Rescued! Two Chimpanzees Swap Miserable Zoo for Lovely Welsh Sanctuary

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Meet Uschi and Kaspar. For years, these chimpanzee siblings were kept in a small, dark and ill-equipped enclosure at Tierpark Nadermann, a zoo in western Germany.

In these miserable conditions, the intelligent animals could not fulfil their natural urges to exercise and play. They became overweight because visitors fed them popcorn and biscuits and threw sweets at them. Unsurprisingly, they were deeply depressed, constantly plucking out their own body hair – a recognisable sign of mental distress in primates.

Luckily, compassionate people learnt of their plight. PETA Germany worked with other pro-animal groups, including Animal Public, The Great Ape Project and Pro Wildlife, to rescue the apes. These advocates complained to the authorities, gathered signatures from more than 20,000 people, consulted a renowned primate expert and released a video exposing the chimpanzees’ suffering.

And all this hard work paid off! At the beginning of December, Uschi and Kaspar were transferred to the Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary in the Brecon Beacons.

These pictures, taken just a few hours after they arrived at their new home, already show how much happier the animals are:

At the sanctuary – which houses many chimpanzees and other monkeys rescued from zoos, circuses and laboratories – the animals will not be exploited and put on display. Instead, everything will be done to meet their needs, and they will have plenty of space and equipment so that they can play, climb and interact with other members of their species.

Thank you to everyone who helped give these two animals a happy ending!

Even the “best” zoos treat animals as commodities and are more concerned with making money than ensuring animals’ welfare. Please don’t support animal “prisons” – a better way to learn about animals is to visit a sanctuary or get to know your local wildlife.

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The animals are on display ,its just another Z00 kenny ....but you call it a sanctuary if it makes you feel better .

Animals should be humanely destroyed imo ,and not shifted around the world for people to exploit,primates should not be caged ,all efforts should concentrate on habitat preservation and restoration ,this is just people cashing in on their suffering .
just swapped one steel cage for another .
People are so blind and misguided ,remember all that born free p1sh ,turning lions into pu ssy cats for their own gratification ,dangerous to the long term survival of the species to make them human friendly .

What these people are really doing is just acting like social workers imo ,be better offering to humanely destroy them and deter people from visiting zoos altogether ,cant see how they are helping ,just squeezing a living out of them ,am sure if they could they would take their own lifes ,only joy they get is throwing **** at people ,not much of a life .

They look happy enough to me, breadnbutter. I will take Peta's expertise over your opinion any day, no disrespect.

lets agree to disagree as ever , HNY to you

You too. I've just checked quite a few videos on youtube, and although not ideal, I'm sure it's far better than their previous existence, either in a cage, or a zoo.

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Why did I spend 20 seconds opening this.

Not surprisingly it contained the words " NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO GIVE A FU K"

What a prize k unt you are Fishwick.

Why not ignore the thread!

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kenny mann    06 Jan 16 17:24 
Why did I spend 20 seconds opening this.


i suspect it is because you are a bit slow