News from Primarily Primates
Update: The Emma and Jackson Custody Case Closes
When two of our youngest chimpanzees, Emma and Jackson, were removed and transported out of state, our struggle over custody became a national media event. But to Primarily Primates, it was simply part of our commitment to looking after these youngsters for life -- precisely the commitment that defines us as a sanctuary.
Other values to consider are the feelings of Jackson and Emma after they've been living in another community over a long period, and the harmony and mutual support that ought to exist among the sanctuary movement as a whole.
So in May, we decided that -- rather than carry on a protracted legal dispute with Chimps, Inc. which could last years -- Jackson and Emma should remain where they are, in Oregon.
Three Gibbons Return to Primarily Primates
Case of Chimps, Inc. v. Primarily Primates Ends in Settlement
San Antonio – Two chimpanzees and twelve small apes known as gibbons, all removed from the Texas sanctuary Primarily Primates, have been in legal limbo during the case of Chimps, Inc. v. Primarily Primates, filed in Oregon last June.
A settlement agreement has ended the uncertainty.
When the two young chimpanzees were transported to Oregon last year, the struggle over their custody became a national media event.
Now, their futures are settled. Rather than carry on a dispute which could keep the chimpanzees in a prolonged legal limbo and then uproot them, the Texas refuge agreed to let Jackson and Emma stay at Chimps, Inc., a non-profit site with several other chimpanzees, located in Bend, Oregon.
“We want Emma and Jackson to have a happy life,” said Priscilla Feral, president of Friends of Animals, on behalf of the Board of Primarily Primates. “We’ll always miss them. But we’re confident they will enjoy a place of permanent safety.”
Feral added, “We also believe that reaching a settlement agreement allows us to move ahead and foster harmony in the sanctuary community.”
Recent News
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April 02, 2008
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Updates from Priscilla Feral and Stephen Rene TelloFebruary 2008
- Primarily Primates Prevails in Federal Animal Custody Suit
Parties Who Took Texas Refuge to Court in Oregon Fail Federal RulesMarch 25, 2008
- Sanctuary to fight return of chimps to Texas
Texas group decries appeal as a waste of 'court's time and money.'March 20, 2008