by Becca Banks | Nov 24, 2018 | Events, Ways to Help, Zulu
The Primate Rescue Center receives no direct funding from the government. We rely on donations from passionate individuals to support the apes and monkeys in our care! Like many non-profits, we make the majority of our yearly budget in the last 6 weeks of the calendar...
by Laura Clifford | Nov 14, 2018 | Food & Enrichment, Jenny, Noelle, Toby, Tonya, Victoria, Zulu
We are so pleased to now be partnering with our local Whole Foods store located in the Summit at Fritz Farm. We go through a lot of food each week to feed the 9 chimpanzees and over 40 monkeys at the PRC and we are fortunate that a large percentage of their diet is...
by Becca Banks | Oct 4, 2018 | Events, Food & Enrichment, Martina, Timmy
Here at the Primate Rescue Center, we process, prepare and feed over 100 pounds of food to the primates each day! Their diet consists of fresh fruits and vegetables, leafy greens, nuts, nutrient-rich chow biscuits and locally grown browse. The apes and monkeys are...
by Primate Rescue Center | Sep 6, 2018 | Cory, Donald, Hazel, Ike, Jenny, Martina, Noelle, Pozna, Rodney, The Chimps, Victoria, Zulu
A primatology book analysis and comparison to the PRC’s chimps by Taylor Luken. Five to seven million years ago in Africa, humanity (Homo sapiens) and the African great ape known as the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) ceased sharing common ancestors. Our...
by Tori Himes | Aug 22, 2018 | Cory, Rodney, Zulu
Zulu Chimpanzee is a former pet from Georgia who arrived at the PRC in 1998 as part of the Dahlonega Five. In this former pet situation, Zulu, along with Donald, Hazel, Victoria, and Debbie, was confined to a small, windowless concrete bunker for more than a decade...
by Laura Clifford | Jul 5, 2018 | Donald
Chimpanzees are very social animals who live in large groups in the wild. They recognize and respect a hierarchy and each group usually consists of a dominant male, several high-ranking females, some younger subordinate males and females and juveniles. The PRC is home...