by Becca Banks | Feb 15, 2019 | Bailey, Bubbles, Carlos, Ciera, Dehlia, Dewey, Jane, Jax, JennyG, Louie, Luke, Martina, Noelle, Opal, Peanut, Rodney, Sawyer, The Chimps, The Monkeys, Victoria, Zulu
Happy Valentine’s Day! At the Primate Rescue Center, we are so fortunate to have supporters who show us love. Whether it’s by sharing our social media posts, donating to our fundraisers or sending goodies for the primates – we feel the love! We are so grateful and we...
by Laura Clifford | Nov 14, 2018 | Food & Enrichment, Jenny, Noelle, Toby, Tonya, Victoria, Zulu
We are so pleased to now be partnering with our local Whole Foods store located in the Summit at Fritz Farm. We go through a lot of food each week to feed the 9 chimpanzees and over 40 monkeys at the PRC and we are fortunate that a large percentage of their diet is...
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 | Dec 13, 2016 | Cory, Donald, Events, Ike, Jenny, Martina, Noelle, Rodney, The Chimps, Victoria, Zulu
If you follow the Primate Rescue Center on social media, you probably know that every year around Christmas we like to put together a “Chimpmas list” for the chimps! This year the chimps thought long and hard about what they would like, and then compiled a...
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 Primate Rescue Center | Feb 16, 2010 | Donald, Hazel, Rescue Stories Chimps, The Chimps, Victoria, Zulu
We first learned about the five chimpanzees living in the hills of northwest Georgia in the summer of 1997. Kevin Ivester, a former board member of the Simian Society of America, explained that little was known about the animals because the owner kept to herself. She...
