# Center for Great Apes

- **Opened:** 1993
- **Location:** Wauchula, Florida
- **Zoo Name:** Center for Great Apes
- **Date Opened:** 1993
- **Num Animals:** 71
- **Num Species:** 27

The Center for Great Apes is an animal sanctuary for great apes located east of Wauchula, Florida. Founded as a nonprofit organization in 1993, the sanctuary has about 70 orangutans and chimpanzees who were formerly used in entertainment, scientific research, or the exotic pet trade. The sanctuary sits on 100 acres of land in rural Florida, southwest of Orlando.

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Great_Apes (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)