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Center for Great Apes

Animal sanctuary in Florida, U.S.

Center for Great Apes
Summary

Animal sanctuary in Florida, U.S.

FieldValue
zoo_nameCenter for Great Apes
date_opened1993
locationWauchula, Florida
num_animals71
num_species27 Orangutans
44 Chimpanzees
website

44 Chimpanzees The Center for Great Apes is an animal sanctuary for great apes located east of Wauchula, Florida. Founded as a nonprofit organization in 1993, the sanctuary has about 70 orangutans and chimpanzees who were formerly used in entertainment, scientific research, or the exotic pet trade. The sanctuary sits on 100 acres of land in rural Florida, southwest of Orlando.

The sanctuary is a founding member of North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance (NAPSA) and is accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries. As such, it is not open to the general public as an attraction or zoo.

The backstory of six of the chimpanzees at the Center for Great Apes was featured in the TV documentary series Chimp Crazy. As a result of a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals lawsuit, they were removed from a facility in Missouri and sent to the sanctuary in 2021.

The Center for Great Apes is the only accredited orangutan sanctuary in the United States.

The Center for Great Apes has about 2 miles of aerial trailways.
mi}} of aerial trailways, allowing chimpanzees and orangutans to explore the sanctuary.

Notable residents

  • Bubbles was the former companion of Michael Jackson.
  • Bella was the star of the CareerBuilder 2004 Super Bowl XL campaign.
  • Sam "Sammy" starred in the 1996 film Dunston Checks In.
  • Sandra was declared a "non-human person" in Argentina after spending 20 years at Buenos Aires Zoo.
  • Sunshine was born in the United Kingdom where her mother was owned by singer Tom Jones' manager.
  • Bo and Joe (formerly at CW Exotics facility) featured in the Netflix series Tiger King.
  • Marco is the oldest and smallest chimpanzee at the Center for Great Apes.
  • Jonah and Jacob are twins. Jonah starred with Mark Wahlberg in the 2001 film Planet of the Apes, and with his twin brother, appeared in the original "Trunk Monkey" commercials.
  • Mari the orangutan, is one of several apes taken care of by the Center for Great Apes who have special needs. Mari lost both arms as an infant before arriving at the sanctuary.
  • Knuckles, a chimpanzee, had cerebral palsy.
  • Allie has Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP), a condition that, in Allie's case, prevents the use of her legs or feet. [[File:Jonah the chimpanzee at the Center for Great Apes.jpg|alt=Jonah, a chimpanzee, plays in a tub at the Center for Great Apes|thumb|Jonah, a chimpanzee, plays in a tub.]]
Three orangutans look toward the camera
Sunshine with her daughter Cahaya and friend Keagan
Marco smiles as he sits in the grass ina huge habitat at the Center for Great Apes
[https://centerforgreatapes.org/chimpanzee/marco/ Marco], the chimpanzee at the Center for Great Apes, was wild-caught in Africa and sold to a circus in America and then sold to a family. He arrived at the Center for Great Apes in 2005.
Mari, a pure Sumatran orangutan, at the Center for Great Apes
[https://centerforgreatapes.org/orangutan/mari/ Mari], a Sumatran orangutan, arrived at the Center for Great Apes from a language and cognition study in Georgia. She has no arms due to an accident prior to her arrival at the Center for Great Apes.

References

References

  1. "CENTER FOR ORANGUTAN AND CHIMPANZEE CONSERVATION INC Form 990 2015". ProPublica.
  2. (August 29, 2024). "About".
  3. "FAQ - Primate Sanctuaries".
  4. (July 29, 2021). "Victory! After Years of Dedicated Effort, PETA Secures a New Life for Exploited Chimpanzees".
  5. (August 29, 2024). "Homepage".
  6. Furness, Dyllan. (February 2, 2016). "Michael Jackson's Pet Chimp is Living Out His Twilight Years in Florida". [[New Times Broward-Palm Beach]].
  7. Mufson, Beckett. (June 28, 2017). "Michael Jackson's Famous Chimp, Bubbles, Is Selling Paintings to Get By".
  8. "Bella".
  9. Ragan, Patti. (February 7, 2011). "Super Bowl commercials: What happens to those CareerBuilder chimps?". [[The Christian Science Monitor]].
  10. Royce, Brenda Scott. (February 13, 2011). "For CareerBuilder Chimps, Sadly, the Joke Is On Them". [[The Huffington Post]].
  11. "Sammy".
  12. Sokol, Zach. (April 22, 2015). "All the Animals From Your Favorite Childhood Movies Are Dead".
  13. (November 7, 2019). "Orangutan Sandra granted personhood settles into new Florida home". [[The Guardian]].
  14. "Sunshine".
  15. "Bo".
  16. "Joe".
  17. "Marco".
  18. "Jonah".
  19. "Jacob".
  20. "Mari".
  21. "Knuckles".
  22. "Allie".
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