The Fauna Foundation is the only chimpanzee

sanctuary A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This secondary use can be categorized into human sanctuary, a s ...

in Canada. Located just outside Chambly, on the South Shore of

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

, the story of Fauna started in 1990 by Gloria Grow and Dr. Richard Allan on their farm. Later in 1997, it became the Fauna Foundation. Its primary objective, the rescue and care of chimpanzees who have been used in

research Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness t ...

, began in the wake of the shutdown of LEMSIP. It is the first sanctuary to accept chimpanzees with HIV. In 2012, author Andrew Westoll won the

Charles Taylor Prize The RBC Taylor Prize (2000–2020), formerly known as the Charles Taylor Prize, is a Canadian literary award, presented by the Charles Taylor Foundation to the best Canadian work of literary non-fiction. It is named for Charles P. B. Taylor, a n ...

for his non-fiction book '' The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary'', detailing his encounters with the chimpanzees at the foundation. In August 2013, chimpanzees

Loulis Loulis (born May 10, 1978) is a chimpanzee who has learned to communicate in American Sign Language. Loulis was named for two caregivers (Louise and Lisa) at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was born. Afte ...

and Tatu from the

Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute (CHCI) was located on the campus of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. CHCI included a sanctuary for chimpanzees who have learned to communicate with humans and each other using ...

(CHCI) moved to the sanctuary. Fauna Sanctuary Inc, is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charity in the United States.

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