by Erika Fleury | Jan 25, 2016 | News
It may be illegal to sell primates to private individuals within the state of Kentucky, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. Even more surprisingly, such illegal sales often occur in broad daylight and in public places throughout local communities....
by Erika Fleury | Oct 1, 2014 | News
You have heard before that palm oil is bad, but you may not know exactly why. You might have forgotten about when we have told you that palm oil is a nasty business. And now here you are, standing in the drugstore Halloween aisle, surrounded by tinfoil bats and...
by Erika Fleury | Apr 22, 2014 | Ways to Help
In 2006, I was a somewhat recent college graduate working at a job that I didn’t love. Having recently moved with my boyfriend to a new state, I was searching for roots and a career to which I could feel truly dedicated. If I was going to work hard at something,...
by Erika Fleury | Mar 17, 2014 | News
Primates living in the wild have to contend with many threats to their well-being: those that are naturally occurring (like predators and disease) and others that are man-made (like encroaching human populations and pollution). One increasingly alarming threat to wild...
by Erika Fleury | Feb 19, 2014 | News, The Chimps, The Monkeys
If you’re an animal lover, it has probably crossed your mind at some point that having a pet monkey or ape would be fun. And in a magical fantasy land, maybe it would be fun, like going on a unicorn ride through a rainbow. But you live in reality, and most...