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In September 2002, 266 chimpanzees and 61 monkeys were rescued from lives as research subjects in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The Coulston Foundation, on record as the worst vivisection facility in the country, gave up ownership of the Center for Captive Chimpanzee Care after a near decade-long battle with animal activists and growing financial pressure from its creditors. The facility was renamed Save the Chimps.
Save the Chimps is a Florida-based sanctuary, founded by Dr. Carole Noon, that purchased the Alamogordo facility and took over the care of the animals. Fresh fruit and vegetables replaced chimp chow and barren cages were filled with blankets, sturdy toys and imagination-enriching items. Chimps that had known only solitary confinement in their entire lives were slowly, carefully placed into family groups.
This was a true victory for the animals, but it is far from the end of the story.
More links and information:
Save the Chimps, Alamogordo
Learn more about the Center
and its work to provide permanent sanctuary for the chimps as well
as what you can do to help.
The
Coulston Foundation
Learn the history of the campaign and
find out who is still investigating the now-defunct research lab.
APNM's
Chimp Tag Program
Help support the great chimp migration.
Save
the Chimps:
A volunteer's
report on a visit to remember (in PDF)
Lethal Kinship Report
A report on the chimpanzees of The Coulston Foundation
More ways you can help
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