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Center for Great Apes
Date opened 1993
Location Wauchula, Florida
No. of animals 47
No. of species 21 Orangutans
26 Chimpanzees
Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation, Inc
Revenue (2015)
 $1,956,713

The Center for Great Apes’ mission is to provide a permanent sanctuary for orangutans and chimpanzees who have been rescued or retired from the entertainment industry, from research, or from the exotic pet trade; to educate the public about captive great apes and the threats to conservation of great apes in the wild; and to advocate for the end of the use of great apes as entertainers, research subjects, and pets.

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  • Aerial trailways at Center for Great Apes

    The Center for Great Apes offers its orangutans and chimpanzees  about 2 miles of aerial trailways - allowing them to explore the sanctuary.

  • Cahaya and family at Center for Great Apes

    Sunshine with her daughter Cahaya and friend Keagan at the Center for Great Apes

  • Marco the chimpanzee at the Center for Great Apes

    Marco the chimpanzee at the Center for Great Apes was wild-caught in Africa and sold to a circus in America and then sold to a family. He arrived at the Center for Great Apes in 2005.

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