Save the Chimps
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| Date opened | 1997 |
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| Location | Fort Pierce, Florida Alamogordo, New Mexico  United States |
| Land area | 80 hectares (200 acres) |
| Coordinates | 27°27′55″N 80°35′18″W / 27.4652°N 80.5882°WCoordinates: 27°27′55″N 80°35′18″W / 27.4652°N 80.5882°W 32°52′48″N 105°58′31″W / 32.8801°N 105.9754°W |
| Number of animals | >287 |
| Number of species | 4 recognised: troglodytes verus troglodytes troglodytes troglodytes schweinfurthii troglodytes vellerosus |
| Website | Save The Chimps.org |
Save the Chimps is a publicly financed 501(c)(3)nonprofit American animal sanctuary specializing in the care of chimpanzees. The organization utilizes two separate locations: a temporary sanctuary within a former biomedical research lab located in Alamogordo, New Mexico and a 200-acre (81 ha) chimpanzee-centric facility located in Fort Pierce, Florida. The sanctuary accommodates more than 250 chimpanzees.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Charles Siebert (24 July 2005). "Planet of the Retired Apes". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/magazine/24CHIMPS.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
[edit] Further reading
- Vogel, Gretchen (27 September 2002). "Coulston Chimps Head To Retirement". Science 297 (5590): 2191–2193. doi:10.1126/science.297.5590.2191b. PMID 12351765. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/297/5590/2191b. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- Maya Bell (14 August 2001). "America's Space Chimps Retired to Florida Refuge". The Orlando Sentinel. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/08/0814_wirespacechimps.html. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- Andrew Morse (31 May 2002). "Space Monkeys: The Final Frontier". ABC News. http://www.primatesworld.com/SpaceMonkeys.html. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- Business Wire (17 July 2001). "Descendents of Space Chimps Retire to Florida". Space. http://www.space.com/news/spacehistory/spacechimp_010717.html. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- Staff writers (November 2002). "Sanctuary buys Coulston chimps NIH chimps to go to Chimp Haven". Animal People News. http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/02/11/chimps1102.html. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
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