A great big pant hoot goes to this month’s chimp champ – Al’s Family Farms
The chimps here at the sanctuary eat a delicious combination of fresh fruits and vegetables 3 times a day. Oranges are definitely a favorite. Feeding 274 chimps translates to 800 oranges a day…5,600 per week!! Thanks to the compassion and generosity of our local neighbor, Al’s Family Farms, we receive donations of 1000’s of delicious oranges three times per week.
The debate over the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research got some international attention over the past week, with programs in the US and Canada covering the issue—and gaining rare inside access to two different chimpanzee research labs.
One company is still dismissive of chimpanzee well-being: CareerBuilder. Protest the CareerBuilder commercial with chimps will air during the Super Bowl on February 5, 2012.
The Chimps Need 365 Canisters of Gatorade for 2012. Good hydration and electrolyte balance is especially important to our elderly chimps. Although all of our chimps have fresh drinking water available to them at all times, our senior chimps are also encouraged to drink Gatorade to ensure they stay well hydrated
Funny chimps on TV are no laughing matter
Date:
February 2, 2012
CareerBuilder is standing behind their controversial ad featuring business-suited chimps, scheduled to air during the Super Bowl this Sunday.
Who doesn’t love presents?? The chimps do and they most definitely deserve them!
FT. PIERCE, Fla. -- Usually walled off from the outside world, this weekend the public gets a rare glimpse inside the Save the Chimps sanctuary and the lives of these chimpanzees.
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Save the Chimps celebrates end of Great Chimpanzee Migration
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Vero Beach 32963
Date:
February 1, 2012
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The culmination of the Great Chimpanzee Migration on Dec. 14, 2011 was clearly a cause for celebration.
Emotional debate over use of chimpanzees for medical research
Date:
February 1, 2012
Stare into the eyes of a chimpanzee, meet the intelligent gaze that stares back at you and you will recognize a link with human beings that stretches back millions of years.
Now that link has become the centre of a heated and often emotional debate.
A question of freedom for chimpanzees who spend lives in research labs
Source:
NBC National News
Date:
February 1, 2012
Rosie and Ken are 30-year-old chimpanzees who've never known a day of freedom. They were born in research labs and have spent almost their entire lives being experimented on by scientists in search of cures for human diseases.
