Media Coverage

Check out Erika Fleury speaking up for primates in international media…

Shaun Monson's documentary short with Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara (released July 14, 2021) 

KTLA: Last of the Stranded Wildlife Waystation Chimpanzees Finally Relocated (December 6, 2022)

LA Times: Tears, Apples and Travel Blankets: Rescued Chimps Leave Troubled California Refuge for New Home (November 26, 2022)

ABC7: Last Group of Chimps at Sylmar Wildlife Waystation will Soon Have a New Forever Home (November 1, 2022)

Yahoo Finance: A New Day for the Sunrise Seven (July 15, 2022)

People Magazine: 7 Chimpanzees Rescued from Shuttered California Refuge and Transported to Florida Sanctuary (July 12, 2022)

Furthest From The Wild Podcast: Monkeys are not Pets (July 1, 2022)

National Geographic: What do We Owe Former Lab Chimps? (June 16, 2022)

KTBS: $1 Million Donation Received; 8 Wildlife Waystation Chimps Headed to Chimp Haven

(March 15, 2022)

Peninsula Magazine: A Home for Jeeter. Erika Fleury Leads Effort to Find Homes for Jeeter and Other Abandoned Chimpanzees (February 22, 2022)

LA Daily News: Martine Colette, Founder of the Wildlife Waystation Sanctuary for Exotic Animals, Dies at Age 79 (January 24, 2022)

People Magazine: 8 Rescue Chimps Take 2,600-Mile Trip to Reach the Safety of Their New Florida Sanctuary Home (November 30, 2021)

Mongabay: Think that GIF of the Smoking Chimp is Funny? The Chimp Wasn't Laughing. (November 17, 2021)

World Animal Protection Webinar: Protecting Nonhuman Primates Exploited as Pets: Sanctuaries and Solutions (October 7, 2021)

Furthest From The Wild Podcast: Monkey Rodeos: A Conversation with Erika Fleury (October 5, 2021)

Climate Healers Podcast: Episode 49 - Our Relations With Our Cousins (September 14, 2021)

NBC's Down to Earth with Dagmar: The Extinction Crisis (September 9, 2021)

WORT 89.9 FM: The Importance Of Primate Sanctuaries And Helping Monkeys  (July 12, 2021)

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Access Hour: The Importance Of Primate Sanctuaries And Helping Monkeys

Ocala Star Banner: Responsible Animal Sanctuaries Don't Exploit Primates or Put People at Needless Risk (July 9, 2021)

California Department of Fish & Wildlife: Chimpanzee Relocation (June 30, 2021)

CBS Los Angeles: 6 Wildlife Waystation Chimpanzees Taken To New Home In Washington State (June 28, 2021)

Fox26 KMPH: Six Rescued Chimpanzees Begin their Journey to Their New Forever Home (June 26, 2021)

Los Angeles Daily News: ‘Lucky 6’ Chimps on the Move: Forgotten Wildlife Waystation Animals are on Their Way to Sanctuary (June 25, 2021)

Newsweek: Cop Shoots Dead Chimp That Attacked Owner's Daughter in Shocking Video (June 23, 2021)

The Independent: Chimpanzee Shot after Woman Attacked and Trapped in Basement (June 22, 201)

Fox News: Oregon Sheriff's Deputy Fatally Shoots Pet Chimpanzee to Save Woman (June 22, 2021)

MSN: Oregon Sheriff's Deputy Fatally Shoots Pet Chimpanzee to Save Woman (June 22, 2021)

The Oregonian: Umatilla County Sheriff’s Deputy Kills Chimpanzee that Attacked Woman (June 21, 2021)

Animals' Best Friends: Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and in the Wild, book by Barbara J. King (March 23, 2021)

World Animal News: Urgent Help Needed to Rehome 32 Chimps from the Wildlife Waystation to Sanctuaries in the U.S. (December 9, 2020)

CBS Los Angeles: Dozens Of Chimpanzees Still Living At Shuttered Wildlife Waystation (July 15, 2020) 

LA Times: 32 Stranded Chimpanzees Need Permanent New Homes (July 14, 2020)

Los Angeles Daily News: Help Sought to Relocate Chimps Still at Sylmar's Shuttered Wildlife Waystation (July 14, 2020)

Fox LA: Dozens of Local Chimpanzees Need Help (July 14, 2020)

Prime Mates podcast: More Monkey Business (with NAPSA's Erika Fleury) (May 28, 2020)

Prime Mates podcast: Monkey Business (with NAPSA's Erika Fleury) (May 20, 2020)

New York Times: Chimp Sanctuaries Restrict Visits Over Concerns About the Coronavirus (March 24, 2020)

Sentient Media: Louie's Story: Why Monkeys Should Never Be 'Pets' (February 20, 2020)

Prime Mates podcast: Great Primate Escapes (With NAPSA's Erika Fleury) (February 6, 2020)

KMOX on-air interview regarding Creve Coeur, MO monkey owner (September 23, 2019)


 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Creve Coeur Must Prohibit Ownership of Monkeys (September 22, 2019)

Laurinburg Exchange: Story Spread Many Inaccuracies and Harmful Information (August 29, 2019)


Washington Post: More Research Labs are Retiring Monkeys When Studies Finish (June 13, 2019)

Prime Mates podcast: Full House (With NAPSA's Erika Fleury) (June 12, 2019)

Prime Mates podcast: Hollywood's Primates: Where Are They Now? (With NAPSA's Erika Fleury)
(March 14, 2019)

The Dodo: Clever Chimps Use Makeshift Ladder To Break Out Of Zoo
(February 12, 2019)

Des Moines Register: Experts Agree: Monkeys Should Not Be in the Entertainment Industry
(January 11, 2019)

The Dodo: Singer Chris Brown Is In Trouble After Buying Monkey As A Christmas Gift
(December 28, 2018)

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Monkey Sanctuary in Central Wisconsin is Retirement Home for Primates Used in Medical Research
(September 25, 2018)

ABC 8: Contrary to Previous Reports, There's No Sanctuary for VCU Monkeys (August 16, 2018)

Conexion Coral: Chimpanzees: Saving Our Closest Cousins (July 14, 2018)

The Dodo: That Viral Video Of A Chimp Hugging His 'Rescuer' Isn't What It Seems (July 14, 2018)

WCJB20: Primate Sanctuary Advocates Promote Monkey Retirement (April 27, 2018)

National Geographic: How Some U.S. Ape Sanctuaries Fail Their Animals and Staff (February 28, 2018)

The Hartford Courant: Yard Goats Cancel Cowboy Monkey Rodeo After Calls From Animal Welfare Groups (February 19, 2018)

The Dodo: Popular Car Maker Used Monkeys in Secret Experiments (February 2, 2018)

The Dodo: Truth Behind Viral Video of Chimps Hugging Dog Isn't Cute (January 26, 2018)

Animal Studies Journal: Money for Monkeys, and More: Ensuring Sanctuary Retirement of Nonhuman Primates (November 27, 2017)

Newsday: Activists Protest Banana Derby Show at Northport Firemen's Fair (July 12, 2017)



Isthmus: Life After the Lab (July 6, 2017)



Chasing News: Monkey Jockeys (June 16, 2017)

NBC New York: Controversy as Monkey Jockeys Race on Dogs at NY Fair (June 15, 2017)

NPR: Is It Time For The Cowboy Monkey Rodeo To Go Extinct? (May 4, 2017)

Christian Science Monitor: Rescued Chimpanzees and Orangutans: This Woman's Lifework is Caring for Them (April 13, 2017)

NEAVS: Just a Bunch of People (June 16, 2016)

National Geographic: Controversial Plan Would Send Lab Chimps to Unaccredited Zoo (June 1, 2016)

CNN: Prosecutor: Cops to Probe Boy's Fall into Gorilla Pit (May 31, 2016)

Boston Herald: Zoo Stands by Decision to Kill Gorilla Amid Activists’ Outcry (May 31, 2016)

New York Daily News: Animal Rights Group Urges Justin Bieber Not to Get Another Pet Monkey (February 19, 2016)




New York Times: N.I.H. to End Backing for Invasive Research on Chimps (November 19, 2015)

 

New York Times: Plan to Export Chimps Tests Law to Protect Species (November 14, 2015

  

CNN: U.S. Limits Testing on Captive Chimpanzees (June 13, 2015)

New York Times: U.S. Will Call All Chimps Endangered (June 12, 2015)

 

Tech Times: U.S. Tags All Chimpanzees as Endangered (June 13, 2015)

The Bulletin: Chimpanzees Should Not Be Pets (July 26, 2015)

The Gainesville Sun: Jersey Shows Negative Consequences of Primate Ownership (August 2, 2015)

One Green Planet: Urgent Action Needed to Help Primates Suffering in Labs Across the U.S. (August 14, 2015)

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Check out what people are saying about Monkey Business...

Primate Rescue Center's Reaching Out: Monkey Business (Summer 2013)

The Independent Community News: New Hartford Author's Book, 'Monkey Business', Released in Paperback (August 23, 2013)

CentralJersey.com: "Author Raised in Cranbury Releases Book in Paperback"  (August 26, 2013)

University of Delaware's UD Authors

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The Hartford Courant: Local Author Releases Book In Paperback  (print on September 15, 2013, online August 27, 2013)

University of Delaware Messenger: Between The Covers: New Books by Faculty and Alumni  (Volume 21, Number 4; Winter 2013)

Avon Monthly: Author Pens 'Word for Beast' (February 2014)

Avon Public Library: Local Author Festival, History Author Night (July 2014)

Valley Life: Festival Programming (July 2014)