US EditionA Mississippi monkey sanctuary helps veterans with PTSD find peace
PERKINSTON, MISSISSIPPI, AUG 4 – The sanctuary, licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has helped veterans with PTSD find healing through caring for rescued monkeys since opening last October.
- In October, Air Force veteran April Stewart and her husband established the Gulf Coast Primate Sanctuary on their 15-acre property in Perkinston, Mississippi, with three large enclosures.
- After first rescuing and rehoming monkeys, Stewart enlisted volunteers, including several veterans, and with two exotic-animal veterinarians formed a governing foundation for Mississippi’s only USDA-licensed primate sanctuary.
- John Richard, Army veteran, says Louie’s chirps of 'Oh, I love you' and the sanctuary helped more than any PTSD treatment in over 20 years.
- Volunteers, many of them veterans, report that bonding with the primates has taught them to trust again, Stewart says.
- Next summer, Stewart plans to open the sanctuary to the public for guided educational tours, aiming to provide a natural habitat and reunite primates with their own species.
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This Monkey Sanctuary Helps U.S. Veterans With PTSD Find Peace
(MedPage Today) -- PERKINSTON, Miss. -- In the embrace of a cheerfully chittering spider monkey named Louie, an Army veteran who grappled for decades with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) says he finally feels at peace. "Being out here...
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A Mississippi monkey sanctuary helps veterans with PTSD find peace
An Army veteran finds peace through a unique bond with a spider monkey named Louie. John Richard, who has struggled with PTSD for over 20 years, says his connection with Louie has been more healing than any treatment.
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