In Their Own Words is a powerful multimedia presentation that includes an overview of historic and current chimpanzee research coupled with an exposé of laboratory life as told through the experiences of former laboratory and current sanctuary caregivers.  Megna tells what life was like for the chimpanzees before their rescue from the laboratories, while Grow picks up with stories of those same chimpanzees' new lives at the Fauna sanctuary.  Through the words of people who know and care deeply about them, the chimpanzees' stories are told.

 

In 1997, Fauna rescued 15 chimpanzees from the Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates in New York. 

 

Dr. Theo Capaldo, NEAVS' President, states, "In Their Own Words gives us a deeper understanding of our 'next of kin.'  That knowledge stirs our compassion and brings us a step closer to the day when all chimpanzees are freed from laboratories everywhere."

 

Project R&R invites you to meet Grow, Megna, Capaldo, and most importantly, some amazing chimpanzee people.  For more information, contact releasechimps@neavs.org. 

 

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NEAVS is a national not-for-profit that works to replace animal experiments in laboratories and classrooms with ethically and scientifically responsible modern research methods.  NEAVS is the organizer of Project R&R. 

 

Fauna Foundation is the first sanctuary to accept HIV-infected chimpanzees, and is the only sanctuary for chimpanzees in Canada.  Situated on more than 200 acres, it is a nature reserve outside of Montreal and is home to dozens of rescued farmed and domestic animals, wildlife, and animals from research.