labs. It’s only natural that the two institutions would team up to...
Cathy Breaux remembers the first time she saw Candy the chimpanzee up close. Breaux, now 63, was still in high school when she went to Fun Fair Park in her hometown of Baton Rouge.
