SANCTUARY LIFE
PRIMARILY PRIMATES RESCUES UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF ANIMALS BY DUSTIN RHODES AND NICOLE RIVARD
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hen we heard that a struggling California sanctuary was closing, we immediately started assessing the groupings of our animals at Primarily Primates—the 78-acre Texas-based sanctuary that Friends of Animals has managed since 2007—to determine if we could take in any of the primates. Primarily Primates (PPI) is home to more than 300 animals, most of whom are primates, including chimpanzees, gibbons, macaques, capuchins, spider monkeys, lemurs and more. We determined last fall that we could rescue 10 primates immediately. However, PPI did not receive any
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placement fees for our newest residents. Rather, we’re depending on our generous community of supporters to sponsor them. You can get to know the animals here:
JACK & JANET Jack and Janet, both 14, are a half brother-sister baboon duo, who were privately owned as pets and used in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles before being relinquished to the sanctuary because of the cost to keep them (California required an expensive insurance policy, so their owner eventually turned them over). Janet is a
