Chimpanzees in the Media
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Over 150 chimpanzees live at Chimp Haven in North Louisiana, but there are plans for many more. The sanctuary hopes that numbers will be over 200, possibly by this Fall.
posted 05/17/2013 9:50 PMThe Night Shift: Chimp Haven
Not all the hard work at Chimp Haven happens during daylight hours. James Knowles, the sanctuary's Overnight Caregiver, spends his nights preparing balanced diets and enrichment items for the 169 chimpanzees who call the sanctuary home.
posted 05/10/2013 4:32 PMCWU’s chimp institute is worth saving if done right
The Chimpanzee and Human Communications Institute at Central Washington University is facing a decision: Transfer the Institute's two remaining chimp residents to a nearby sanctuary? Or make $1.9 million worth of improvements to the existing facility and bring in more chimpanzees?
posted 05/08/2013 6:00 PMMechanicsville man fights to keep chimpanzees
Six chimpanzees housed at Windy Oaks Animal Farm in Mechanicsville, VA must be relocated by June 23rd, according to Hanover County officials. The farm's owner has only obtained necessary permits for two of the six animals and must soon find them another home or the chimps may be faced with euthanization.
posted 05/03/2013 2:15 PMChimp Haven rallies midway through $5 million capital campaign
Chimp Haven, a national sanctuary in Keithville, LA, is now home to 169 retired chimpanzees, including former federally-owned research chimps. With the help of eight local restaurants, Chimp Haven's President Cathy Willis Spraetz is working hard to raise $5 million to improve the sanctuary and increase its capacity.
posted 05/02/2013 12:43 PMChimpanzee Ascendancy: Pan Troglodytes' New Status in Policy & in Films
"An overview of changes to the U.S. government's use of chimpanzees for medical research, an update on the use of apes as animal performers in entertainment, and a review of 5 movies that present chimps and evolution in a positive light."
posted 04/30/2013 4:19 PMCaldwell won't carry on probe of chimp death
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's attorney general says he plans no further investigation into the death of a chimpanzee at a New Iberia research center. The Advertiser of Lafayette reports ( http://bit.ly/15YaDYE ) that Buddy Caldwell made his decision known in a letter to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. That group had asked for an investigation into the 2011 death of an 8 ...
posted 04/26/2013 6:25 PMDecision looms on future of CWU chimps
Central Washington University has only two chimpanzees in its Chimpanzee Human Communication Institute, and officials are trying to decide whether to add more or send the animals to a sanctuary.
posted 04/21/2013 11:14 PMMouse hepatitis virus may help end chimp research
"A newly discovered rodent virus that resembles hepatitis C could give research chimps a break."
posted 04/16/2013 12:55 AMChimp sick for hours before dying in truck, investigation concludes
After a U.S. Department of Agriculture investigation into the death of a laboratory chimpanzee who died while being transported to the New Iberia Research Center, it has been concluded the chimp was ill and the death may have been prevented if he had been provided proper care during transport.
posted 04/11/2013 1:12 PM