Monkey Island Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
mangrove island in Liberia
About Monkey Island
Beginning in 1974, a research lab in Liberia conducted hepatitis research on chimpanzees for the New York City Blood Center. As attitudes towards animal research changed, the lab was shut down in 2005, and the chimps were abandoned on a mangrove island. The NYC Blood Center provided funding to care for the chimps until 2015, when they suddenly withdrew support. Responding to pleas concerning welfare of the chimps from their local caretakers, Humane Society International stepped in and has supported the chimps' care ever since. As of 2019, there are 66 chimpanzees on the island, and the island has acquired the moniker "Monkey Island".
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