chimpanzee

Woburn Safari Park is delighted to announce that Dr Jane Goodall DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace will visit Woburn Safari Park on Saturday 27th September. Dr Goodall will be presenting two different talks about her life and work along with book signings...

At my visit today I noticed one entire section of glass in the far end of the Chimpanzee exhibit entirely covered in wood panels labelled FRAGILE. You couldn't really see what had happened and at first I thought there may be some updated theming or decoration going on, but as I got closer I...

Pictures and stories about this baby chimpanzee say that a Russian zookeeper brought the ape home from the zoo 2 years ago. Many in the U.S. great ape groups are wondering whether this is true, and what happened to the chimp. Does anyone know about this? Chimpanzee Adopted By a Mastiff |...

Stone-Throwing Chimp Is Back -- And This Time It's Personal - ScienceNOW

It's not a zoo designation, but I decided to declare 2012 as the Year of the Chimpanzee in the United States. If we are ever going to get U.S. captive chimpanzees out of laboratories, basements, and filming studios ‒ and give them sanctuary, with the respect and care they deserve ‒ the year...

I've been having a discussion on another forum about captive chimps. The person I've been speaking to is very anti-zoo and cites Antwerp as a very bad exhibit with unhappy animals. I've never been, but it's my belief that keepers tend to work hard to keep their charges happy even if the...

I have posted much here in the past, with positive endearing passion about the Zoo I have been going to my whole life. I haven't posted in some time and since then I have had an injustice to myself and a friend done by the Management of the Zoo. Regardless of that situation, I have...

A truly sad sight is a pet- or actor-chimpanzee who has to wear clothes! I've blogged about one little pet chimp, owned by my aunt back in the 1950s. If you're interested, check out today's post, For Ladies Only. Her photo is here: Aunt Elsie with her chimp | Flickr - Photo Sharing! -...

I'm trying to get a sense of how many zoos had chimp shows from the 1940s to around 1975 or so. My dad trained chimps for the Detroit Zoo, and I'm wondering if that show was a rarity or if it was pretty common. I'd love to hear your memories, experiences, or see your pictures. I've just...

Does anyone have any memories of the chimp shows about 50 years ago? My dad was a chimp trainer at the Detroit Zoo in the 1940s and 50s. Author Shawn Thompson wrote about our family and the chimps in his blog, the intimate ape: A daughter's dark tale of abuse at the zoo chimp show: how kids...

My dad was a chimp trainer at the Detroit Zoo in the 1940s and 50s. Author Shawn Thompson wrote about our family and the chimps in his blog, Intimate Ape. The reaction was so supportive, I've decided to start my own blog, Chimp Trainer's Daughter. Please stop by and share your thoughts!

The chimpanzees of Budongo Trail at Edinburgh Zoo are to be the stars in a forthcoming episode of the BBC's Natural World episode. It is about the Chimpcam project that looks in to the chimpanzees cignitive abilities and included many firsts as it coincided with the move into Budongo Trail! It...

The indoor enclosure for chimpanzees. July 2008

The densely vegetated outdoor enclosure for chimpanzees. July 2008

The large chimpanzee island at Odense Zoo. May 2008

Jambo, the father of Mongo. Yawning. Both of them are now bald.

Mongo the brown chimpanzee. He has now gone bald, just like his dad Jambo.

A happy Genet, playing in her outdoor enclosure. She is a brown chimpanzee.

Photo taken March 2005.

Myombe Reserve. Photo taken May 2008