a chimpanzee sanctuary - un sanctuaire pour chimpanzés
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Announcement: Fauna Foundation First GFAS Accredited Sanctuary in Canada, read the press release
Billy Jo
1969-2006

Billy Jo was chosen to greet you on our website to honor him for having been Fauna’s ambassador for nearly 10 years. He is the profile on our logo and a chimpanzee who consistently intrigued, humbled, impressed, educated and won the hearts of everyone who met him.

He was a richly complex individual in intelligence, emotion and behavior.  Billy earned everyone’s respect and affection. He served other chimpanzees now held in laboratories by helping us all better understand the effects of laboratory confinement and use on magnificent individuals just like him.

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Welcome to Fauna, a non-profit organization that provides rescue and permanent sanctuary for animals that have been used, neglected, abused or rejected by humans. Established in 1997, we provide a better life for animals from farming, entertainment, education and research. Our primary focus is providing for chimpanzees rescued from research. We are the first sanctuary to accept HIV infected chimpanzees from a laboratory.

Fauna is a protected environment for Quebec's native flora and fauna. Situated on more than 200 acres, Fauna offers a lake, a river, fields, protected wetlands and a young forest of native flora and animals. Fauna has created wildlife corridors, gardens and new plantings of native flora, encouraging local species to populate the area and migratory birds to stop for food and shelter. Fauna's wooded land is dedicated the Ruisseau Robert Natural Reserve.

Thank you for helping us help animals and make our world a better place.


Fauna wishes to thank the Reverie Foundation for its funding for this website.