Member Event 2024
The PRC’s 2024 Member Event was a huge success!
Intern Spotlight – Emilie Dixon
This summer we are delighted to have Emilie Dixon as our resident intern at the sanctuary! Emilie has been hard at work building enrichment for the monkeys – the Fire Hose/Container Feeder!
Chimps and Bonobos Can Recognize Long-Lost Friends and Family
Researchers led by a University of California, Berkeley comparative psychologist have found that great apes and chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, can recognize groupmates they haven’t seen in over two decades — evidence of what’s believed to be the longest-lasting nonhuman memory ever recorded.
Infected monkeys at Michigan research lab threaten health and science
Monkeys infected with tuberculosis were imported into Michigan earlier this year, sparking a disease investigation by state officials and raising questions from animal rights advocates over national testing shortfalls.
‘It was very traumatizing’: Loose pet monkey attacks woman in Dickson
A Carter County woman says she was attacked and injured by a neighbor’s pet monkey while in her own front yard Sunday afternoon.