Daily Cute: Former Lab Chimps Brought to Loving Sanctuary

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.care2.com/causes/daily-cute-former-lab-chimps-brought-to-loving-sanctuary.html


by Rachel Sacks November 2, 2014 3:00 pm



It’s always great to see animals that were used for research being freed, especially when chimpanzees, that are most often used for science experiments, are relocated to a loving and caring place. These laboratory chimps were released to the Gut Aiderbichl sanctuary in Austria, and the video shows them getting their first glimpse of their new outdoor areas. This is the first time in 30 years these chimps have breathed fresh air and felt grass under their feet. Fortunately, they will get to live out the remainder of their lives in a loving environment fit for chimpanzees, not in a cold laboratory.

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Like prisoners emerging from a lifetime behind bars, a group of chimpanzees step blinking into the sunlight. This is the first time they have felt grass under their feet and breathed fresh air for 30 years. A few of the chimps were born in captivity but most were kidnapped from African jungles as babies and flown to Europe, where they were locked in metal laboratory cages to be used in a long series of experiments. Their ordeal finally ended in September 2011 when 38 of the surviving chimps were released into a sanctuary in Austria called Gut Aiderbichl, allowing them to feel the nurturing contact of their fellow chimps after years of being separated by bars and bullet-proof glass. Link to sanctuary: http://www.gut-aiderbichl.at/

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[narnian60]

1. Wonderful! nt

[Warpy]

2. Watch the video

There is a hug in the beginning that is not to be missed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUiSJ6U1W8S-ZIE_epQGUxrg&v=nDgo6ee6uas

[OrwellwasRight]

3. +1000

[ballyhoo]

4. Wonderful video. So glad for their freedom...

[mountain grammy]

5. Thank you...