by Primate Rescue Center | Mar 6, 2023
Hazel Resident Rescued: 1998 Hazel is the largest—and as best we can tell the oldest—of the PRC chimpanzees. She was most likely caught in the wild, as this was how captive chimpanzees were typically acquired in the 1960s and early ’70s. Her earliest years are a...
by Primate Rescue Center | Mar 6, 2023
Noelle Resident Become My Pal Rescued: 1996 Noelle was born on December 22, 1994, at LEMSIP, the Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates. Immediately after birth, Noelle was pulled away from her mother to be raised by human caretakers in a nursery...
by Primate Rescue Center | Mar 6, 2023
Rodney Resident Become My Pal Rescued: 1996 Rodney was born on November 25, 1994, at the Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates (LEMSIP), a biomedical research laboratory in New York that has since been closed. In the laboratory, Rodney was...
by Primate Rescue Center | Mar 6, 2023
Zulu Resident Become My Pal Rescued: 1998 Zulu is a former pet who came to the PRC from Georgia, along with Donald, Hazel, Victoria, and Debbie, who has since passed away. Known here as the “Dahlonega 5,” these chimpanzees were confined to a filthy concrete bunker...
by Primate Rescue Center | Mar 6, 2023
Ike Resident Become My Pal Rescued: 1996 Ike was born on June 6, 1994, at LEMSIP, a former biomedical research laboratory in New York. Like many chimpanzees bred for research, he was separated from his mother at birth and raised by humans, along with other chimps, in...
