Chimpanzees in the United States

Valentinoamor

Valentinoamor

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Does anyone have a document that keeps track of all chimps in U.S. zoos? If there isn't one made yet, I can make one on Docs and share it here. If you know of any U.S. zoos with chimps, please list it below.
 
On the west coast the AZA zoos with chimps are Oregon Zoo, Sacramento Zoo, San Francisco Zoo, Oakland Zoo, and Los Angeles Zoo. San Diego Zoo has bonobos.
 
Zoos I know that hold chimps are:
  • Detroit Zoo
  • Lincoln Park Zoo
  • Southwick's Zoo
  • Tulsa Zoo
  • Chattanooga Zoo
  • Los Angeles Zoo
  • Houston Zoo
  • Dallas Zoo
  • Oakland Zoo
  • North Carolina Zoo
  • Busch Gardens Tampa
 
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Thanks for the responses! Does anyone know about any Non-AZA facilities that have chimpanzees? I'm sure there have to be a few that have them, I think DeYoung Zoo has one?
 
Yi Qi said:
Zoos I know that hold chimps are:
  • Detroit Zoo
  • Lincoln Park Zoo
  • Milwaukee County Zoo
  • Southwick's Zoo
  • Columbus Zoo
  • Tulsa Zoo
  • Chattanooga Zoo
  • Los Angeles Zoo
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Milwaukee does not have chimps, and neither does Columbus. They have Bonobos.
 
What can you guys tell me about Sacramento's chimpanzees? I've found articles about Joey. He's an older male, I don't see any articles announcing his death, so I am assuming he is still alive. I also found another article from 2018 that says the zoo has five chimpanzees in total, so I am missing all information on the other four there.
 
I've personally viewed Chimpanzees at all 37 of the American zoos on the list below. I went through the ZooChat gallery to search up the zoos, with at least a couple of these places possibly no longer having the species.

In alphabetical order:

ABQ BioPark (Rio Grande Zoo)
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Chattanooga Zoo
Dallas Zoo
Detroit Zoo
DeYoung Family Zoo
Fort Worth Zoo
Gladys Porter Zoo
GW Exotic Animal Park
Houston Zoo
Jackson Zoo
John Ball Zoo
Kansas City Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo
Little Rock Zoo
Los Angeles Zoo
Maryland Zoo
Montgomery Zoo
North Carolina Zoo
Oakland Zoo
Oklahoma City Zoo
Oregon Zoo
Potawatomi Zoo
Riverside Discovery Center
Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure
Sacramento Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo
San Francisco Zoo
Sedgwick County Zoo
Sunset Zoo
Toledo Zoo
Tulsa Zoo
West Coast Game Park Safari
Wild Wilderness Drive Through Safari
Zoo Knoxville
Zoo Miami
ZooTampa at Lowry Park

Plus there is Southwick's Zoo and several others that I have not been to or forgotten about. (I have visited 520 different zoos and so it's getting difficult to recall every single detail:))
 
I’ll also be adding places like Chimp Haven, as well as other rescue organizations to the list. I’m also still looking for information on Sacramento's chimpanzees! It’s crazy to think they only ever talk about one of their five.

Thanks so much for all the help!
 
The list is coming along very well, but I'm wondering about Southwick's chimpanzees. I can't find any information about them at all.
 
Does anyone have any information on the Chimps held at Lincoln Park Zoo? I just requested access to the online document if that information is on there.
Thanks!
 
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