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Watch some of the process of helping former lab chimps ease into retirement, and maybe get their first chance at climbing a tree, at Project Chimps outside Blue Ridge, Ga.
Credit: Grant Blankenship/GPB News
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WATCH: For lab chimps to retire, they need to learn the rules of the new neighborhood
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LISTEN: For lab chimps to retire, they need to learn the rules of the new neighborhood
Laboratories in the United States quit performing experiments on chimpanzees over a decade ago. But chimps can live a long time, which means there are a lot of chimps in labs who still need a place to retire.
That’s why the Project Chimps refuge near Blue Ridge exists: to provide a space where animals which may have only ever known an indoor enclosure the chance to see trees, grass and blue skies.
But before that can happen, people like Project Chimps behaviorist Kris Dyer have to make sure new chimps on the block know how to get along with the old-timers.
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