For the Love of Primates

For the Love of Primates mission is to create and support a sanctuary for primates retired from laboratory research or previously kept as pets. We also provide free environmental education opportunities for children from communities that are typically underrepresented in STEM fields, reaching over 1,000 children throughout Ohio in the past 2 years. Finally, we serve as animal welfare consultants for our laboratory partners, working to improve the welfare of primates both in retirement and in the laboratory setting.

Our sanctuary will reside on a nearly 60-acre forested property in Central Ohio. Our first phase of construction will include naturalistic enclosures for up to 80 primates to create an enriched and stimulating environment for our animals to live with members of their own species. It is our goal to help create more sustainable and ethical primate retirement practices, and to serve as a replicable example so that more sanctuaries can be established to help provide lifelong housing for retired primates. The replicability of our sanctuary model, and our services as animal welfare consultants, will allow us to impact thousands of primates – far beyond just those physically housed in our sanctuary.