News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 year ago
A man in rural Washington state says he opened his sanctuary for ex-lab chimps out of a sense of duty to fellow intelligent animals. Keith La Chappelle told the Seattle Times he spent $200,000 of his own money plus $80,000 in donations to open...
News Source: Seattle Times
| about 1 year ago
Missy had four babies during her years as a biomedical research subject. She likes to play games of tug-of-war with her human caregivers and chase with her chimpanzee companions. She and Annie are best friends and are often seen playing and relaxing...
News Source: Seattle Times
| about 1 year ago
La Chappelle and volunteers would spend a year and a half building an 18,000-cubic-foot concrete chimp house that reaches 15 feet tall and looks out over the valley below. The "Cle Elum Seven," as they've been nicknamed, were the last remaining...