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One Good Thing: Amy Fultz and Chimp Haven They spent most of their lives as research subjects. A West Michigan native will now oversee their care for the rest of their lives. Author: Nick LaFave Updated: 5:24 PM EDT May 19, 2021 KEITHVILLE, La. — Time for One Good Thing -- someone or something that makes West Michigan a good place to live. It is no secret that - for years - the United States government experimented on chimpanzees. Those days are done. But, hundreds of the chimps used in that research are still alive. And they are being cared for in a special ...

Top Picks for Celebrating Tourism in Shreveport-Bossier City Get our free mobile app Just this morning, we had a news report about a research piece from Market Dynamic Research Group in New Orleans that surveyed recent visitors to Louisiana. According to their findings, over half of them were inspired to visit by a movie or TV show. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser told Louisiana Radio Network that this not only is good for the state in the form of jobs, it also equates to $2.5 billion in revenue. So, instead of taking our money out of state for some rest and relaxation, let's show our local at...

Get our free mobile app I have to be honest...over the past year or so, I've used COVID as an excuse to not do anything. Like, at all. Pretty much for the last 14 months, I've done nothing but eat pizza rolls, watch movies and play video games. So, I'm trying to be more active and do more stuff to try and get into any shape other than a blob. And one thing I've been doing lately is going to parks and hiking. It's healthy. You got to see some pretty amazing things. And, generally speaking, its free. Which is always an added bonus. And one park I recently discovered locally that I absolutely fe...

As a child, Dr. Raven Jackson-Jewett could have lost her dream of becoming a veterinarian. After all, there were barely any role models in the nation who looked like her.  Fortunately, she found motivation from her parents, education at Tuskegee University and a spark of inspiration from the Montgomery Zoo. "I just believed that I could be whatever I wanted to be," she said. Today, she's the attending veterinarian and director of veterinary care at Chimp Haven, a 200 acre chimpanzee sanctuary in Keithville, Louisiana. There, known as "Dr. J", she helps care for more than 300 chimpanzees...

North American animal sanctuaries serve a sad, but necessary role Animal sanctuaries across North American bat cleanup after exotic animals must be rescued from unaccredited zoos or people who think it would be cool to have one as a pet Author of the article: Dana Gee Publishing date: Feb 24, 2021  •  March 3, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  This is Toka he used to live in the Toronto Zoo before he found a much larger home at the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) in California. Photo by Courtesy of PAWS /PNG Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are inde...