Save the Chimps was established in 1997, under the leadership of Carole Noon, Ph.D., in response to the U.S. Air Force's announcement that it was getting out of the chimpanzee research business. At the end of the long giveaway process, most of the chimpanzees, described by the USAF in a Wall Street Journal article as "surplus equipment," were sent to the Coulston Foundation in Alamogordo, NM, a biomedical laboratory with the worst record of any lab in the history of the Animal Welfare Act. Save the Chimps sued the Air Force on behalf of the chimpanzees given to the Coulston Foundation. After a year-long struggle, Save the Chimps gained permanent custody of 21 chimps, survivors and descendants of those captured in Africa in the 1950's and used by the Air Force in the original NASA "chimpanaut" program.
The vision of Save the Chimps was -- and remains -- to create a Sanctuary where rescued chimpanzees can live out their lives without the threat of ever returning to a laboratory. A generous donation by the Arcus Foundation enabled Save the Chimps to purchase 200 acres for a permanent sanctuary in Ft. Pierce, Florida. The Sanctuary environment was carefully designed to nurture and stimulate these sensitive and complex primates by creating a secure and enriching environment, including the construction of a three-acre island on which to safely express natural behaviors. These former lab chimpanzees now live as a social group.
With the Florida Sanctuary a reality for the 21 Air Force chimps, an unexpected event rapidly expanded the scope of Save the Chimps.
In September 2002, the Coulston Foundation, with governmental funding withdrawn due to violations of the Animal Welfare Act, was on the verge of bankruptcy. Frederick Coulston contacted Dr. Noon and offered to sell the laboratory land and buildings to Save the Chimps, and "donate" all its 266 chimpanzees. With the future of the primates in jeopardy, Save the Chimps purchased the New Mexico laboratory and completed the largest single rescue of captive chimpanzees in history.
Immediately after taking possession of the lab, Dr. Noon and her staff began to modify the stark Alamogordo facility into a healthier and happier environment for the chimpanzees now in their charge, including, for the first time in their lives, fresh food, enlarged cages, enrichment activities, compassionate caregivers and, most importantly, the establishment of social groups. By introducing the chimps to one another and allowing them to form family units, while still in New Mexico awaiting completion of the islands and facilities in Florida, their transition to the Islands in the Sun will be much faster and smoother.
With the acquisition of the Coulston Lab, planning began for the expansion of the Florida facility to accommodate the New Mexico chimps. Construction is now complete on 11 additional three-acre islands, each linked to a housing and care center by a land bridge. The natural environment gives the chimpanzees a comfortable home in which to socialize and rebuild confidence shattered by years spent isolated in small cages.
One hundred and forty five chimps have already moved from New Mexico to their new outdoor homes in Florida, and The Great Chimpanzee Migration continues.
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No matter what State you live in-you can help. PLEASE help pass SB250. California spends a quarter of a BILLION dollars A YEAR to kill perfectly adoptable dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens-they die because there are not enough homes for them due to people irresponsibly letting them breed. Nationwide it costs America $2.5 BILLION dollars a year to KILL perfectly adoptable dogs, cats, puppies and kittens. Please end this vicious and cruel holocaust. SB250 IS the solution-other measures were tried and they failed. The pet overpopulation problem continues to escalate more and more, costing tax payers enormously.
Now Governor Schwarzenegger wants dog pound kills shortened from a six day stay (then slaughter) to THREE DAYS-so each dog pound will be 100% kill. Please pray SB250 passes-Please be compassionate and help these helpless creatures.
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Dr. Hershaft is a prominent leader of the animal rights movement, and the creator and chair of the world's largest, highest respected and longest running (17 so far) Animal Rights National Conference - this year in Los Angeles, July 16-20 (see www.ARConference.org). He is the founder of the Vegetarian Information Service in 1976 and the Farm Animals Reform Movement (FARM) in 1982. He launched World Farm Animals Day in 1983, the Great American Meatout in 1985 and Gentle Thanksgiving in 1990. He is a member of the Vegetarian and the Animal Rights Hall of Fame. He describes himself as a "late bloomer", having accomplished all this after earning a Ph.D. in chemistry and devoting nearly 30 years to science research and consulting.
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