Meet some of the amazing chimpanzees who inspired the dedication of Project R&R. As chimpanzees are retired or rescued from laboratory research, their stories can finally be told by the voices of former laboratory or current sanctuary caregivers who are part of and witness to their rehabilitation. These are their stories, offering heartbreaking, moving, and humorous glimpses into their lives, personalities, and relationships.
Arthur and Phoenix: From Cage to Stage to Rescue
Billy Jo: The Chimpanzee Who Won Everyone’s Heart
Butch and Chipper: The Long and Winding Road
Dana: The Matriarch
Ham: Where No Man Has Gone Before
Hanzie: A Silent Grieving
Jaybee: The Comforts of Home
Jeannie, Ch-562*: Too Much For Too Long
Pepper, Ch-454*: The Simple Things
Sue Ellen, Ch-440*: Human Betrayal
Tom, Ch-411*: Painting Himself “Normal”
Yoko, Ch-353*: True Colors
Wenka, 50+ Years in a Lab … and Still Counting
Sources for the stories appearing on the linked pages include:
- Fauna Foundation, www.faunafoundation.org
- Save the Chimps, www.savethechimps.org
- Center for Great Apes, www.prime-apes.org
- Dale Peterson & Jane Goodall, Visions of Caliban, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. (1993)
- Fauna Foundation’s Newsletters, including articles:
- Gloria Grow, Jeannie (Dec. 1999)
- Gloria Grow, Yoko (Spring 2004)
- Arryn Ketter, Something Different About Tom (Sept. 2001) - Fauna Foundation Brochure, They Tattoo Their Victims, They Perform Horrific Experiments, Sound Familiar?, Case Histories
- NASA Archives, www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4201/ch10-3.htm
- http://history.nasa.gov/animals.html
- NEAVS Brochure, From Stage to Lab Cage
- One Small Step: The Story of the Space Chimps, produced by Kristin Davy and D. James Cassidy in conjunction with The Documentary Institute at the University of Florida (2002)
- Rachel I. Weiss, Jerom, © 2001, 1997 unpublished work
- Save the Chimps Newsletter, Speaking Out For Them (Summer 2005)