Case Study: Primate Rescue Center

Problem

Residents at the Primate Rescue Center in Nicholasville, Kentucky, live luxuriously, enjoying healthy food and outdoor enclosures. It’s a well-earned retreat, considering that many come from neglectful owners, circuses, roadside zoos and laboratories. However, in the dog days of summer, comfort took a dive. Primates react to stifling Kentucky heat and humidity the same way humans do – by seeking shade, refusing to come outside and acting lethargic. Some enclosures had standard pressboard fans, but they couldn’t stand up to the heat, wilting in the humidity.

Solution

Big Ass Fans® donated two overhead Haiku® and two portable Yellow Jacket® fans to the center to keep chimps cool. After a period of initial suspicion, chimps in outdoor enclosures now take daily naps in front of Yellow Jacket’s cooling airflow – particularly the one with a misting attachment. One of the Haiku fans keeps the energetic spider monkeys comfortable in the summer and creates uniform temperatures in the winter; plus, the damp-rated fans’ airfoils will never warp due to humidity. A second Haiku cools primates and vets in the medical center.