Bob Ingersoll has rescued primates from bad conditions and looming executions to place them in sanctuaries, but his dream is for those very sanctuaries to go out of business. Sanctuaries provide lifetime care for primates raised in captivity because they lack basic wilderness survival skills. “You can’t just bring these animals back to the wild. […]
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Monkey saved, monkey do
It had been a days-long trip for the two Japanese macaques, rescued from a roadside zoo in upstate New York. Their journey finally had ended on the outskirts of Newcastle, at a remote location called Mindy’s Memory Primate Sanctuary. Bob Ingersoll, the sanctuary’s board president, greeted the monkeys. “Hiya, buddies!” he said. “You’re about to […]