chimps

Just a little clarity to sone chimp history on here- there were 3 chimps that were housed off site (the zoo had a big house & property now owned by the city or parks) in the 70s and a huge enclosure was built for them to acclimate to captive life. The oldest chimp, Sudi, was surrendered to the...

Lush 1300m2 (13400ft²) chimpanzee exhibit at Belo horizonte zoo. The zoo houses 2 chimpanzees nowadays (the picture is from 2018. The exhibit has changed nothing since then, but at this time there were three individuals)

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!

I watched the documentary 'Jane Goodall: Beauty and the Beasts' last night on BBC4. I was very interested to see her son, Grub, talking about his experiences of being kept in a 'cage' as an infant while chimps rampaged around him. He said he's not fond of chimps, unsurprisingly. Does anyone know...

Sorry for my english but I would share this information with all of you. At monday (14/12/2009) the Great Ape Project in Brazil supported by Attourney Heron Santana and Peter Singer, Tom Regan and Steven M. Wise applied for a Habeaus Corpus for make free a male Chimp called Jimmy, that is...

Photo of the chimp exhibit at Edinburgh zoo.