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A Glimpse into Retirement at Chimp Haven with BBC America’s “Chimpsgiving”
Chimp Haven Welcomes Nine New Chimpanzees
The World’s Largest Chimpanzee Sanctuary Opens to Public This Fall
Chimp Haven Receives Largest Gift in Sanctuary History
Dr. Jane Goodall Makes Historic First Visit to the U.S. National Chimpanzee Sanctuary
Historic Milestone Reached in National Effort to Retire Former Research Chimpanzees to Sanctuary
Chimp Haven Appoints New President and CEO
Chimp Haven, The National Chimpanzee Sanctuary, announced today it has appointed Rana Smith as President and Chief Executive Officer. Smith, the former National Director of Development and Marketing for the Petco Foundation, will assume the role held by Cathy Willis Spraetz, who will retire in July 2017. The nonprofit sanctuary was founded in 1995 in…
Chimp Haven Welcomes 10 New Chimpanzees
Ten new chimpanzees traveled from Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico to begin their retirement at Chimp Haven, The National Chimpanzee Sanctuary, just in time for the holidays. “The wait is over for these chimpanzees,” Chimp Haven President and CEO Cathy Willis Spraetz said. “They are the first to arrive from the Alamogordo Primate Facility…
A Message From Chimp Haven’s President
Recently, there have been a number of articles and blog posts focusing on the retirement of federally owned chimpanzees to Chimp Haven. This story really began many years ago when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) determined that there was no longer a need for chimpanzees to be used in any invasive research and that…