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A Second Life for Retired Lab Chimps
Drive up a certain gravel road southwest of Shreveport, Louisiana and you will hear a primally powerful sound echoing through the trees: hoots and calls from a colony of chimpanzees, humanity’s closest living relative.
Exotic Animals Released in Zanesville, Ohio
Sheriff’s deputies shot nearly 50 lions, tigers and other wild animals and say they’ve accounted for all but one monkey after the owner of a private farm released dozens of animals from their cages then shot and killed himself.
Jessamine Primate Group Tells Cameron Crowe to Stop Using Monkeys in Films
Please, no more monkey business.
Featured Building & Architecture Case Study: Center for Great Apes
With a winding maze of chutes and walkways woven throughout the treetops, the Center for Great Apes is a charitable organization created to provide sanctuary for chimpanzees and orangutans that have retired from the entertainment industry, completed research, or formerly served as pets.
How ‘Chimpus Commercialus’ Went from Ad Star to Endangered Species
Pressure from animal-rights groups has agencies pledging not to use great apes for ad entertainment