Save the Chimps

Save the Chimps "was established in 1997, under the leadership of founder 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 (TCF) 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 TCF. After a year-long struggle, Save the Chimps gained permanent custody of 21 chimps, survivors and descendants of the baby chimps captured in Africa in the 1950's and used by the Air Force in the original NASA space research program.

"A generous donation by the Arcus Foundation enabled Save the Chimps to purchase 150 acres for a permanent Chimpanzee rescue sanctuary in Ft. Pierce, Florida, and to construct a new three-acre island home, complete with hills, shelter, and climbing structures for the Air Force Chimps."

Board

Accessed July 2010:

• Jason North - Board Co Chair
• Chip Owen - Board Co Chair
• Jeff Arnstein
• Tracey Lovitz, CFP®
• Jon Stryker
• April Truitt, CRL

Advisory Council

Accessed July 2010:

• Robert L. Crippen (Captain, USN, Ret.)
• Jane Goodall, Ph.D.
• Sarah Haney
• Anjelica Huston
• Gary Mastro
• Geza Teleki, Ph.D.
• Mariana Tosca

Contact

URL: http://www.savethechimps.org