Primate Rescue Center

Apes and monkeys have been used as lab subjects, entertainment animals, and even tried as household pets for decades. As a result, many apes and monkeys have suffered emotional and physical traumas and need our help!

Fortunately, the Primate Rescue Center exists to provide a safe haven for these wounded animals. We work tirelessly to undo past traumas by providing physical and emotional rehabilitation to each individual we rescue.

We help individuals like Andi, a rhesus macaque who was found roaming a residential area in Bath County, Kentucky. Formerly known as “Mystery Monkey 0805355,” Andi was quite the media darling when he was first rescued. The number sequence above is tattooed on his chest and the mark reveals a history in laboratory research. When Andi first arrived at the PRC, he was dangerously thin. Thanks to our rehabilitation process, Andi quickly gained weight, grew healthier and happier and is now living with a female macaque. Andi now has the chance to explore the pleasures of monkey life – most likely, for the first time.

Overtime, the center has expanded to house over fifty primates, including chimpanzees and over ten species of monkeys. Our sanctuary currently occupies 30 acres of land in central Kentucky, with buildings and grounds designed to afford the residents a quiet, sheltered place to spend their lives. Most of the primates have traumatic pasts, and we have evolved a distinguished rehabilitation and recovery process in order to give them a second chance at life.

The Primate Rescue Center is a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization that receives no direct funding from the federal government or the state of Kentucky. We rely on the donations of passionate, caring individuals to sustain the medical, psychological and biological needs of the residents. 

 

If you'd like to know more about us, visit http://www.primaterescue.org.