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The San Bruno Primate Shelter (SBPS) was an ape-house located in San Francisco. It was owned by John Landon, a seemingly cool-headed businessman. His son, Dodge, was cruel and sadistic towards the ape residents for no apparent reason, electrocuting them with a cattle prod, he rudely and disrespectfully calling them "Stupid monkeys" and "Lazy baboons" and hosing various simians with a high-powered fire hose and without any remorse. Another employee, Rodney, was kinder to the inmates.

Inside the Facility

Inside the building there were a number of rooms. These included:

Play area: A large enclosure with some jungle-like design and various enrichments inside, such as toys, swings and an artificial tree, in which the apes could spend limited time.
Cage room: A prison-like holding area for individual apes.
Landon's office: John Landon's place of work that also featured a one-ape holding pen for visitors.
Buck's cage: A large single cage in the play area made individually for the large, aggressive gorilla Buck.
Infirmary: A small recovery room where apes are treated for illness or after they're shot at with the tranquillizer gun. Like the play area it has a jungle design that is like the natural habitat for apes.

History

Caesar was taken to the facility after an attack on a neighbour, Hunsiker. He was maltreated by both the primates (spearheaded by Rocket, the dominant male chimpanzee) and the human Dodge, and observed that both species were brutal and different than he had previously thought. Later, a group of chimps were taken from the shelter to the Gen-Sys Laboratories as experimental test subjects. When Will Rodman came to visit Caesar asked if he can return home, but Will refused. Embittered, the resentful Caesar stole a flick-knife from one of Dodge's friends and broke open his cage. Escaping, he returned to Will's house and stole a new strain of the ALZ-113 "cure", and greatly increased his simian counterpart's intelligence, and claimed dominance over the primates. Caesar's new-found minions included Rocket - a gray hairless male chimpanzee, Buck - a large male gorilla kept in solitary confinement - and Maurice - a former circus orangutan who also knows sign language and communicates with Caesar. By the following morning the apes' eyes had turned green, signalling their altered state. When Dodge found Caesar in the play area where he was not meant to be, he tried to electrocute Caesar, who beat him down. Dodge was later hosed by Caesar while his electric cattle-prod was still on. Electrocuted, Dodge died. The new-found simian army escaped, and Dodge's father and Rodney were left to mourn.

Notes

Each cage in the shelter bore the name of its inmate. The name 'Caesar' is seen printed on the chimp's cage within minutes of his arrival, but already looks weathered and worn.
In an earlier version of the script, the San Bruno Primate Shelter was known simply as 'The Ranch', and also had horses kept on the grounds. 'Dr. Molly Stewart' (Caroline Aranha) worked at the Ranch on a voluntary basis.
The shelter was based on the Black Beauty Ranch in Athens, Texas, where famous chimp test subject Nim Chimpsky spent his final years.^[1]
The shelter was also similar to the human zoo from the original film.
The human zoo from 1968's Planet of the Apes was Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver's inspiration for this shelter. Scenes like the one where Dodge Landon sprays Caesar with a fire house were directly inspired by scenes from the original movie.

Appearances

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

References

↑ Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver commentary - Rise of the Planet of the Apes Blu-Ray edition (2011)

[bluray-1] Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver commentary - Rise of the Planet of the Apes Blu-Ray edition (2011)

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-The '''San Bruno Primate Shelter (SBPS)''' was an [[ape]] house located in [[San Francisco]]. It was owned by [[John Landon (CE)|John Landon]], a seemingly cool-headed businessman. His son, [[Dodge Landon|Dodge]], was cruel and sadistic towards the [[ape]] residents for no apparent reason, electrocuting them with a cattle prode, he rudely and disrespectfully calling them ''"Stupid monkeys"'' and ''"Lazy baboons" '' and hosing various [[ape]]s with a high-powered fire hose and without any remorse. Another employee, [[Rodney]], was kinder to the inmates.
+The '''San Bruno Primate Shelter (SBPS)''' was an ape-house located in [[San Francisco]]. It was owned by [[John Landon (CE)|John Landon]], a seemingly cool-headed businessman. His son, [[Dodge Landon|Dodge]], was cruel and sadistic towards the [[ape]] residents for no apparent reason, electrocuting them with a cattle prod, he rudely and disrespectfully calling them ''"Stupid monkeys"'' and ''"Lazy baboons" ''and hosing various simians with a high-powered fire hose and without any remorse. Another employee, [[Rodney]], was kinder to the inmates.
 ==Inside the Facility==
 Inside the building there were a number of rooms. These included:
-*'''Play area: '''A large enclosure with some [[West African Jungle| jungle]] like design and various enrichments inside, such as toys, swings and an artifical tree, in which the [[ape]]s could spend limited time.
+*'''Play area: '''A large enclosure with some [[West African Jungle|jungle]]-like design and various enrichments inside, such as toys, swings and an artificial tree, in which the apes could spend limited time.
-*'''Cage room: '''A prison-like holding area for individual [[ape]]s.
+*'''Cage room: '''A prison-like holding area for individual apes.
-*'''Landon's office: '''[[John Landon (CE)|John Landon's]] place of work that also featured a one-[[ape]] holding pen for visitors.
+*'''Landon's office: '''[[John Landon (CE)|John Landon's]] place of work that also featured a one-ape holding pen for visitors.
-*'''Buck's cage: '''A large single cage in the play area made individually for the large, aggressive [[Gorilla]] [[Buck]].
+*'''Buck's cage: '''A large single cage in the play area made individually for the large, aggressive [[gorilla]] [[Buck]].
-*'''Infirmiry: '''A small recovery room where [[ape]]s are treated for illneses or after they're shot at with the tranquilizer gun. Like the play area it has a jungle design that is like the natural habitat for [[ape]]s.
+*'''Infirmary: '''A small recovery room where apes are treated for illness or after they're shot at with the tranquillizer gun. Like the play area it has a jungle design that is like the natural habitat for apes.
 ==History==
-[[Caesar (CE)|Caesar]] was taken to the facility after an attack on a neighbour, [[Hunsiker]]. He was maltreated by both the primates (spearheaded by [[Rocket]], the dominant male [[Chimpanzee]]) and the human Dodge, and observed that both species were brutal and different than he had previously thought. Later, a group of [[Chimpanzee|Chimps]] were taken from the shelter to the [[Gen-Sys Laboratories]] as experimental test subjects. When [[Will Rodman]] came to visit Caesar asked if he can return home, but Will refused. Embittered, the resentful Caesar stole a flick-knife from one of Dodge's friends and broke open his cage. Escaping, he returned to Will's house and stole a new strain of the [[ALZ-113]] "cure", and greatly increased his simian counterpart's intelligence, and claimed dominance over the primates. Caesar's newfound minions included Rocket - a gray hairless male [[Chimpanzee]], Buck - a large male [[Gorilla]] kept in solitary confinement - and [[Maurice]] - a former circus [[Orangutan]] who also knows sign language and communicates with Caesar. By the following morning the [[ape]]s' eyes had turned green, signaling their altered state. When Dodge found Caesar in the play area where he was not meant to be, he tried to electrocute Caesar, who beat him down. Dodge was later hosed by Caesar while his electric cattle-prod was still on. Electrocuted, Dodge died. The newfound [[ape]] army escaped, and Dodge's father and Rodney were left to mourn.
+[[Caesar (CE)|Caesar]] was taken to the facility after an attack on a neighbour, [[Hunsiker]]. He was maltreated by both the primates (spearheaded by [[Rocket]], the dominant male [[chimpanzee]]) and the human Dodge, and observed that both species were brutal and different than he had previously thought. Later, a group of chimps were taken from the shelter to the [[Gen-Sys Laboratories]] as experimental test subjects. When [[Will Rodman]] came to visit Caesar asked if he can return home, but Will refused. Embittered, the resentful Caesar stole a flick-knife from one of Dodge's friends and broke open his cage. Escaping, he returned to Will's house and stole a new strain of the [[ALZ-113]] "cure", and greatly increased his simian counterpart's intelligence, and claimed dominance over the primates. Caesar's new-found minions included Rocket - a gray hairless male chimpanzee, Buck - a large male gorilla kept in solitary confinement - and [[Maurice]] - a former circus [[orangutan]] who also knows sign language and communicates with Caesar. By the following morning the apes' eyes had turned green, signalling their altered state. When Dodge found Caesar in the play area where he was not meant to be, he tried to electrocute Caesar, who beat him down. Dodge was later hosed by Caesar while his electric cattle-prod was still on. Electrocuted, Dodge died. The new-found simian army escaped, and Dodge's father and Rodney were left to mourn.
 ==Notes==
 * Each cage in the shelter bore the name of its inmate. The name 'Caesar' is seen printed on the chimp's cage within minutes of his arrival, but already looks weathered and worn.
 * In an earlier version of the script, the San Bruno Primate Shelter was known simply as 'The Ranch', and also had horses kept on the grounds. [[Caroline Aranha|'Dr. Molly Stewart' (Caroline Aranha)]] worked at the Ranch on a voluntary basis.
-* The shelter was based on the Black Beauty Ranch in Athens, Texas, where famous [[Chimpanzee|Chimp]] test subject [[Wikipedia:Nim Chimpsky|Nim Chimpsky]] spent his final years.<ref name=bluray>Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver commentary - ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' Blu-Ray edition (2011)</ref>
+* The shelter was based on the Black Beauty Ranch in Athens, Texas, where famous chimp test subject [[Wikipedia:Nim Chimpsky|Nim Chimpsky]] spent his final years.<ref name=bluray>Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver commentary - ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' Blu-Ray edition (2011)</ref>
 * The shelter was also similar to the human zoo from the original film.
 * The human zoo from 1968's Planet of the Apes was Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver's inspiration for this shelter. Scenes like the one where [[Dodge Landon]] sprays [[Caesar]] with a fire house were directly inspired by scenes from the original movie.
 == Appearances==
 *[[Rise of the Planet of the Apes]]