Category: chimpanzee

Chimp Who Spent 28 Years in Experimental Lab and Other Facilities Is ‘Awestruck’ to See Sky for the First Time

July 6, 2023
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A 28-year-old chimpanzee who spent her entire life in a cage has seen the open sky for the first time at her new 3-acre (1.2-hectare) sanctuary home in Florida. Vanilla was born in captivity and spent her first two years of life in a 5-foot- (1.5-meter-) square suspended cage at New York’s former biomedical research…

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VIDEO: Chimpanzee Overjoyed on Reuniting With Caretakers Who Helped Raise Him After He Was Rejected by His Mom

May 14, 2023
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A chimpanzee who was raised by a few caretakers after he was rejected by his mom as a baby is overcome with joy when he reunites with them. The moving moment that was captured on video shows the strong and special bond they share even after seven years. Limbani, the chimpanzee was born with pneumonia…

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Video Captures Mama Chimpanzee’s Emotional Reunion With Her Baby 2 Days After Emergency C-Section

November 24, 2022
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Almost two full days after giving birth via emergency Caesarean section, a mother chimpanzee has had an emotional reunion with her baby. Mahale, a female chimpanzee living at Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, gave birth to a baby boy on Nov. 15. Mahale needed an emergency C-section after her natural labor stopped progressing, the…

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Orphaned Baby Chimpanzee Recovers After Falling From Tree as Mom Was Killed by Poachers

January 14, 2021
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An injured baby chimpanzee has been given a second chance at life after being orphaned by the poachers that killed her mother. It is believed that the infant was destined for illegal pet trade and her mother was likely killed for bushmeat. A ranger at Sapo National Park in the Liberian rainforest of West Africa rushed…

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