by Primate Rescue Center | Sep 6, 2018 | Cory, Donald, Hazel, Ike, Jenny, Martina, Noelle, Pozna, Rodney, The Chimps, Victoria, Zulu
A primatology book analysis and comparison to the PRC’s chimps by Taylor Luken. Five to seven million years ago in Africa, humanity (Homo sapiens) and the African great ape known as the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) ceased sharing common ancestors. Our...
by Laura Clifford | Aug 10, 2017 | Hazel, Pozna, The Chimps
The hardest part of caring for animals is having to say goodbye to them. When we take this job we know that death is an inevitable part of it, but that knowledge doesn’t make it any easier. Over the last year we have experienced our first chimp losses, which were some...
by Eileen Dunnington Dallaire | Oct 29, 2016 | In Memoriam, Pozna, The Chimps
It is with deep sadness that we share that our sweet chimpanzee Pozna passed away in mid-September. Pozna had rapidly developed a rare, untreatable condition. We performed diagnostic medical exams and emergency surgery in hopes we could help her, but her illness...
by Eileen Dunnington Dallaire | Apr 15, 2016 | Bubbles, Carlos, Ciera, Donald, Food & Enrichment, Jenny, Luke, Maggie, Mandy, Martina, Noelle, Non-Primate Residents, Pozna, Rainey, Rodney, The Chimps, The Monkeys, Victoria, Zulu
The chimps are kissing winter goodbye and embracing sun-filled days spent lounging, grooming and playing in their massive outdoor enclosure. What better way to ring in springtime festivities than by throwing the first outdoor chimp party of the season? Our outstanding...
by Laura Clifford | Mar 29, 2014 | Food & Enrichment, Hazel, Pozna, The Chimps
Many of our chimps build nests out of the materials we give to them, such as newspaper, magazines, cardboard boxes, and burlap sacks. Two of our chimps Hazel and Pozna, are expert nest builders who can build a nest out of pretty much anything, and make it look comfy...
by Primate Rescue Center | Feb 16, 2010 | Cory, Ike, Jenny, Martina, Noelle, Pozna, Rescue Stories Chimps, Rodney, The Chimps
In 1996, New York University made the decision to close down the Laboratory for Experimental Medicine & Surgery in Primates (LEMSIP), which at the time housed nearly 200 chimpanzees and an even larger number of monkeys. All the animals needed to be relocated, and...
