Mahoney moved more than 200 chimps & monkeys to sanctuaries ahead of scheduled transfer to other labs James Mahoney, DVM, 77, “passed away on September 6, 2017 as a result of complications of Lyme disease,” International Primate Protection League founder Shirley McGreal announced on September 20. Remembered as the “Oskar Schindler of laboratory primates,” after […]
Igor, 58, ex-laboratory gibbon
Igor, 58, a male gibbon who had resided at the International Primate Protection League sanctuary in Summerville, South Carolina since 1987, was euthanized on October 13, 2014, three days after suffering a stroke that left his right side paralyzed and not responding to treatment. “Igor could not swing or climb,” IPPL founder Shirley McGreal told […]