One day, like any other day, the Detroit Zoo chimpanzee exhibit was surrounded with spectators on all sides, when suddenly, a playful chase between two chimps took an accidental turn,…
It was an early January morning in 1974 when this group of chimps, who had been used in lab research, were finally given the opportunity to see the sunlight for…
Mama, a 59-year-old chimpanzee and the matriarch of a famous chimpanzee colony was gravely ill. In this touching video, she was unable to eat and sensed she was coming to…
There are some videos that just touch you right down to the core. ‘Mama’ was a 59 year old chimpanzee matriarch of a famous chimpanzee colony in Arnhem, Netherlands. After…
Life at the jungle of the National Park In Ivory Cost is nothing but fun and enjoyable for the habitants, among which a chimpanzee mother and her infant chimp. A…
Professor Jan van Hooff, an emeritus professor of behavioral biology at Utrecht University, has known Mama the chimpanzee since 1972. He was actually the one who co-founded the colony she…
When Linda Koeb returned to the animal reserve, she wasn’t sure her old friends would recognize her. After all, it had been 18 years since she released Swing and Doll…
18 years ago, Linda Koebner helped two laboratory chimps transition from a life behind bars back to having a normal and happy life. The two chimps, Doll and Swing had…
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh A good…
