He was born in a experimentation laboratory, the Institute for Primate Studies in Norman , Oklahoma State , in November 1980. There lived his parents,, Vanessa and Ali, relatives of another notorious chimp – . Nim Chimpsky , who led to the documentary Project Nim, recently aired on TV.

When he was still a baby, he was loaned to a circus, where he was trained to ride a tricycle. When he became too strong to work in front of the public, in August 1989 , he was sent to one of the worst torture medical centers in North America , the Coulston Foundation, in New Mexico . Although there was an agreement that he would only be used to reproduce, and would not be tortured, he was incorporated into five different studies of invasive searches.

He was submitted to 14 years of torture in a lonely dungeon, without seeing the light and without having a toy or a companion. When Dr. Carole Noon bought that torture center, which had broken, she found him in isolation and could not hold back the tears facing that sacrificed being.

She took him to her sanctuary in Fort Pierce, Florida (Save the Chimps), where he was integrated into a group that he enjoyed for the last 12 years of his life, surrounded by friends and his adopted daughter , Chelsea , whom he loved.

Jack loved having blankets, lots of them. During 14 years in the cruel, cold and cemented torture center, he never had one. But Jack did not keep hatred from humans. He tried to forget the dark past and enjoyed his new destination, an island that allowed him to play, run , walk on the grass and be exposed to the sun, something impossible for his tortured body for biopsies, inoculations and unimaginable pain during 14 years.

Days ago, when lunch was being served by his beloved keeper, Amber , in the company of their friends chimpanzees , JR and Anna, Jack fell struck by a heart attack.

In memory of this extraordinary chimpanzee, who died prematurely at the age of 33, after suffering unspeakable in life, we have a commitment that in no circumstances a great ape can be used to develop remedies for the human race .
Dr. Pedro A. Ynterian
President , GAP Project International