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Project Chimps Showcases Sanctuary Through Eyes of Inhabitants With Adventure Maps

The organization partnered with ad agency Huge to raise awareness of the home to former research chimps.

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A Safe Place to Land

Retired research chimps find sanctuary in Morganton, Georgia.

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Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Cle Elum Gives Chimps a Second Chance at Life

Seven chimps at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest spend most of their free time swinging around, playing with dolls, and going on long walks. “They are able to come to a sanctuary and get to experience things they have never experienced before,” said Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest Co-Director Diana Goodrich. Click the link for video and more!

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Chimp Haven Prepares for First Chimpanzee Discovery Day of 2019

Click the link for video, including an interview with Michelle Reininger, Colony Director at Chimp Haven and an alternate on NAPSA’s Steering Committee.

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Chimp Haven takes a look back at all of their surprise babies

Chimp Haven was built to provide a retirement home for chimpanzees who have spent their lives living in research laboratories. The natural environment allows them the freedom to live in social groups, sleep and eat when they want to and play around. But that playing around has had some surprising results, in the form of unexpected pregnancies.

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Sanctuary Celebrates Chimp Love Stories with Valentine’s Day Cards Dedicated to the Cutest Couples

Chimp Haven celebrated the many relationships between its chimpanzees for Valentine’s Day.

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Local Chimp Sanctuary Inches Closer to Fundraising Goal for Expansion Project

As Chimp Haven prepares to open up for their first Discovery Day of 2019, they’re also in the middle of a multi-million dollar expansion project.

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$2 M Donation Means More Chimps En Route to Chimp Haven

More than 200 chimpanzees still living in research facilities are now one step closer to sanctuary retirement thanks to a $2 million donation to Chimp Haven, the national chimpanzee sanctuary in Louisiana.

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Project Chimps: Protecting our Primate Pals Who Once Lived in a Lab

In 2015, the government decided to stop testing on all chimpanzees. But where did those animals go? One location is less than two hours from Chattanooga in Fannin County, Georgia. The chimps used to live in a lab. Now, they live in the quiet Blue Ridge Mountains on 6 acres of land.

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Southwest Florida’s Center for Great Apes Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary

The Wauchula sanctuary is home to 52 chimpanzees and orangutans.

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These Retired Research Chimps Find New Home at Louisiana Sanctuary

In 2015, the National Institute of Health announced they will no longer support biomedical research on chimpanzees. In this Sunday Spotlight, TODAY’s Dylan Dreyer visits the Louisiana sanctuary where these aging primates get to retire.

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Chimp Research is Over, but Hundreds are Still in Labs. A Tiny Washington Sanctuary is Helping Them.

Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest is expanding to take in more ‘retired’ research apes at its unlikely location near Cle Elum.

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