for some reason this seems cruel to me… cd SHREVEPORT, La. – It’s both a surprise and a mystery. At Caddo Parish’s Chimp Haven, where retired male chimpanzees all get vasectomies, a female chimp has turned up pregnant. Chimp Haven managers knew something was up when they could not find one of their chimps last…
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Clever Bonobo again triggers fire alarm
DES MOINES, Iowa – Panbanisha the bonobo is up to her tricks again. For the second time in two months, the 20-year-old animal triggered a fire alarm at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa research center. The trouble started at about 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, when Panbanisha wanted to go outside but the staff was too…
Reflections on our Inner Bush….
A thouroughly enjoyable read from Op-Ed News….I’ve only posted the first section…the whole thing is worth reading… cd Reflections On Our Inner Bush: Corporate Monkeys In Our National House Of Mirrors “On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts’ desire at last, and the White House will…
India tries to chase monkeys from trains – Yahoo! News
They look pretty nice to me, but apparently they scare the hell out of Monkeys…they look sort of like those little pencil trolls…don’ t you think? cd NEW DELHI – In an effort to keep monkeys out of the New Delhi subways, authorities have called in one of the few animals known to scare the…
Drunken Monkeys
If it’s good for the monkeys, it’s good for the man. Just not for the man who was pulled over with blood alcohol 18 times his legal limit at 7.27 grams per liter cd BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Monkeys and apes in Budapest’s Zoo drink their way through 55 litres of red wine each year, albeit…
Bears Eat Monkey at Zoo
Okay, even an asshole like me can appreciate the horror that zoogoers must have felt as they watched this. The closest thing to this, I have witnessed in person was at the Honolulu Zoo when several families with young children were watching the Chimps where I would sometimes eat my lunch. On this particular day,…
Police hunt Leone 'killer chimps'
The alpha-male, Bruno, who led the attack threw stones at me when I visted the sanctuary! Of course, the Pakistani UN soldiers that were also visiting were taunting the chimps… Bruno was magnificent and I can’t help but be a little psyched for him that he got some revenge. It’s tough, because if he were…
Boxing Orangutans…
What kind of people force orangutans to have daily boxing matches? And more importantly why hasn’t anyone sent me a ticket? cd At the Zoo on Yahoo! News Photos Orangutans stay in a cage in a wildlife protection centre in Ratchaburi province, about 125 km (78 miles) west of Bangkok April 15, 2006. Wildlife officials…
Tarzan's chimp Cheeta reaches 74
Cheeta the chimpanzee, who appeared in the Tarzan movies, has attended a party to celebrate his 74th birthday. Cheeta is kept by US primate sanctuary owner Dan Westfall, who was given him by an uncle who was a Hollywood animal trainer in the 1930s. The chimp, who appeared opposite Johnny Weissmuller in 12 films, is…
Baby bonobo at German zoo
Bonobo baby Luebo (with his mother Lisala) was born three weeks ago at the Wuppertal Zoo in Germany. BBC NEWS | In Pictures | Day in pictures