You might recognize the name Alison Eastwood. Yes, she's the daughter of Clint Eastwood, but she's even more than that. She's also an actress and director, and animal advocate.
It's taken a year and a half of planning, fundraising, and traveling, but all 110 federally-owned chimpanzees formerly used for research at the New Iberia Research Center have now been retired to Chimp Haven in Keithville.
Remember the Humane Society of the U.S. contest in August that featured original artwork by six chimpanzees? Now, all six of those masterpieces are being auctioned off on eBay.
Chimp Haven is celebrating autumn with its second-ever Fall Festival. Saturday's event features games, pumpkin patches, behind-the-scenes hayrides, food, zydeco music and, of course, chimpanzees.
Chimp Haven opens to the public for its fall season this weekend, and the first Chimpanzee Discovery Day features an Africa theme. Visitors will learn about chimpanzees’ natural habitat, enjoy African dances by Power and Grace School of Performing Arts and observe residents in their wooded environment.
Because the temperatures have been so high lately, the chimps have been spending a lot of time i
Artists have all sorts of ways to create paintings. Some use brushes, some use their hands. But have you ever heard of any who use their tongues? A resident at Chimp Haven in Keithville does...and he's just won an art contest put on by the Humane Society of the United States...
Construction is underway at Chimp Haven in Keithville to be able to accommodate another 60 chimps from the New Iberia Research Center. These laboratory chimps were recently released by the federal government to to live out their lives at the National Chimpanzee Sanctuary at Chimp Haven.