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To fulfill its mission of educating the public about these endangered nonhuman primates and the need for conservation in the wild and protection in captivity, Chimp Haven has established several public education programs including
Chimpanzee Discovery Days and Chimp Chat & Chew. The sanctuary
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In 1999, Chimp Haven convened a facility design workshop with zoo designers, laboratory architects and field biologists to create a cost-effective sanctuary that would meet all the special needs of retired chimpanzees. In 2000, the Caddo Parish
Commission in Northwest Louisiana donated 200 wooded
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The significant cost of caring for the approximately 1,000 chimpanzees housed in U.S. research facilities required the development of alternatives to standard laboratory housing for chimpanzees no longer active in research. Concurrent with the plight of research chimpanzees, hundreds of privately
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While the government was recognizing the need for long-term care for chimpanzees, a philosophically diverse group of individuals representing the primatological, pharmaceutical, animal protection, zoo and business communities was already envisioning the creation of a model sanctuary for retired
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Chimp Haven operates under strict standards of care that were especially created for the
National Chimpanzee Sanctuary by the National Institutes of Health. Chimp Haven is the only sanctuary accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Care (AALAC). Many of the sanctuary's best
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The mission of Chimp Haven is: "To provide and promote the best care of sanctuary chimpanzees and inspire action for the species worldwide." Since 2005, more than 400 chimpanzees have found a home at Chimp Haven. As of 2021, Chimp Haven has more than 300 chimpanzees in residence.
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CHIMP Act. The Act stipulated that the government would pay 75 percent of the operating cost and 90 percent of the construction funds for the sanctuary system. The organization chosen to run the system would have to raise the remainder of the funding from private sources.
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At Chimp Haven, chimpanzees retired from research experience many of the pleasures and freedoms they would have enjoyed in the wild: climbing trees, living in large, bonded social groups, and choosing how they spend their days.
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In addition to their use as pets and entertainers, captive chimpanzees have served as subjects for scientific research. Anticipating that medical research on chimpanzees would be key to understanding diseases, such as
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With some of the last remaining chimpanzees still waiting their turn to come to the sanctuary, Chimp Haven is working to complete a $ 20 million effort to expand the sanctuary to make room for them.
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announced in
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