Fauna Foundation

The Fauna Foundation is the only accredited chimpanzee sanctuary in Canada.[1] Located just outside Chambly, on the South Shore of Montreal, the story of Fauna started in 1990 by Gloria Grow and Dr. Richard Allan on their 150-acre (0.61 km2) farm. Later in 1997, it became the Fauna Foundation. Its primary objective, the rescue and care of chimpanzees who have been used in research, began in the wake of the shutdown of LEMSIP.[2]

It is the first sanctuary to accept chimpanzees with HIV.

Fauna Sanctuary is accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries[3] and is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charity in the United States.[4]

In 2012, author Andrew Westoll won the Charles Taylor Prize for his non-fiction book The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary, detailing his encounters with the chimpanzees at the foundation.[5]

In August 2013, chimpanzees Loulis and Tatu from the Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute (CHCI) moved to the sanctuary.[6]

  1. ^ "Find a Sanctuary". Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries. August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  2. ^ Animal Farm: Former lab chimps and other cast-off critters find sanctuary at the Fauna Foundation, by Mark Slutsky, August 22, 2002, Montreal Mirror
  3. ^ "Fauna Foundation". Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries. August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  4. ^ "History". Fauna Foundation. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  5. ^ Chimp sanctuary tale wins $25K Charles Taylor Prize at CBC.ca, posted March 5, 2012; retrieved March 5, 2012
  6. ^ "CWU Chimpanzees Arrive Safely at Canadian Sanctuary". Central Washington University. Archived from the original on January 4, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2014.