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Notes: The description
for each sanctuary/sanctuary organization was taken
directly from the web site of each when possible. Click
here to read about the challenges facing reputable sanctuaries
that house wild/exotic species, including monkeys and
apes.
ACE
[Animal Centers of Excellence] - An international
accreditation program designed to guide and assist animal
sanctuaries in reaching the highest standards of animal
care possible.
American
Sanctuary Association (ASA) - Non-profit accrediting
organization and international information center for
domestic animal shelters, animal sanctuaries and wildlife
rehabilitation organizations.
Ape
and Monkey Rescue and Sanctuaries - Also known
as the "International Primate Protection League,"
this grassroots charitable organization has been promoting
the conservation and protection of nonhuman primates
around the world since 1973 by: 1) maintaining a South
Carolina sanctuary for rescued gibbons, the smallest
of the apes, 2) working internationally to prevent primate
trafficking and abuse, and 3) assisting other grassroots
wildlife protection groups in countries where primates
are native.
Born
Free Foundation's Primate Project - Organization
helped create an island sanctuary where orphan chimpanzees
rescued from the exotic "pet" trade, live
a near-natural life in Uganda.
Borneo
Orangutan Survival Foundation - (BOS) is a non-governmental
organization that tries to save orangutans from extinction.
It has two orangutan stations in Kalimantan (Indonesia)
where confiscated orangutans are prepared for reintroduction
into the wild.
C.A.R.E.
- Established in 1989 by Rita Miljo as a rehabilitation
center for all indigenous wildlife and is the only sanctuary
in the country for orphaned baboons.
Center
For Captive Chimpanzee Care - Established in
1997 by Dr. Carole Noon to create a sanctuary where
chimpanzees can live out the remainder of their lives
in the best environment possible.
Center
for Great Apes (formerly The Center for Orangutan and
Chimpanzee Conservation) - Located in Wauchula,
Florida (USA), the sanctuary was founded in 1993 as
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Its primary purpose
is to provide a permanent sanctuary in a safe and enriching
environment for orangutans and chimpanzees in need of
long-term life care, specifically those who have been
used in entertainment or kept as pets by private owners.
Centro
de Rehabilitación y Rescate de Primates - Rescue,
rehabilitation and education center based in Chile.
Founded by Elba Munoz and Carlos Almazan in 1994 to
provide protection to illegally traded primates and
ex-"pet" monkeys.
CERCOPAN
Rehabilitation and Conservation for Guenons
- Dedicated to the conservation of primates indigenous
to the rainforest and their habitat through: (1) rescue
and rehabilitation; (2) conservation education, and
(3) research. CERCOPAN offers sanctuary and rehabilitation
to guenons and mangabeys.
Chimfunshi
Wildlife Orphanage- The Chimfunshi Wildlife
Orphanage in central Zambia is a non-profit refuge that
cares for a wide variety of sick, wounded or unwanted
animals -- but the primary residents are approximately
80 orphaned chimpanzees.
Chimpanzee
& Human Communication Institute - Sanctuary
for five adult chimpanzees who communicate with humans
and each other using American Sign Language.
Chimpanzee
Sanctuary in Gambia - Working since 1969 to
give orphan chimpanzees the chance of growing up free
and independent in their natural environment, rather
than leaving them to their all too frequent fates as
sad captives in a human world, or worse, substitute
humans in a laboratory.
Fauna
Foundation - Founded in 1997, the Fauna Foundation
in Quebec, Canada is dedicated to creating a caring
environment for neglected and abused farm and circus
animals, and former biomedical research chimpanzees,
and to fostering through education a better understanding
of these creatures. [Web site in French and English.]
Fundació
MONA - Fundació Mona [Mona Foundation]
is the first primate rescue center established in Spain
and currently provides a home to seven chimpanzees.
The organization was created by people dedicated to
the protection of primates who entered the country illegally.
Mona Foundation works extensively to find a better place
for the primates who have been torn from their natural
habitats and exploited by man. This foundation was created
in Spain thanks to the collaboration of the International
Primate Protection League. [Web site in Spanish and
English.]
Gorilla
Haven - A safe 'haven' and/or temporary
holding facility for zoo gorillas in need, located on
288 acres in the North Georgia (USA) mountains. Support
for in-situ conservation efforts in Africa to help fight
the bushmeat trade and provide assistance to organizations
that address the plight of primates caught up in the
profound changes taking place in their natural habitats.
H.E.L.P.
[Habitat Ecologique et Liberté des Primates]
- Chimpanzee sanctuary in the Democratic Republic
of Congo. [Web site in French and English.]
Highland
Farm Gibbon Rescue Center - Founded by Pharanee
Deters and (the late) William Deters in 1991 to rescue
primates (gibbons and loris) from government officials,
monks, missionaries, and Thai citizens.
IDA
Africa's Chimpanzee Sanctuary - Founded in December
of 1999 by Sheri Speede, D.V.M., IDA's Northwest Director.
IDA's chimpanzee sanctuary is in the Central Province
of Cameroon and has a commitment to provide a sanctuary
for chimpanzees now wasting away in chains and cages,
and a determination to stop the illegal bush-meat trade
through education and an aggressive information campaign.
International Association
for Primate Refuges and Sanctuaries [IAPRS] - In
order to enocourage communication between primate refuges
andsanctuaries around the globe, the Primate Foundation
of Panama started an egroup. AESOP-Project is now the
moderator of the egroup.
International
Primate Rescue - Sanctuary and rescue facility
for monkeys in South Africa. Founded by Sue Gale in
1996, the sanctuary will accept any species of unwanted
primate. [Formerly called Marmoset Welfare Foundation.]
Inti
Wara Yassi - A volunteer based organization
located in Boliva. In 1996, the organization founded
a wildlife refuge in Parque Machia, Villa Tunari. The
refuge houses over 200 monkeys, dozens of birds, tortoises,
coatis and wild cats. [Web site is in Spanish and English.]
IPPL'S
Gibbon Sanctuary - Founded by Dr. Shirley McGreal,
the International Primate Protection League has been
working internationally to protect all living primates
since 1973. Please visit IPPL's web site for a virtual
tour of its sanctuary which specializes in gibbons.
Jungle
Friends - Jungle Friends offers permanent sanctuary
care for capuchins and spider monkeys who have fallen
into the wrong hands, are retired from research or are
simply no longer wanted. Jungle Friends is located in
Gainesville, Florida (USA.)
Kalaweit
Gibbon Rehabilitation Project - Research station
and conservation education center in Borneo, Indonesia.
Limbe
Wildlife Center - Provides sanctuary and rehabilitation
for monkeys and apes in Cameroon. Limbe also has an
education center dedicated to teaching conservation.
Lola
ya Bonobo - The association Les Amis des Animaux
au Congo [Friends of Animals in Congo] is a non-profit
organization which was created in 1994 and now focuses
its efforts on the protection of the bonobo, a great
ape species unique to Congo and now severely endangered.
Mindy's
Memory Primate Sanctuary - A sanctuary which
is committed to being a safe refuge and permanent home
for formerly abused, neglected, unwanted, impounded,
abandoned or displaced native and non-native wildlife.
Pacific
Primate Sanctuary (Maui, Hawaii) - Primate sanctuary
specializing in marmosets.
Pan
African Sanctuaries Alliance [PASA] - PASA is
comprised of 18 primate sanctuaries across Africa that
collectively care for over 670 chimpanzees, 80 gorillas,
40 bonobos, and hundreds of drills, baboons, vervets
and other monkey species. Web site in English and French.
Primarily
Primates, Inc. - There are approximately 800
animals receiving excellent care in retirement at Primarily
Primates, in a northwest San Antonio, Texas (USA) preserve.
Of these animals, 500 are primates, including chimpanzees,
orangutans, New World and Old World monkeys.
Primate
Rescue Center - Alleviates the suffering of
primates wherever it occurs by: (1) Providing sanctuary
or referral to appropriate facilities; (2). Working
to end the illegal trade in primates both in the United
States and internationally; (3) Educating the public
to the plight of primates caught in the breeder/dealer
cycle; (4) Assisting researchers and zoo personnel in
finding appropriate placement for their surplus primates.
Primate
Sanctuary of America - Formerly called National
Sanctuary for Retired Research Primates, Primate Sanctuary
of America is a non-profit permanent sanctuary, dedicated
to giving quality lifetime care to retired research
primates. It is the mission of PSA to provide sanctuary
to the increasing overflow of primates in need of retirement
from research. PSA will accept primates who can not
be placed in other facilities, whose only alternative
is euthanasia or reintroduction into research.
Sepilok
Orangutan Rehabilitation Center - This world-famous
Sanctuary enables visitors to come in close contact
with the remarkable "man of the forest" (this
is what the Malay name for orangutan means) and witness
an exciting conservation program in action.
Stichting
AAP - European exotic animal sanctuary, established
in 1972, provides a home for primates (13 chimpanzees
and 120 monkeys) and small mammals, such as raccoons,
skunks, arctic foxes and prairie dogs (>100). These
animals have been confiscated, used in circusses or
laboratories or kept as pets by private owners. After
rehabilitation they are rehomed in a more natural environment
of placed in AAPs own pension plan in the Netherlands
and Spain Primadomus, currently under construction).
[Web site in Dutch and English.]
Tacugama
- The sanctuary was founded in Sierra Leone in 1995,
and is commited to the rescue and rehabilitation of
oprhaned and abandoned chimpanzees.
The
Association of Sanctuaries - TAOS establishes
operating and animal care standards for sanctuaries
and accredits those who qualify, offers consultation
and training in sanctuary operations, facilitates placement
of animals in reputable sanctuaries, and educates and
advocates to change the conditions that cause animals
to need sanctuary.
U
Yumil C´eh - Primate sanctuary in Mexico.
[Web site is in Spanish.]
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