The Fauna Foundation is the only

chimpanzee The chimpanzee (''Pan troglodytes''), also known as simply the chimp, is a species of great ape native to the forest and savannah of tropical Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed subspecies. When its close relative th ...

sanctuary A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This secondary use can be categorized into human sanctuary, a saf ...

in Canada. Located just outside Chambly, on the South Shore of

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, the story of Fauna started in 1990 by Gloria Grow and Dr. Richard Allan on their farm. Later in 1997, it became the Fauna Foundation. Its primary objective, the rescue and care of chimpanzees who have been used in

research Research is "creativity, creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular att ...

, began in the wake of the shutdown of

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. It is the first sanctuary to accept chimpanzees with HIV. In 2012, author

Andrew Westoll Andrew Westoll is a Canadian writer, who won the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for his non-fiction book ''The Chimps of Fauna Foundation: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery''. A primatologist, Westoll previously published the travel memoir ...

won the

Charles Taylor Prize The RBC Taylor Prize (2000–2020), formerly known as the Charles Taylor Prize, is a Canadian literary award, presented by the Charles Taylor Foundation to the best Canadian work of literary non-fiction. It is named for Charles P. B. Taylor, a ...

for his non-fiction book ''

The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary ''The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery'' is a non-fiction book, written by Canadian writer Andrew Westoll, first published in May 2011 by HarperCollins. In the book, the author chronicles the time he spent v ...

'', detailing his encounters with the chimpanzees at the foundation. In August 2013, chimpanzees

Loulis Loulis (born May 10, 1978) is a chimpanzee who has learned to communicate in American Sign Language. Loulis was named for two caregivers (Louise and Lisa) at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was born. After ...

and Tatu from the

Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute (CHCI) was located on the campus of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. CHCI included a sanctuary for chimpanzees who have learned to communicate with humans and each other using ...

(CHCI) moved to the sanctuary. Fauna Sanctuary Inc, is a registered

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not-for-profit charity in the United States.

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