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Save the Chimps

Save the Chimps is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Save the Chimps rather than just read about it. In short: Save the Chimps, Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit American sanctuary specializing in the care of chimpanzees. The organization was founded by Carole C.

Key takeaways

Save the Chimps belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Save the Chimps to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Save the Chimps from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Save the Chimps, Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit American sanctuary specializing in the care of chimpanzees. The organization was founded by Carole C. Noon in 1997 with support from Jon Stryker of the Arcus Foundation. Save the Chimps is accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS) and a founding member of the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance. The mission of Save the Chimps is to provide sanctuary and exemplary care to chimpanzees in need. Since opening, the sanctuary has saved over 300 chimpanzees (chimpadmin, n.d.-b). The majority of the chimpanzees at Save the Chimps live in large social groups on 12 separate three-acre islands located on 150 acres in a rural area of Fort Pierce, Florida. As a GFAS sanctuary, Save the Chimps is not open to the public but holds occasional events for members. Carole Noon founded Save the Chimps in 1997 in a bid to retire the U.S. Air Force chimps, who had been put up for auction. After losing her bid to the Coulston Foundation, a biomedical research lab, Noon sued the Air Force and settled out of court for custody of 21 out of the 140 chimps. Coulston eventually lost its NIH funding due to repeated violations of the Animal Welfare Act and filed for bankruptcy in 2002. Save the Chimps acquired all of Coulston's 266 chimpanzees, representing the single largest rescue of chimpanzees in history and transforming Save the Chimps into the world's largest chimpanzee sanctuary. Save the Chimps was featured in episode 4 of the 2024 HBO documentary series Chimp Crazy as the new home of Tonka, a chimp who had been rented out for Hollywood films and used to breed chimpanzee pets.

References

Further reading Vogel, Gretchen (27 September 2002). "Coulston Chimps Head To Retirement". Science. 297 (5590): 2191–2193. doi:10.1126/science.297.5590.2191b. PMID 12351765. S2CID 58811365. Retrieved 2008-11-12. Maya Bell (14 August 2001). "America's Space Chimps Retired to Florida Refuge". The Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on December 3, 2001. Retrieved 2008-11-12. Andrew Morse (31 May 2002). "Space Monkeys: The Final Frontier". ABC News. Retrieved 2008-11-12. "Descendents of Space Chimps Retire to Florida". Business Wire. 17 July 2001. Retrieved 2008-11-12. Staff writers (November 2002). "Sanctuary buys Coulston chimps NIH chimps to go to Chimp Haven". Animal People News. Retrieved 2008-11-12.

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Save the Chimps

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Save the Chimps claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Save the Chimps before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Save the Chimps ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Save the Chimps

In research: Save the Chimps appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Save the Chimps in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Save the Chimps is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Animal charities based in the United States, Charities based in Florida, Organizations established in 1997, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Save the Chimps outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Save the Chimps in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Save the Chimps means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Save the Chimps out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Save the Chimps in simple terms?

Save the Chimps, Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit American sanctuary specializing in the care of chimpanzees. The organization was founded by Carole C.

Why does Save the Chimps matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Save the Chimps?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Save the Chimps.