Liz story: Rescued from the Brink: Inside the Chimp Sanctuary

 There are dog and cat people, parrot people and even arachnophiles. I’m a primate person. I’ve never owned one cuz I’ve still got all my marbles, but I could watch them all day, maybe because they’re so like people only they never say anything stupid.

If you’ve been reading my work for awhile you know I sneak in a primate piece when I can and a little over a week ago I was lucky enough to get a press tour of Save the Chimps a huge chimpanzee sanctuary in Fort Pierce, Florida. Here’s the piece on Alternet: Rescued from the Brink: Inside the Chimp Sanctuary. No one wants to see animals suffer in labs or as pets or entertainers. Save the Chimps is the answer to “OK…where do we send them now?”

I hope you enjoy the piece and considering donating to Save the Chimps if you can – 600 bananas a day ain’t cheap!

(This is Roxy, STC's only baby. Like looking into a mirror, isn't it?)


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