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if you look at some of the top quality sanctuaries in north america - it can be most of the day, especially in warmer climates. care often taken about groups and which chimps are in which groups - and moving them in and out of their outdoor area when they need vet checks or care. at sanctuaries in africa, for chimps and for bonobos, also often majority of the day/daylight, especially in good weather. At Center for Great Apes (in xxxxxx Florida, the chimps and orangutans there have "night housing" inside - and outside large (very large) areas areas with all kinds of stimulation, climbing, tires/ropes, trees, toys....they are out during the day - but often go inside (their own choice) in rain or storms. They tell a story there that one orangutan who had been held inside for years in a cage - at the first rain - just sat outside in it to feel the rain. The inside spaces/night houses are heated in winter and have big fans in summer. Sometimes in bright moonlight in warmer season they go outside. you can see a video here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtij0QioWdU I have visited CGR 3x. Amazing. At Lola La Bonobo in Congo outside Kinshasha, it is similar. Of course always warm there on the equator but the bonobos make a light of noise in the early morning at sunrise just after 6am - to be let out. and go back in to sleep in their night hammocks in the evening. So lots of outdoor time.

tens of millions - $ 124 million in the last full year reported (2019) per charity navigator, with assets of over $ 200 million. Per charity navigator, in 2019, the ceo Cristoble Block made $ 232,768 plus $ 136,705 from "Affiliates" (see below re affiliates). John Vranas, Chief Dev't and Marketing Officer, received $271,880, Katherine Karl (General Counsel)'s compensation was $261,787, and CFO/Treasurer G. Thomas Waite III's 2019 compensation was $255,877. Per the website today humanesociety.org, both Block and Karl are still at HSUS. Vranas and Waite are not. Here is the list of current leadership from the website:

Officers

Kitty Block, President and Chief Executive Officer

Erin Frackleton, Chief Operating Officer

William H. Hall, Treasurer and Chief Financial OfficerKatherine

L. Karl, General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer

Nicole Paquette, Chief Programs and Policy OfficerJohanie V. Parra, Secretary

Regarding the "affiliates" responsible for just over 1/3rd of the CEO's compensation ($136,705 in 2019 per charity navigator) - the HSUS website has an affiliates section and lists 6 affiliates: Humane Society International, Humane Society Legislative Fund, Fund for Animals, Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust, Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association, and Doris Day Animal League

Good question. This info from a good 2018 NatGeo article summary - and if google "primate sanctuary regulations" you'll come up with more but most falls into the context of what is here, including last graf. Problem is what limited regulations there are - often not enforced and so much denial when called out as has been the case here. "

A LACK OF OVERSIGHT

No definition exists in the U.S. (or globally) for what constitutes a primate (or other animal) sanctuary. Any facility can self-identify as one, and even those that do may not have to apply for a license under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal Welfare Act. (The act’s rules say that “preserves or sanctuaries that maintain exotic or wild animals are exempt from regulation provided they do not exhibit or use the animals for promotional purposes, including fundraising, or sell animals.)

The Animal Welfare Act establishes such rudimentary requirements as “potable water” and being fed “at least once a day.” According to Erika Fleury, author of Monkey Business: A History of Non-Human Primate Rights and program director of the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance, a coalition for facilities caring for captive primates, the standards are “notoriously low.” State and local laws on possessing exotic animals vary widely, and most have few if any specific policies on captive primates.

To remedy this, some sanctuary leaders banded together to create ad hoc guidelines and accreditation for facilities that adhere to specific standards—groups like the Association of Animal Sanctuaries, founded in 1998, and the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS), established in 2007. In 2010 the leaders of seven primate sanctuaries, including Lesley Day, formed the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance (NAPSA) to uphold standards of care.

“Accreditation is important because it helps differentiate sanctuaries that may not be run in the most responsible manner,” Fleury says. Accreditation from GFAS, for example, requires adherence to guidelines about animal well-being, limits on animal research, ethical methods of acquiring animals and fundraising, and rigorous safety protocols. NAPSA’s standards dictate that a true sanctuary must put animals’ needs above those of humans. That means, among other things, no hands-on interactions with the animals.