Save the Chimps, Inc is a publicly financed 501(c)(3)nonprofit American sanctuary specializing in the care of
chimpanzees
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 the ...
. The organization was founded by
Carole C. Noon
Carole Cooney Noon (born ''Carole Jane Cooney''; July 13, 1949 – May 2, 2009) was an American anthropologist and primatologist best known for founding (in 1997) Save the Chimps, a Florida non-profit chimpanzee sanctuary that is the largest such ...
in 1997. Save the Chimps is accredited by the
Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries
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and a founding member of the
North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance
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. The mission of Save the Chimps is to provide sanctuary and exemplary care to chimpanzees in need.
The majority of the chimpanzees at Save the Chimps live in large social groups on three-acre islands located on 150 acres in a rural area of Fort Pierce, Florida. Save the Chimps is notable for rescuing 266 chimpanzees from the Coulston Foundation, a biomedical research facility that went bankrupt in 2002. The rescue of these chimpanzees was the single largest rescue of chimpanzees in history, and transformed Save the Chimps into the world's largest chimpanzee sanctuary.
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Animal charities based in the United States
Charities based in Florida
Organizations established in 1997
Primate sanctuaries
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