by Primate Rescue Center | Nov 1, 2013 | Non-Primate Residents
It’s simple: Peafowl, commonly known as Peacocks (male) and Peahens (female) play an essential role at the PRC. We currently have about 12 peafowl on the PRC grounds. They help us with our general clean up around the monkey enclosures by eating the discarded...
by Primate Rescue Center | Oct 20, 2012 | Volunteers
Nicholasville, KY – East Jessamine High School teacher, Gina Lyons, a volunteer at the Primate Rescue Center (PRC), teamed up with her high school’s photography club (led by EJHS teacher Lindsey Mulcahy) to create a narrated, photo DVD of rescue...
by Primate Rescue Center | Mar 16, 2012 | News
The Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS) is honored to announce that the Primate Rescue Center in Nicholasville, Kentucky, has achieved GFAS Accreditation. The accreditation means the Primate Rescue Center meets the comprehensive and rigorous definition of a...
by Primate Rescue Center | Sep 30, 2011 | News
PRC Executive Director April Truitt shares her thoughts on the retirement of chimpanzees with the The Atlanta-Journal Constitution in this story about Wenka, a 57-year-old chimpanzee used at Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center. Click here to...
by Primate Rescue Center | Jul 5, 2011 | Events, Ways to Help
Comic legend, Stan “The Man” Lee, and Emmy award winning artist, Dean Haspiel, created Even Gorillas Have Pride! to help the Panels for Primates comic anthology end with a bang! The Primate Rescue Center has been incredibly fortunate to be part of such a...