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...
by Primate Rescue Center | Mar 6, 2023
Martina Resident Become My Pal Rescued: 1996 Martina was born on January 21, 1991, at the Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates (LEMSIP), a biomedical research laboratory in New York. Like many chimpanzees bred for research, she was separated at...
by Primate Rescue Center | Mar 6, 2023
Pozna Resident Rescued: 1996 Pozna, the youngest of the PRC chimps, was born on August 10, 1995, at LEMSIP, a biomedical research laboratory in New York. Separated at birth from her mother, she was raised in a nursery-like setting by human caretakers. This was...
by Primate Rescue Center | Mar 6, 2023
Donald Resident Become My Pal Rescued: 1998 Donald’s exact age is a mystery, since pet chimps were usually wild-caught in the 1960s and early ’70s, rather than bred in the United States. For all we know, he still has memories of his mother’s death and his subsequent...
