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Our Mission

To Provide Sanctuary and Exemplary Care to chimpanzees in need.

Save the Chimps is one of the largest chimpanzee sanctuaries in the world whose mission is to provide refuge and exemplary care to chimpanzees in need. Save the Chimps offers life-long care for chimpanzees rescued from research laboratories, the pet trade, and entertainment industry.

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Resident Spotlight

I was born on December 16, 1983, at Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico. My parents, Nancy and Lou, were chimpanzees who had been captured from the wild in the 1960s for use in the space research program. Like so many chimpanzees born into research, I was taken…
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Say hello to Tammy

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