Date opened September 1987 No. of animals 50+ Opened September 1987 Phone +1 859-858-4866 | Land area 30 acres Website primaterescue.org Area 12 ha Number of animals 50 | |
Location Wilmore, Kentucky
United States No. of species 12 recognised:
Pan troglodytes
Macaca nigra
Cebus
Colobus guereza
Ateles vellerosus
Macaca fascicularis
Macaca nemestrina
Macaca mulatta
Macaca fuscata
Cercopithecus aethiops
Hylobates syndactylus
Papio anubis Address 2515 Bethel Rd, Nicholasville, KY 40356, USA Profiles | ||
Mainstreet primate rescue center
The Primate Rescue Center is a primate rescue organization founded by Clay Miller and April Truitt in the late 1980s. The PRC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Wilmore, Kentucky, approximately 17 miles south of Lexington, Kentucky. The PRC provides lifetime sanctuary for rescued primates from all over the United States, and is home to over 50 primates, including a troop of 11 common chimpanzees.
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Mission
The PRC works to alleviate the suffering of primates wherever it occurs by:
The staff at the PRC has also worked closely with the Kentucky state government, and in particular with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, in helping to draft now-enacted regulations against the importation of primates into the state by private individuals.
Resident species
Most primates that end up at the center are former pets, but some species, like the rhesus macaque and olive baboon are common laboratory animals. The center is currently home to over fifty animals of the following twelves species: