Laboratory Chimpanzees
Find Peace
Stolen From Home
They were only babies when everything was taken from them. In the dense jungles of Africa, infant chimpanzees were torn from their mothers’ arms for medical experiments. Their families fought to protect them—and were gunned down. For every baby captured, as many as 20 adults were killed.
These young chimps were stuffed into crates, flown across the world, and locked in cold, silent cages and kept in laboratories for lab testing. No trees. No touch. No sun. Just years of loneliness and suffering in the name of science. Imagine growing up never knowing kindness—only fear.
A Second Chance
After decades in isolation, their future seemed hopeless. But in 2009, Gut Aiderbichl stepped in to offer them something they had never known: safety. With the professional help of world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall and other specialists, we built a sanctuary designed just for them, a place where they could heal and call home.
For the first time, they felt sunlight on their skin. They heard another chimp’s voice. They touched leaves, climbed platforms, and made eye contact with caregivers who saw them not as lab animals—but as individuals. Each step forward was a small miracle.
A Life of Love
Now, 27 chimpanzees call our sanctuary home. Every day begins with fruit-filled breakfasts, followed by play, companionship, and quiet moments of trust. At night, they sleep in nests they’ve built themselves—something so simple, yet so profound for animals who once knew only metal bars and silence.
They’ve endured more than most of us can imagine. and there is a huge long term maintenance effort to keep these beautiful chimps living a happy and healthy life. Every day they learn new things and slowly gain their confidence. It took one of our chimps, Fips, 13 years before he climbed the tree structure in the outdoor enclosure for the first time and would only venture outside cautiously holding onto a rope from 2011 up until recently last year in 2024.
We Need Your Help!
We rely entirely on kind-hearted people like you. Your donation helps us feed, care for, and love these chimpanzees every single day so they can live out the rest of their lives in peace. Help us to give them the life they were so cruelly denied.
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