Chimpanzees are highly social animals. In the wild, they live in large groups and strong social bonds are maintained through hours of grooming and playing with others. Without a complex social environment, chimpanzees—just like humans—suffer from loneliness, boredom, and depression.

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Tootie         Louie         Joe

Tootie has been in solitary confinement for 20 years at a roadside attraction called Stump Hill Farm. He reportedly spent his early years in the entertainment industry, where he was most likely kidnapped from his mother as an infant and forced to perform meaningless tricks.

Tootie’s days of languishing in isolation at this roadside dump must come to an end.

Louie is a young, energetic chimpanzee who has been kept in solitary confinement in a small cage by the DeYoung Family Zoo. Louie was shipped to Michigan as an infant, and rather than growing up with his mother, he was forced to be a prop for photo opportunities at the zoo. Young chimpanzees aren’t weaned until they are 4 or 5 years old, and male chimpanzees never leave the group they are born into, so the mother-son bond is extremely strong. Louie was never afforded the opportunity to know his mother. Louie deserves to live in an environment where he can run and tumble with other young chimpanzees and learn life skills from a surrogate mother.

Louie deserves to live in an environment where he can run and tumble with other young chimpanzees and learn life skills from a surrogate mother.

Joe is being kept alone in a barren enclosure at a seedy roadside attraction called The Mobile Zoo. The zoo has been cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for allowing visitors to throw peanuts at him, causing him to lash out in response. Joe spent his early years in the entertainment industry, where he was most likely taken from his mother as an infant and forced to perform cheap tricks for the camera. When he was 10, his trainer dumped him at The Mobile Zoo, where he has languished in almost complete isolation for the last 16 years.

The Mobile Zoo’s consistent failure to meet Joe’s physical, social, and psychological needs must come to an end.

Iris was once isolated in a roadside zoo but now enjoys space to roam and the companionship of her chimpanzee friends at Save the Chimps.

Speak up for Tootie, Louie, and Joe by urging the facilities confining them to relinquish them to sanctuaries immediately!

Enter your name and e-mail address, and simply click “Take Action.”

The second you take action for Tootie, the opportunity to help Louie will automatically appear, followed by Joe.

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