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sanc·tu·ary Middle English sanctuarie, from Middle French sainctuarie, from Late Latin sanctuarium, from Latin sanctus meaning holy or sacred 1: a consecrated place: 2: a place of refuge and protection

At the finest sanctuaries, caregivers look at the world from the chimpanzees’ perspective. Design details and daily life are so much more than keeping everyone clean or fed or healthy. Everything done for chimpanzees in model sanctuaries is done to cut through the harsh boredom of captivity.

Many chimpanzees who have been rescued and are now home in sanctuaries like Fauna Foundation, Save the Chimps, Center for Great Apes, and others. Life now offers something new, something alive, something that makes life seem not just bearable, but worth living.

Below are images of that life:

Billy Jo in Fauna skyways
Billy Jo using Fauna “skyways”
Photo: © Fauna Foundation
Chipper
Chipper
Photo: © Center for Great Apes
Jeannie
Jeannie
Photo: © Fauna Foundation
Karen
Karen
Photo: © Save the Chimps
Burrito
Burrito
Photo: © Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
Negra
Negra
Photo: © Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
Tarzan
Tarzan
Photo: © Save the Chimps
Rescued Regis and Petra
Rescued Regis and Petra enjoying enrichment at Fauna
Photo: © Fauna Foundation
Save the Chimps chimpanzee sanctuary
Save the Chimps
Photo: © Save the Chimps
Center for Great Apes
Center for Great Apes
Photo: © Center for Great Apes
Fauna Foundation chimpanzee sanctuary
Fauna Foundation
Photo: © Fauna Foundation
Chimpanzee island party
Chimpanzee island party
Photo: © Save the Chimps

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