Part of what's novel: females. "Right off the bat, they were just enamored with the ladies in the group," says Rana Smith, the president and CEO of Chimp Haven in Louisiana, the federal sanctuary ...

Haven is a place on Earth. Chimp Haven, that is — the retirement home for New Mexico chimpanzees used for biomedical experiments at Holloman Air Force Base’s Alamogordo Primate Facility.

Spread out across 200 acres in Northwest Louisiana, Chimp Haven is the world's largest chimpanzee sanctuary. Every detail, from the moat to the meal plan, has been designed to ensure the more than ...

BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY. NEW LIVES FOR LONG RETIRED RESEARCH CHIMPS, THE LAST GROUP OF 21 CHIMPS FROM ALAMOGORDO, HAVE ARRIVED AT THE CHIMP HAVEN IN LOUISIANA. MANY OF THESE ANIMALS, IN THEIR 50S AND ...

Part of what's novel: females. "Right off the bat, they were just enamored with the ladies in the group," says Rana Smith, the president and CEO of Chimp Haven in Louisiana, the federal sanctuary for ...

Twenty-one chimpanzees were relocated from the Alamogordo Primate Facility to Chimp Haven sanctuary. These chimpanzees, many in their 50s and 60s, were the last remaining at the facility due to ...