Sarah Baeckler of CSNW is exploiting the Sanctuary Chimpanzees

Dear readers;
In a previous post I talked about how Sarah baeckler was using the sanctuary chimps in a magazine. Exploiting I say! Why is it ok for her to do that but when private owners exploit their chimpanzees it's the most awful thing in the world? IN my opinion her sanctuary and some of the zoos don't agree with Chimps in the entertainment business because if they are the only ones with chimps, they get to make money off of them.

Funny how Sarah was put at Sid Yost ranch to spy on him, when he was in fact one of the best trainers I ever meet. I spent 2 weeks with his chimps and him. One of which was Angel who was about 220 lbs. She laid in the hammock and let me tickle her, we did gardening together, she was just like an adult person. Now IF she had been abused at ALL, she would not have been out of her enclosure walking around the ranch. So Sarah and Bruce Wagman of the ALDF had a plan to set him up, she lied, and his chimps were taken away. For a reward........ she got the tiny little sanctuary, which by the way is in the coldest part of the country with her little troupe of 7 chimps. A thank you per say for lying. I know she lied about me! She along with others of her statue will lie to gain popularity. In my opinion she is a want to be, the worst kind of chimpanzee people. Those chimps should NOT be in such cold weather. How many times a year do you think they go outside? For years they never even had an outside enclosure. To me that's abuse!
After posting the previous article I received this comment about her, which in my opinion is right on the mark.

Comment from one of my readers
This is hideous. Is there no other way for the hypocrites to gain noteriety and donations other than to pat themselves on the back and bring down others?


Ms Baeckler, well known in the small chimp circles she runs with, has been used as a pawn and figurehead for their advocacy of non-exploitation for almost seven years now.

She has made a career out of whoring herself for her own noteriety and fame, at the expense of others.

Is she truly a primatologist?

Is she truly and advocate?

Or is she just a mouthpiece for the Goodall's and the Fouts' of the world - who used the bespectacled mousey little make believe scientist to lie about Yost, advance her own personal agenda, and reward her with her little seven chimp sanctuary in the hills of Washington.

Hey Beackler, if you really want to do something valuable with your life, why don't you drag your sorry little lying ass in front of the cameras and tell the world all of the horrific things that the US Government is still doing to chimps - I don't see you advocate for them.

Glamour Schlamour.

The Little Rock Zoo Made the worst Zoo List - Yeah

For those of you readers that are new to this site The Little Rock zoo had 2 of my ex-chimps, one if which, Louie at the age of 7 passed away in their care!  He was still a baby. Never sick one day in his short little life. We love you Louie Louie. I have been trying to get the other one out of there (have a place for him) before he dies also. In the past 3 years they have has 2 infant chimps die, one adolescent, and a gorilla. I hope  this brings awareness to not only the elephants but also the Chimpanzees!
I HATE this zoo for allowing my little chimp to die. He was cared for with a vet that specializes in Reptiles! For Goodness sake/ if you scroll down you can read all of the posts about our little Louie and the uncaring way they told us about him. Our hearts are broken to say the least. We thought they would be well taken care of. My other chimp, Mikey is still being housed all by himself after 2 years. I believe they have no idea what they are doing. Sometimes it just seems as though no one cares. I even contacted Bruce Wagman of the aldf (whom I thought was a friend of mine and cared for all animals,) BUT he wasn't interested in helping me get Mikey out of there where he could be safe and with other chimps. The place where he should be I have been there dozens of times and actually placed a monkey there who is thriving with his female friend.

If anyone can help my little chimp who I love soooo much please contact me through this blog. The writer of this article, if you would like to know some of the real truth about this zoo, I'm the one to tell you. I would be more than happy to tell you everything from my own experience and things that were told to me by one of the caretakers of the zoo. Just google my name for my history.

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Contact: Catherine Doyle, 323-301-5730, Catherine@idausa.org

Little Rock, Ark. (January 17, 2012) – The 2011 list of the Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants, released yesterday by In Defense of Animals (IDA), once again exposes the hidden suffering of elephants in zoos, where lack of space, unsuitably cold climates and unnatural conditions condemn Earth’s largest land mammals to lifetimes of deprivation, disease and early death. The list is in its eighth year.

A promising trend toward the closure of inadequate elephant displays continued in 2011 and includes zoos that have appeared on IDA’s annual list. The most recent are the Central Florida Zoo and Southwick’s Zoo in Massachusetts. The Toronto Zoo’s appearance on the 2009 list sparked a campaign that led to the closure of that exhibit in 2012. This brings the number of zoos that have closed or will close their elephant exhibits to 22, and zoo experts expect that number to rise.

The Little Rock Zoo appears for the first time on IDA’s list with the following entry:

Little Rock Zoo (Arkansas) – Two’s not a crowd. After the death of Mary in 2011, IDA urged the zoo not to seek a cage-mate for remaining elephant Ellen but to instead close its outdated exhibit and send Ellen to a spacious, natural-habitat sanctuary. Instead, the zoo recklessly rushed in two older elephants acquired from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus – even though Ellen and one of the elephants were predictably incompatible – in order to meet the required AZA minimum of three elephants. Ellen died less than a month later, and the zoo found itself with two elephants and again out of compliance. With a shortage of elephants in zoos, it’s only a matter of time before this zoo is forced to end its elephant program. It should save Little Rock taxpayers some money and the elephants a lot of misery by ending its elephant program now.

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park (California) earns yet another dishonorable mention, and the San Antonio Zoo (Texas) becomes the newest inductee into the Worst Zoos for Elephants Hall of Shame, a special honor reserved for the worst repeat offenders.

Another result of IDA’s relentless advocacy for elephants in zoos has been the creation of an historic management policy by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). The new policy calls for an end to handling that requires keepers to share the same unrestricted space with elephants. If the AZA is serious about enforcing this policy, it will facilitate an end to the use of the bullhook, a weapon used by keepers to threaten and often inflict painful physical punishment.

“IDA’s Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants list illustrates the many serious problems that condemn elephants to lives of misery in zoos,” said IDA Elephant Campaign Director Catherine Doyle. “These include abnormal repetitive behaviors, hyper-aggression, social isolation, and deadly conditions such as foot and joint disease caused by lack of space and movement.”

“Scientific research has shown what elephants need: space to walk miles every day, large families with whom to spend their lives, and rich natural environments,” said Doyle. “Caging elephants in zoo displays is not humane and it is not conservation.”

For more information, please visit www.HelpElephants.com.


Contact: Catherine Doyle, 323-301-5730, Catherine@idausa.org

In Defense of Animals is an international animal protection organization located in San Rafael, Calif. dedicated to protecting animals’ rights, welfare, and habitat through education, outreach, and our hands-on rescue facilities in India, Africa, and rural Mississippi.
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Is Little Rock Zoo Hiding Something? Is Steve Ross a fake!

Well folks as can read from previous e-mails, we entrusted the Little Rock Zoo with both our juvenile chimps, Mikey and Louie. Louie has passed away at the age of 7 years old!!!!! How in the world does a small chimp that we raised from 6 months old, DIE? He was such a healthy chimp. God, chimps in the wild don't even die from what they said he had. Mikey is in a cage all by himself. They haven't even gotten him in with a chimp family yet. For goodness sake private owners could have had that done already.

We contacted the State Attorney General of the state of Arkansas, and they refuse to give us the information? Why do you suppose that is when they are "suppose " to honor all FIOA's. Perhaps the little rock zoo had something to do with that? Hiding something Little rock zoo?

There have been 2 main caretakers for the Chimps, one of which is named Kristin.
She was "suppose" to give us an update on the chimps whenever we asked for one. It was an agreement that we had made BEFORE we even allowed the chimps to go there. So... for the first year Kristin would give me those updates. Then all of the sudden she stops. We accepted the fact that perhaps she was tired of it. THEN, Louie dies and we get a very unemotional e-mail telling us because she knew I would hear it through the media. So why was that promise broken? We didn't even get a phone call when Louie was sick.

I tried to get Mikey transferred out of there through Steve Ross. I had a really nice sanctuary that was willing to take him that have other chimps. I have been to this sanctuary dozens of times. If you don't know who Steve Ross is google him. He use to experiment on chimps and now he thinks he's this great scientist, writing books about their behaviour. What about all of the chimps you infected with diseases, that you watched day in and day out sit in tiny little concrete cages with no enrichment, house by themselves and tortured. Now why would he have the right to have a different view about the chimps. You either love them or you don't. Steve Ross has increased his career on people like myself, Jeanne Rizzotto and other private owners. Steve Ross told me that if I helped out their cause with not owning Chimps as pets that I would be apart of the SSP's special program. (I am not going to write the name I don't want him getting any recognition anymore from me.) I was excited about this program because it would have been with other private chimps. I agreed since my chimps were gone. UM I wonder if he promised Jeanne Rizzotto the same thing?

My husband wrote to Kristin at the little rock zoo on her PERSONAL e-mail account, not her's at the zoo on November 4th. We get an e-mail back from the director at the Little Rock Zoo named Mike Blankey stating that Kristin doesn't work there anymore. First off, how did her e-mail get to him? Did she send it to him? Secondly, is it true that Kristin isn't working there anymore? or did Mike Blankey lie? If Kristin isn't there doesn't it seem odd that after working at the Little Rock Zoo for many years, why would she leave a short 2 months after Louie passes away. So... Was Kristin fired? did she leave because of Louie? Is Mike Blankey lying?, and if so Why?

My next post will give you information on the day we dropped the chimps off, who got bit, and what little chimp got a few of his toes bitten off when in transfer from one zoo to the Little Rock Zoo. Stay tuned. You see I just don't care anymore about telling the truth of the secrets I hold when it comes to the entire placing Mikey and Louie at the Little Rock Zoo. I will also go more into detail about the type of person Steve Ross is, along with posting some of his uncaring e-mails to me during our bereavement time.

Here are the e-mails from Mike Blakely at the Little Rock Zoo



From: Blakely, Mike [@littlerock.org]


Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 3:30 PM

To: Gregg Harrison

Subject: FW: Chimp Response Mr. Harrison, I just wanted to let you know that Kristin is no longer a keeper at the Little Rock Zoo. By the way, Mikey is doing fine. Mike Blakely





From: Blakely, Mike

Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 3:15 PM

To: 'gharrison@amsred.com'

Subject: Chimp Response Mr. Harrison, The Little Rock Zoo is appreciative of the donation of Mikey and Louie to the Zoo. Both have received the best of care while in our custody. It is very unfortunate that Louie passed away, but his death was not due to any lack of care from our Zoo staff. The Zoo will continue to provide excellent care for Mikey, just as it does for the other chimps and all our animals at the Zoo. Thank you for your interest in Mikey’s welfare and for your support of the Little Rock Zoo. Mike Blakely, DirectorLittle Rock Zoo

Fifty years ago Ham the Chimpanzee went up in space

Fifty years ago, there was a space race -- a race the United States was losing to the communists.
Enter a hero, named Ham. The chimp would become the first hominid launched into outer space. And Ham wasn't just a passenger. He was taught to push a button once the light for re-entry came on. His mission set the stage for the one Alan Shepard would make May 5, 1961, aboard Freedom 7.

Marvin Grunzke of Montgomery, once an Air Force aeromedical specialist, holds a photo of Ham, the first chimp to be launched into space. Grunzke helped train Ham. (David Bundy Advertiser)

Monday is the 50th anniversary of when Ham the "astrochimp" launched into suborbital space inside a Mercury capsule.

And the chimpanzee's trainer, Marvin Grunzke -- a retired Air Force colonel and Faulkner University professor -- will dis­cuss his work and experiences Monday at Dalraida United Methodist Church.

"Nobody had been in space, so nobody knew anything," Grunzke said.

But at the time, John F. Kennedy had became president, and announced that the country would make "space our project," said Grunzke, 87, "and that we're going to the moon.

"What was significant about it was, we had just sent a missile up that had difficul­ty carrying a basketball-sized space lobe," he said. "So our capability for space was pretty dramatic."

In October 1958, Grunzke and his wife, Eunice, lived at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Grunzke was working in an "unusual environments program," testing people and subjects in all types of environmental conditions.

One evening, Grunzke witnessed Sput­nik -- although he wasn't sure whether it was Sputnik, or Sputnik 2, which carried Laika, a Soviet space dog.

The dog became the first animal to or- bit the Earth and the first orbital death.

"They had enough missile pow­er to send that into space," Grunzke said. "And we didn't."

At that time -- the late 1950s -- there were only five people working in NASA, and they needed help. So the government approached the Air Force.

Grunzke was then an Air Force major and aeromedical specialist at Wright Patterson, and was request­ed by NASA to transfer to New Mex­ico to be a key trainer in the "ani­mals in space" program.

After Grunzke worked for a cou­ple of years to help develop training and data recording equipment and to train different animals, the chimp was selected and trained for space travel experimentation be­cause the chimpanzees share com­mon physical attributes with hu­mans.

But there wasn't enough power in the capsule to carry anything too heavy, so the chimp could not weigh more than 30 pounds.

It was an exciting time for Grunzke, whose design develop­ments -- including the chimp's chair, a restraint system, and even a pellet dispenser to hold treats -- took longer to complete than it did to train chimps, which only took a couple of weeks.

"They needed the chimps to have full movements, and only re­strained them at the knee and an­kles," Grunzke said. "We needed to assure the subject would respond, and reward them for good behavior.

"All of these things reflected the fact that we had to combine new technology and subjects new to us. We worked hard so we were able to stay ahead."

Grunzke said they developed two programs.

One, was a "continuous avoid­ance action" in which the chimp was required to continuously press the lever on a consistent basis.

"And they developed a nice schedule," he said. "They just sat there and kept pressing the lever. But another thing is ... we wanted to test to see if they had a good reflex response.

"So we developed another lever with a light over it, and it would come on in random intervals and the subject would have a quick time to respond. So they would be work­ing the right-hand lever on a con­tinuous basis and the left-hand le­ver would be on a single basis and (they) wouldn't respond to it except for when that light came on so we could test reaction times."

This helped researchers test their response time and their re­flexes. Both were important be­cause in both instances subjects were responding to avoid punish­ment. If needed, the punishment was saucer-type plates in the chimp's feet that would send a slight electric shock if needed.

They never failed.

"I don't have any regrets, be­cause I know that there were things we had to do," Grunzke said of the punishment possibility. "There were things we had to do for the be­havior to be maintained."

The researchers had to learn whether living things -- and even­tually a human being -- could han­dle the rigors of space, said Grunzke, a professor of physiologi­cal psychology and behavioral sta­tistics at Faulkner University for the past 15 years.

"We could see the subject was re­sponding, and working according­ly," he said.

At one point during the short mission, though, Ham experienced 16 forces of gravity -- now, astro­nauts experience only three to four forces of gravity.

"When you have that kind of force, we learned we could literally do this," Grunzke said. "It showed them that man could do this as well.

"Because of the similarity be­tween the chimp and the human, we could draw an extraction from that and show this could be a simi­lar situation for humans."

In the end, Ham's suborbital flight lasted 16 minutes and 39 sec­onds, and while the capsule he was in suffered a partial loss of pressure during the flight, Ham's space suit prevented him from suffering any harm.

"As a result of that, a kind of mis-programming of the Ham mis­sile, we were able to gain some very valuable information about what humans could or could not do un­der very adverse acceleration and deceleration issues," Grunzke said.

When first approached to help with the animal in space program, Grunzke was excited.

"If we stop to think about it, and you have to project yourself back to think about it -- (back then we didn't) even have the capability to send a grapefruit-sized (object) into space, and we were going to send animals into space," he said. "And they would be a precursor to man."

This was so exciting to Grunzke that he designed a program that demonstrated that animals could be trained to steer a missile.

"I did that because if we wanted to shoot a space flight to the moon, we would maybe have to steer the missile," he said. "The whole pur­pose was that we could steer a cap­sule into the atmosphere. The time­frame was such that we were just developing transistors. Everything that we did was on big relay racks" -- designed to program the sched­ules so he could switch and vary the schedule."

Grunzke considers himself gen­erously blessed.

"I always say I have been gener­ously blessed," Grunzke said. "There's not a whole lot that I did, but the Lord watched out for me.

"What we did was minimal things, but it opened the door."

After Grunzke worked for a cou­ple of years to help develop training and data recording equipment and to train different animals, the chimp was selected and trained for space travel experimentation be­cause the chimpanzees share com­mon physical attributes with hu­mans.
But there wasn't enough power in the capsule to carry anything too heavy, so the chimp could not weigh more than 30 pounds.

It was an exciting time for Grunzke, whose design develop­ments -- including the chimp's chair, a restraint system, and even a pellet dispenser to hold treats -- took longer to complete than it did to train chimps, which only took a couple of weeks.

"They needed the chimps to have full movements, and only re­strained them at the knee and an­kles," Grunzke said. "We needed to assure the subject would respond, and reward them for good behavior.

"All of these things reflected the fact that we had to combine new technology and subjects new to us. We worked hard so we were able to stay ahead."

Grunzke said they developed two programs.

One, was a "continuous avoid­ance action" in which the chimp was required to continuously press the lever on a consistent basis.

"And they developed a nice schedule," he said. "They just sat there and kept pressing the lever. But another thing is ... we wanted to test to see if they had a good reflex response.

"So we developed another lever with a light over it, and it would come on in random intervals and the subject would have a quick time to respond. So they would be work­ing the right-hand lever on a con­tinuous basis and the left-hand le­ver would be on a single basis and (they) wouldn't respond to it except for when that light came on so we could test reaction times."

This helped researchers test their response time and their re­flexes. Both were important be­cause in both instances subjects were responding to avoid punish­ment. If needed, the punishment was saucer-type plates in the chimp's feet that would send a slight electric shock if needed.

They never failed.

"I don't have any regrets, be­cause I know that there were things we had to do," Grunzke said of the punishment possibility. "There were things we had to do for the be­havior to be maintained."

The researchers had to learn whether living things -- and even­tually a human being -- could han­dle the rigors of space, said Grunzke, a professor of physiologi­cal psychology and behavioral sta­tistics at Faulkner University for the past 15 years.

"We could see the subject was re­sponding, and working according­ly," he said.

At one point during the short mission, though, Ham experienced 16 forces of gravity -- now, astro­nauts experience only three to four forces of gravity.

"When you have that kind of force, we learned we could literally do this," Grunzke said. "It showed them that man could do this as well.

"Because of the similarity be­tween the chimp and the human, we could draw an extraction from that and show this could be a simi­lar situation for humans."

In the end, Ham's suborbital flight lasted 16 minutes and 39 sec­onds, and while the capsule he was in suffered a partial loss of pressure during the flight, Ham's space suit prevented him from suffering any harm.

"As a result of that, a kind of mis-programming of the Ham mis­sile, we were able to gain some very valuable information about what humans could or could not do un­der very adverse acceleration and deceleration issues," Grunzke said.

When first approached to help with the animal in space program, Grunzke was excited.

"If we stop to think about it, and you have to project yourself back to think about it -- (back then we didn't) even have the capability to send a grapefruit-sized (object) into space, and we were going to send animals into space," he said. "And they would be a precursor to man."

This was so exciting to Grunzke that he designed a program that demonstrated that animals could be trained to steer a missile.

"I did that because if we wanted to shoot a space flight to the moon, we would maybe have to steer the missile," he said. "The whole pur­pose was that we could steer a cap­sule into the atmosphere. The time­frame was such that we were just developing transistors. Everything that we did was on big relay racks" -- designed to program the sched­ules so he could switch and vary the schedule."

Grunzke considers himself gen­erously blessed.

"I always say I have been gener­ously blessed," Grunzke said. "There's not a whole lot that I did, but the Lord watched out for me.

"What we did was minimal things, but it opened the door."

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Seems as though Suncoast Primate Sanctaury AKA Chimp Farm seems to have problems with caging and safety

The USDA in the last 2 years have changed their rules in posting inspection Reports of all USDA Holders. Now they only post the last 2 years so I couldn't get all of the awful reports about this horrible place for past that.


You can find out anyone's information by going to this link
This may help you decide where to go and who to donate to. Not these people, that's for sure!!!!!!
I sure would like to speak to the woman that was attacked by the 2 Chimpanzees at this place. I'm sure she could tell some stories!
You can visit and voice your opinion here

58 baby chimps were born at the Suncoast Primate Sanctaury AKA Chimp Farm

This has to be one of the saddest stories I have read in such a long time. While reading and underlining the important facts, tears rolled down my face for the poor animals that these people (monsters) imprison them in. I do wish they would put this up for sale because I certainly would buy them out and make their lives right. I will be doing more on this horrible place!!!!! And to think they left a comment here saying I was an idiot. I can certainly read and learn, which is more than I can say for this Cobb woman.
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The Chimp Farm
by Betsy Swart

In PAOLA CAVALIERI & PETER SINGER (eds.), The Great Ape Project

As we paid our $2.25 and walked into Noell's Ark - the Chimp Farm -we passed a woman with three small children. They were standing in front of a barren concrete cage, staring at the lonely chimp inside.

'Hey, you,' yelled one of the children to the chimp. 'Want a peanut? Then DO something.'

'Can't you dance?' yelled another.

The kids giggled and jumped up and down - mimicking chimpanzee movements. But the chimp inside the cage remained silent. He just rocked quietly back and forth - hitting his head very softly against the concrete cage wall. His was a posture of total despair and loneliness.

The woman was about to take her children on a tour of the Farm. I wondered why she would expose her children to such sadness.

'Do you think the animals are happy?' we asked her, gesturing to the long rows of cages containing chimps, monkeys and other animals.

'Oh, of course, they're happy,' she said to me disdainfully. 'What kind of question is that? They're only animals.'

Then she and the children began their tour, past the long, desolate rows of pitiful cages.

Noell's Ark is one of the USA's most notorious roadside zoos. It is owned and presided over by Bob and Mae Noell. The couple got their 'show business' start on the vaudeville stage but soon decided that other sorts of entertainment would be more lucrative for them.

In 1939, they attended the World's Fair. And it was there that Bob first got the idea of using animals in their 'act', which in those days was a travelling medicine show catering to rural eastern and southern populations. Soon after the Fair, he bought a gorilla from a dealer and travelled around the country with this new 'member' of their family. The gorilla was a crowd-pleaser, especially after Bob latched on to the idea of having the gorilla 'box' with humans.
Bob and Mae realised they had a hit on their hands. They began acquiring other animals and eventually breeding them.

Soon they expanded the boxing matches to include chimps as well and travelled around the country pocketing a pretty penny from these make-believe bouts. The chimps they used as 'boxers' were, of course, chained and harnessed and otherwise restrained. But many a human 'he-man' would put his money down to try his strength against a chimpanzee — especially when he knew he couldn't lose.

The Noells' travelling days are over now. But the animals which they acquired during their working years — and many, many more — reside in a roadside concrete jungle near Tarpon Springs, Florida. The Chimp Farm is visited by hundreds of tourists each year. Bob and Mae proudly greet visitors and collect admission fees at the door.

The entrance to the Chimp Farm has a carnival-like appearance with huge signs announcing 'REAL LIVE' chimps, gorillas and alligators. There are even cartoon-like plywood cut-outs of various animals outside the Farm's main entrance. Tourists are encouraged to put their faces in the cut-out holes where animal faces would be and then have their pictures taken. 'See how you would look as a gorilla,' one of the staff calls out to a child climbing up the exhibit.

The same carnival-like attitude toward animals is encouraged on the inside of the Chimp Farm as well. Food in the form of monkey chow and nuts is available at the front desk or through bubble-gum dispensers. People are encouraged to feed the animals. Unfortunately, most feed them anything that they can manage to pitch into the cages and the bored and stressed animals accept the food gladly. There are a few signs posted on the premises to limit tourists' aggressive behaviour, but neither the Noells nor their staff keep a watchful eye out for the animals' health or safety.

During my two visits, I saw tourists give the animals gum, candy, cookies, Coke and even cigarettes.

But it is easy to see why these 'treats' are welcomed by the animals. They live in squalid condithe most barren and tions imaginable. They have nothing to play with — except perhaps their own faeces. Their cages are bare concrete and they are not allowed anything that would interfere with the Noells' clean-up operations, which consist merely of hosing down the cages with the animals inside.

Even a local grocer who offered to donate fruits and vegetables to the animals was refused because these foods make a 'mess' and were deemed inappropriate by the Noells. Except for an occasional tyre hanging from a cage top, there are no psychological enhancements in the cages. Space is minimal. The only animals who are housed together are those the Noells hope to breed. There is no room to exercise for any of the animals; there is no bedding to sleep on; and, in some cases, there is only minimal shelter from the weather.

As I walked along the concrete paths on my tour, I tried to piece together the different animals' histories.

At the entrance to the Farm — as though to entice visitors inside — plywoois a baby chimp in a plexiglass and plywood box. A sign taped to the plexiglass cage proclaims that this baby is the fifty-eighth baby chimp born at the Noells' facility.

The baby spends his day pacing and banging on the walls of his prison. Sometimes he will put his head against the plexiglass, attempting to touch the head of a child on the outside. He is apparently asking for help and companionship that he will never get.

To make things worse, he has nothing to play with except two small worn pieces of carpet. Mae Noell told me that he is 'exercised by a volunteer when one is available'.

But the exercise room was barely larger than the cage.

She also told us that they are proud of their success in breeding animals on the farm. The babies attract visitors, she said. When we asked where the babies go when they are no longer infants, we got the expected answer. Sometimes, she said, it is necessary to sell the babies to provide funds for the upkeep on the rest of the farm.

Who buys the animals? Circuses, zoos and research laboratories.

Further along the walkway is a barren cage containing a chimp named Konga. He was born in 1948 and was one of the Noells' original boxing chimps. In fact, he still has the unremovable chain around his neck to prove it.

He looks old and tired and forlorn, his face wrinkled with age, weather and stress. He begs to tourists as they pass, extending both arms outside the bars in the hope of catching a piece of monkey chow.

Next door there is Johnnie. The sign in front of his cage says he was a former 'show chimp' and that someone has taught him to speak. He very clearly enunciates the syllables 'MaMa' as he extends his hand for a peanut from a passerby.

Then he retreats again to the back of his cage where he sits and rocks endlessly, his eyes fixed perhaps on another world.

Rosie, a former 'pet', is a weary witness to what happens when an exotic animal outgrows a domestic setting. She was once someone's 'baby'. Now she is a prisoner in a dirty cell.

Chimps like Rosie often spend twenty or thirty years in solitary confinement with not one bit of mental stimulation or the touch of another being - simply because they have outgrown the age when they can be safe and cuddly human companions. Rosie's eyes tell the story of pain and loss beyond words.
As pitiful as these animals' conditions are, they are among the most presentable of the animals at the Chimp Farm. They are housed nearest the front of the facility and permitted the closest interaction with the public.

Other animals, such as Cheetah, who, the Noells claim, once performed with Johnny Weismuller of Tarzan fame, have gone insane from confinement. They are hidden from the public by opaque plastic screens. All the public can see are shadows of animals pacing endlessly back and forth.

At the back of the farm, isolated from the public by a chain-link fence, several yards of space, and high cage bars, sit several other chimps whom the Noells consider only semi-respectable.

Some are evidently insane — like Mike who was acquired from a dealer and reputedly came from an especially noxious laboratory experiment. Others are aggressive and throw faeces and food at passers-by.

Some just pace and bite themselves or rattle their cage bars. One chimp simply curls up in a foetal position and no amount of public clamour can elicit a response. She even lies there as they pelt her with food and yell insults. Her eyes are open and she is awake. But she is no longer listening.

These are just a few of the pitiful animals who are imprisoned on the Chimp Farm. Others include baboons, orang-utans, several species of monkey, gorillas, pigs and a huge bear whose cage size is in blatant defiance of both state and federal statutes.
He, and all the others, are doomed to live out the rest of their natural lives in confinement and misery.
The Chimp Farm is just one of several hundred roadside zoos across the United States.

As we were leaving the Chimp Farm, the woman we had talked to earlier in the day approached us again. I thought we were in for another lecture. Instead, she gave us a slightly embarrassed look.

'You know, you were right,' she said. 'These animals aren't happy. They look like mental patients. I won't be coming back.'

As she drove away, I thought that we were just one step closer to the day when everyone would see these places for the pitiful prisons the are.
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14 Chimpanzees are still in danger of being experimented on

Woody Harrelson Tries to Stop Medical Research on Chimpanzees


Opinion by PETA

(23 Hours Ago) in Society / Animal Rights

Woody Harrelson has a heart for animals that's as huge as his list of acting credits. Now, he's teaming up with PETA to help 14 chimpanzees who have been yanked from retirement and sent to the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) in Texas to be used in invasive and painful infectious disease experiments.

As you may recall, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) originally planned to transfer 202 "retired" chimpanzees to SFBR but shelved this idea following pressure from former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, members of Congress, PETA and other animal protection organizations, and tens of thousands of PETA supporters. However, 14 chimpanzees whom NIH had already transferred to SFBR are still imprisoned at the facility.

This morning, Woody sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and NIH Director Francis Collins urging them to "extend the same mercy" to these 14 chimpanzees.

Writes Woody, "These aging chimpanzees have been imprisoned for their entire lives. They have endured decades of violence and torment, having been used in everything from space experiments to high-velocity seat belt tests. Only in the last few years have they enjoyed bedding, fruit, toys, the touch and companionship of other chimpanzees, and freedom from the knife. Will you please return the 14 chimpanzees at SFBR to these simple pleasures and allow them to continue the rehabilitation that they have more than earned?"

Will Woody's letter convince these decisionmakers to do the right thing? We'll keep you posted. In the meantime, let's add our voices to the chorus calling for these chimpanzees' retirement.

Written by Lindsay Pollard-Post
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This is what the SFBR has to say about what they do:
SNPRC houses more than 160 chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). The Center is one of only five large research centers in the United States with the specialized experience and facilities to care for these great apes.

Chimpanzees have been used as models for infectious disease research, and were critical to the development of vaccines for Hepatitis A and B. Currently, their most extensive use is in developing and testing vaccines and drugs for Hepatitis C.
Most chimpanzees live in enclosures with an indoor heated area, and an outdoor area with climbing structures. Some also have regular access to a large, grass-covered playground. Images of the chimpanzees show their environments and common enrichment items.

Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research initiated a breeding colony of chimpanzees in 1970. Several years ago we suspended the breeding program.
You can read about SFBR Here

Animal Welfare Groups Protested the move of 186 Chimpanzees for research

The pleas of New Mexico officials like Gov. Bill Richardson, Attorney General Gary King and many others have not gone unheard. Some 186 chimpanzees will remain at the Alamogordo Primate Facility on Holloman Air Force Base for now.

The National Institutes of Health informed Richardson on Thursday the chimps will not be transferred to a San Antonio, Texas, facility until the National Academy of Sciences reviews policies on using chimpanzees in biomedical research.

Richardson spokeswoman Alarie Ray-Garcia said that's expected to postpone the transfer for about two years.
A federal contract with Charles Rivers Laboratories to take care of the animals expires in May. The NIH proposed sending them to Texas to be used in research aimed at finding a hepatitis C vaccine.

Animal welfare activists including world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall and actor Gene Hackman threw in their support in protesting the move and the transfer has been opposed by, among others, Animal Protection of New Mexico and a Washington, D.C.-based group called Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Opponents have argued that chimps do not make good research models for the disease, and that transporting the apes to Texas could harm them.

Richardson, who also has expressed concern about the loss of 35 jobs in Alamogordo, wants the NIH to permanently retire the chimps and convert the primate facility into a sanctuary.

The chimps have been free from testing at the APF at Holloman since 2001. Holloman allowed the facility to stay in its confines under the condition no testing would take place there.

Dr. John Pippin, senior medical and research adviser with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, said the decision is hopeful in two ways.

"It's absolutely the right thing to leave those chimpanzees where they are," Pippin said. "Also, now the National Academy of Sciences is going to look, in an objective fashion, as to if chimp research is useful medically."

Not only could the study result in helping the Holloman chimps, it could also result in moving toward a national legislative prohibition of the use of chimps and other great apes in research, Pippin said.

"The decision shows that when good science, determined elected officials and their supporters come together, they can effect even an agency as determined as the NIH," Pippin said. "This is a terrific thing. Being involed in this personally, I think the most heartening thing is the way individuals, scientific interests and elected officials came together in a single voice."
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EU Bans experiments on Great Apes

There's great news from across the Atlantic, where the European Union has voted to ban the use of great apes in experiments. The new legislation also places significant restrictions on testing on other primates and requires that non-animal methods be used whenever possible.

This is an exciting development-but it also raises a question: In light of this humane advance, how can the U.S. government justify its plans to transfer more than 200 "retired" chimpanzees from a facility in New Mexico to a research laboratory in Texas, where they'll probably be forced to endure cruel experiments?

There is no excuse for it, of course, so please help us persuade officials to permanently retire the chimpanzees to a sanctuary.
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Additional story on the 200 retired chimpanzees;
07-14-2010

Update: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has written to National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins urging him to scrap plans to transfer more than 200 "retired" chimpanzees from the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico to the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research laboratory in Texas. He has also requested the return of 15 chimpanzees who have already been transferred.

"New Mexico wants to save these chimpanzees, who have already given so much of their lives to the American public as part of medical research studies," says the governor. "There is a compassionate and prudent alternative to the National Center for Research Resources' plan, and I feel strongly that we must save the chimpanzees."

Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico is also working hard to ensure that the chimpanzees are spared from further experiments. Stay tuned for more updates.

The folks at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) must have had their fingers crossed behind their backs when they "retired" 288 chimpanzees—who had previously been used in Air Force gravity experiments—to the Alamogordo Primate Facility (APF) in New Mexico. I say this because NIH has now decided to "unretire" the surviving chimpanzees (more than 21 have died in the decade they've spent warehoused in cages at APF, including three who died by electrocution because of unsafe conditions). The animals will be sent to the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) laboratory in Texas, where they will likely be subjected to cruel experiments.

SFBR might sound familiar to readers of this blog because it is the same laboratory where two baboons escaped from cages in May and attacked two employees. PETA filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which then cited SFBR for failure to handle animals in a manner that does not cause trauma or physical harm as well as failure to provide animals with adequate and safe housing. SFBR had previously been cited twice—in 2009 and in February of this year—for failure to house animals in structurally sound enclosures in order to prevent them from escaping and injuring themselves and others. In one incident, a monkey escaped from a cage, got outside into the freezing cold, suffered from hypothermia, and later was euthanized as a result.

SFBR's "punishment" for these offenses? It gets more than 200 chimpanzees to confine, scare, poke, and prod.

Half of the chimpanzees at APF have been living in cages for at least a quarter of a century. As PETA Vice President Kathy Guillermo wrote today in a letter to NIH, it's time to truly retire these primates to a sanctuary, rather than sending them back to a laboratory where they are sure to endure tremendous physical and psychological trauma, possibly for the rest of their lives—which could last another quarter century or more.

Please take a minute to send your own letter to APF and let it know that "retirement" means living the rest of your life free from stress (and not confined to a cage).
Written by Alisa Mullins
Story Credit Here and information on a letter

The Chipperfield's Circus has gone animal free

Kudos to you!!!!!!
It would be real nice for all of the animals that are involved in abuse at these circus's to stop having to perform. One Circus comes to mind here in the US, which is the Rosaires Family Circus. They use Chimpanzees and have for many years. Remember readers that these animals are crated around in tiny cages in tractor trailers and drove all over the country. I have actually seen one of these trailers, walked in it and saw the cages that the chimps were in from a retired circus called Berger Circus owned many years ago by Janet and Frank Berger. They were horrible!!!!! To say the least.... All circus's need to go to human acts. After all, humans can make the choice if they want to be laughed out and starred at, where animals can not.

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The U.K.'s Chipperfield's Circus—which has been exploiting animals since 1684(!) and was in the news following the beating of a baby chimpanzee some years back—has gone animal-free!

Between 1996 and 1998, a long-term investigation of the circus led to successful cruelty-to-animals convictions of the circus's owners, Mary and Roger Chipperfield; jail for the elephant handler; and the closure of three of the circuses owned by the Chipperfield family.

With your help, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus could join the list of circuses in the U.S. that have decided to do away with animal acts, but unfortunately, it has dug in its heels. Please watch our Ringling investigation, share it with your friends, and then contact our Action Team to start campaigning today to make it happen!
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What the public thinks of the pratices of Gini Valbuena AKA Virginia Valbuena

Gini Valbuena AKA Virginia of Florida has been taking baby chimpanzees and Orangutans away from their mothers for 40+ years.

Gini Valbuena who runs Chimpencounter florida, which use to be called Valbuena Chimps has a video up on YouTube whereas her last chimp, named Noah is brushing his teeth. Where is Noah now? She now has Eli AKA Chance at the Rosaire's place in Florida. You folks I'm sure have heard about that awful Circus clan.

I'm happy to see that the public view of owning Chimpanzees is not only abusive, but sick and delusional. Years ago people would post how cute they are, though with all of the events that have happened with Chimpanzees in the past 2 years it has brought great awareness. Chimpanzees are not pets, not your prisoner to hold and don't belong to people! I would say that most of the good comments have come from Gini Valbuena herself or one of the rosaire's circus clans.

TO GOOGLE HER IS TO KNOW HER....
Here's her website
Ask her where have all of the baby chimps gone in the past 40+ years. She'll never tell!


The public opinion;
It has been illegal to import baby chimpanzees since 1975. Eli was not captured from the wild and his mother was not murdered. Eli's mother was herself born in this country and raised by humans. Eli was her first baby and she had no idea how to care for him. And again, he is not a pet. The wild is a cruel place for chimps...bushmeat, deforestation, human encroachment and disease are taking their tolls and chimps will soon become extinct in the wild. Extinction is forever.

CarolNoe 7 months ago 8 CarolNoe 7 months ago 8 You are so lucky to have this little guy...even though he will get huge but I am sure he will be a loving companion throughout his years. I just love watching him..so cute.

LoriEdenexDavidDuke 7 months ago 6 LoriEdenexDavidDuke 7 months ago 6 see all

YOU'RE JUST PATHETIC AND SAD, AND NEEDED A CUTE BABY CHIMPY TO CUDDLE AND TAKE CARE OF SO THAT YOU CAN FEEL LIKE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING OUT THERE NEEDS YOU AND YOUR LIFE ISN'T SO USELESS. GET A DOG, THERE ARE MANY WHO NEED HOMES. AND QUIT LYING. THAT CHIMP IS ABSOLUTELY YOUR PET. PEOPLE IN THE CUSTODY OF BABY CHIMPS BECAUSE THEY ARE REHABILITATING THEM DO NOT TEACH THEM TO BRUSH TEETH, WEAR CLOTHES OR LIVE IN THE HOUSE. YOU PEOPLE ARE LAUGHABLE AND THE GOV'T EVENTUALLY WILL TAKE YOUR LIL BABY AWAY

McGrimed 1 month ago McGrimed 1 month ago OH THE JUNGLE IS A CRUEL DANGEROUS PLACE FOR THEM AND IF THEY STAY THERE THEY WILL BE EXTINCT. STOP LYING AND RATIONALIZING THIS RIDICULOUS LITTLE DREAM OF YOURS TO CUDDLE BABY CHIMPS. THEY SHOULD ALMOST NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE BE HANDLED BY HUMANS. YOU. RUINED. YOUR. BABY'S. LIFE. LIVE WITH IT YOU IGNORANT WORTHLESS SCUM. YOU RUINED ITS LIFE. IT WILL NEVER BE HAPPY WITH YOU BRAINLESS IDIOTS WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CHIMPS. THAT COULD ONLY HAPPEN IN THE WILD OR GOOD SANCTUARY.

McGrimed 1 month ago McGrimed 1 month ago You can rationalize it all you want (and dreamsquare you are a stupid worthless piece of shit who KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT CHIMPS) NO WILD ANIMALS LIVE WELL IN CAPTIVITY. NONE. THERE'S NO SUCH THING. And whatever country you are from, shut your mouth about education because you are very obviously a stupid, STUPID person. Oh an intelligent ape is no problem.. Til he gets full grown with the strength of 4 adult men. Then these people may be mauled to death. AND YOU WILL DESERVE EVERY AGONIZING SECOND.

McGrimed 1 month ago McGrimed 1 month ago Of course you wouldnt listen when they do tell you, because you are too lonely and pathetic to give up your stuffed animal toy/baby replacement. Just because you people are lonely, pathetic, ignorant, and worthless human beings does not give you the right to take a chimp and put it in a completely inappropriate environment. (By the way that smile you all cheered so loudly for.. chimps do that when they're either afraid or confused, NOT when they're happy or amused). Your "pet" does not love you.

McGrimed 1 month ago McGrimed 1 month ago How do you now realize how absolutely ignorant and truly pathetic a person you really are Gina.. That chimp belongs nowhere near your bathroom. It WILL grow up with psychological damage from being imprisoned all its life. You might be ignorant enough to think you've given it a wonderful life in a loving home but you may as well sent it to live on another planet. It will never have a full rich life because you have ruined its life. You can't argue with it. EVERY chimp expert would tell you that.
TheDmoneykid 3 months ago TheDmoneykid 3 months ago lol some of these comments are so stupid. Humans are animals! @dreamsquare123 you are so right they are sub-human they are our cousins. They are family. My cat is my family. People stop hating it's sick.

MrsAlSubaihi 3 months ago MrsAlSubaihi 3 months ago just let him eat the tooth paste

crazyperson3245 4 months ago crazyperson3245 4 months ago @LoriEdenexDavidDuke he is cute but these people better give him to the zoo before he pulls and rips them apart. they can do it having a chimp as a pet is like having a ticking time bomb its just a matter of time.

Congrats on generalizing everyone who lives in one country, you sound just as ignorant as you are trying to make Americans seem.

globalchaos1984 5 months ago globalchaos1984 5 months ago why dnt they leave the lil man alone,

slideshowtelevision 6 months ago slideshowtelevision 6 months ago You are so lucky to have this little guy...even though he will get huge but I am sure he will be a loving companion throughout his years. I just love watching him..so cute.

LoriEdenexDavidDuke 7 months ago 6 LoriEdenexDavidDuke 7 months ago 6 @xlemonbrainx Clothes keep it warm or to keep it from removing the diaper and becoming soiled. Caregivers routinely brush baby teeth or teach the baby to do so, which prevents plaque build up and reduces the incidence of gum and dental problems in the future. For someone who does not believe in raising endangered animals in captivity these things are seen as abnormal. To the caregivers of these animals, if it does not negatively affect the animal's welfare, it is an acceptable practice.

CarolNoe 7 months ago 5 CarolNoe 7 months ago 5 This comment has received too many negative votes show hide

dreamsquare123
And yes, it DOES happen.Quit often actually.Wild animals as well as domesticated animals (cats, dogs, birds etc.)

Hence they care called ANIMALS.Humans are animals as well.Obviously.

xlemonbrainx 7 months ago xlemonbrainx 7 months ago This comment has received too many negative votes show hide

@CarolNoe The chimp is wearing clothes and brushing his teeth with a tooth brush...not a pet?

Riight.

xlemonbrainx 7 months ago xlemonbrainx 7 months ago This comment has received too many negative votes show hide

@dreamsquare123 I need the education yet "u" don't know the correct terms.Hun, get over yourself and your moronic views of Americans.

xlemonbrainx 7 months ago xlemonbrainx 7 months ago @xlemonbrainx It has been illegal to import baby chimpanzees since 1975. Eli was not captured from the wild and his mother was not murdered. Eli's mother was herself born in this country and raised by humans. Eli was her first baby and she had no idea how to care for him. And again, he is not a pet. The wild is a cruel place for chimps...bushmeat, deforestation, human encroachment and disease are taking their tolls and chimps will soon become extinct in the wild. Extinction is forever.

CarolNoe 7 months ago 8 CarolNoe 7 months ago 8 @xlemonbrainx In theory, no animal is meant to be kept in capitivity, so shut your trap. It's all about how you treat and raise the animal. There are crazier animals, such as big cats, that can live perfectly with humans. So an intelligent semi-human ape really isn't a problem. And I'm sure ur american, so its really YOU who needs education.

dreamsquare123 7 months ago 6 dreamsquare123 7 months ago 6 oh it is really cute...



sarfacute 7 months ago 5 sarfacute 7 months ago 5
That's why the video tells you to go to the website. It was posted to raise awareness of this problem,and abusers like her.

Delrocko 5 days ago Delrocko 5 days ago sooooooooooo cute

princessgloss11 6 days ago princessgloss11 6 days ago @MrsAlSubaihi shut the fuck up..

thisguy233 1 week ago thisguy233 1 week ago only fucking white people, and then wonder why animals go on rampages.
i wonder why that one bitch got her face torn off by the chimp.

thisguy233 1 week ago thisguy233 1 week ago First webpage I found was about Animal Abuse. Good job with the internet.

Keall230 1 month ago 2 Keall230 1 month ago 2 @McGrimed....
Obviously you know alot on the subject, this women is sick!!! She has a photography studio in her home where people PAY her to come and have their photos taken with Noah... I don't know why the video says google me cos all it does is slate her. She is an animal abuser!

bahbahblacksheep1605 1 month ago bahbahblacksheep1605 1 month ago It's all worth it though as long as you get to brag to people or put up vids showing everyone how cute your chimp is in overalls and how much fun you're having humanizing and forever confusing the poor little guy. People like you indirectly form a market for the orphans. Second generation born in the U.S. chimp as he may be, its the demand from cretins like you that lets the whole cycle keep going in the first place. Enjoy denying everything I say just so that you can feel ok about your hostage.

McGrimed 1 month ago McGrimed 1 month ago Oh dreamsquare, in theory, some animals ARE supposed to be kept in captivity. Its called thousands of years of breeding and domesticating... You know.. cats, dogs, big apes who can maul you someday, oh wait only uninformed, ignorant people like you think that one works. But hey the wild is a cruel and dangerous place. Better that we make them go against every inbred instinct they have and drive them insane (ask ANY expert) by keeping (imprisoning) them in a home instead of the trees THEY WANT.

McGrimed 1 month ago McGrimed 1 month ago Oh yeah... and its funny to me how I youtube search for "baby chimp abuse" trying to find the story on some Mary Chippenfield lady who got busted.. and from that phrase the very first video that pops up is this one. You people have no idea how pitiful and laughable you really are. People watch things about people like you and they say the exact thing the EXPERTS say.. "These people are extremely delusional and have no idea (or just don't care) of the massive emotional damage done to the ape.

McGrimed 1 month ago McGrimed 1 month ago I hope that he gets big enough to kill at least one of you before they are confiscated (which is coming sooner or later - it is inevitable). That's all you can say about you creatures.. You have no life, you ruined that poor chimps only chance a rich full life with other chimps in the trees, and you did it because youre pathetic losers who don't care what you ruin for them as long as you can dress him in baby clothes and teach him to do cute people stuff. You people are disgusting waste of life.

Congrats on generalizing everyone who lives in one country, you sound just as ignorant as you are trying to make Americans seem.
globalchaos1984 5 months ago globalchaos1984 5 months ago why dnt they leave the lil man alone,

slideshowtelevision 6 months ago slideshowtelevision 6 months ago You are so lucky to have this little guy...even though he will get huge but I am sure he will be a loving companion throughout his years. I just love watching him..so cute.

LoriEdenexDavidDuke 7 months ago 6 LoriEdenexDavidDuke 7 months ago 6 @xlemonbrainx Clothes keep it warm or to keep it from removing the diaper and becoming soiled. Caregivers routinely brush baby teeth or teach the baby to do so, which prevents plaque build up and reduces the incidence of gum and dental problems in the future. For someone who does not believe in raising endangered animals in captivity these things are seen as abnormal. To the caregivers of these animals, if it does not negatively affect the animal's welfare, it is an acceptable practice.

CarolNoe 7 months ago 5 CarolNoe 7 months ago 5 This comment has received too many negative votes show hide

@dreamsquare123
And yes, it DOES happen.Quit often actually.Wild animals as well as domesticated animals (cats, dogs, birds etc.)

Hence they care called ANIMALS.Humans are animals as well.Obviously.

xlemonbrainx 7 months ago xlemonbrainx 7 months ago This comment has received too many negative votes show hide

@CarolNoe The chimp is wearing clothes and brushing his teeth with a tooth brush...not a pet?

Riight.

xlemonbrainx 7 months ago xlemonbrainx 7 months ago This comment has received too many negative votes show hide

@dreamsquare123 I need the education yet "u" don't know the correct terms.Hun, get over yourself and your moronic views of Americans.

xlemonbrainx 7 months ago xlemonbrainx 7 months ago @xlemonbrainx It has been illegal to import baby chimpanzees since 1975. Eli was not captured from the wild and his mother was not murdered. Eli's mother was herself born in this country and raised by humans. Eli was her first baby and she had no idea how to care for him. And again, he is not a pet. The wild is a cruel place for chimps...bushmeat, deforestation, human encroachment and disease are taking their tolls and chimps will soon become extinct in the wild. Extinction is forever.

CarolNoe 7 months ago 8 CarolNoe 7 months ago 8 @xlemonbrainx In theory, no animal is meant to be kept in capitivity, so shut your trap. It's all about how you treat and raise the animal. There are crazier animals, such as big cats, that can live perfectly with humans. So an intelligent semi-human ape really isn't a problem. And I'm sure ur american, so its really YOU who needs education.

dreamsquare123 7 months ago 6 dreamsquare123 7 months ago 6 oh it is really cute...
Doesn't matter.He belong with his kind.He deserves to have al ife destined for him.He is not a human and shouldn't live like one.Chimps don't brush his teeth and athough this video is pass 10 on the adorable scale, he is not living as nature intended him to live.
He may be a legal "pet", but baby chimps who are sold to humans are orphans after their mother's have been MURDERED.That is fact.

@dreamsquare123
He is a ape, not a monkey.

And people think that the chimp will turn dangerous because he is a WILD ANIMAL.He is not meant to be kept in captivity.He is not a human.

Educate yourself.

xlemonbrainx 7 months ago xlemonbrainx 7 months ago Why the fuck do people think the chimp is gonna rip her face off sooner or later? If she cared for him since birth, then the chimp considers her to be his mother. And monkeys are not at all aggressive by nature, so all of you stfu.

dreamsquare123 7 months ago dreamsquare123 7 months ago Comment removed bigdave760 8 months ago Comment removed bigdave760 8 months ago To all the negative comments and misinformation. 1) Noah's mother died, that is not bs, it is verifiable fact 2) Noah is not an illegal pet. It is illegal where he comes from to own them as pets. Only state and federally licensed, experienced professionals are permitted to own them (zoos,sanctuaries, trainers, exhibitors, research facilities, etc) 3) The reason you are told to google Noah's owner is to find more misinformation and lies that the woman hosting this video has spread.

CarolNoe 8 months ago 2 CarolNoe 8 months ago 2 I hope you like your face. Because, when that baby realizes you stole him from his family...he will get angry. I do hope laws will come into place to make this illegal. Chimps are endangered and people like you just make the illegal pet trade o.k. Selfish people like you will have to meet your maker soon enough.
And don't even try to say he was orphaned...that is complete b.s!!!

ahonestwoman 8 months ago ahonestwoman 8 months ago Comment removed ahonestwoman 8 months ago Guess I didn't google her, haha

ZebraJones01 8 months ago ZebraJones01 8 months ago @rrmfg How do you know she's not a scientist?
take the animals away from this woman.

usernameindc 9 months ago usernameindc 9 months ago Why the hell would he brush his teeth, I mean, sooner or later your face will be bitten off by him xD

ViruzNoob14 9 months ago ViruzNoob14 9 months ago Why do you have a rope around his neck?

krystalobrien 11 months ago 2 krystalobrien 11 months ago 2 1.He's a wild animal.
2.Chimps are apes.



xlemonbrainx 11 months ago xlemonbrainx 11 months ago He look so happy giving hugs! he neve going to have carries,

Butterflygmc 11 months ago Butterflygmc 11 months ago Maybe he is better where he is.... are u a monkey?

Butterflygmc 11 months ago Butterflygmc 11 months ago Comment removed xlemonbrainx 11 months ago cute yes a baby yes tame no hes cute now but give hime time soon hell relise hes biger and stronger and if he dont want to do something he want

8ABURKE 11 months ago 8ABURKE 11 months ago i am sure she understands the risk. there is a risk behind all animals, and im sure she is willing to risk it.

alishaaa1192 11 months ago alishaaa1192 11 months ago Disturbing people exploiting an orphaned chimp.
Bonobo3D 1 year ago Bonobo3D 1 year ago
Sorry to say the day will come when he is no longer cute. And it's only a matter of time before he becomes very dangerous.

rrmfg 1 year ago 2 rrmfg 1 year ago 2 Why the hell are you teaching a chimp to brush its teeth?

chad11950 1 year ago 2 chad11950 1 year ago 2 he is soo sooo sooo cutie lil baby chimp

ladybadrage 1 year ago 4 ladybadrage 1 year ago 4 7 years later... your face is a big hole.

ViruzNoob14 1 year ago 3 ViruzNoob14 1 year ago 3 he is so cute.
Pogen1cp 1 year ago 3 Pogen1cp 1 year ago 3 cute chimp. hopefully he wont go into a rage and mutilate your face l
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Doc Antle Charged in Tiger Escape-Tiger Preservation Station

I don't normally post anything that doesn't pertain to Primates, However....... I have come in contact with Antel more times than I'd like to remember. Not only does he buy and sell Primates but also sells and dumps baby tigers that aren't perfect. (personal experience seeing 3 of his cubs locked in a trailer for months). He uses his primates and tigers for commercials though says he is a preservation. He allows people to handle the small tigers to get their photos taken when IN FACT these animals should be with their moms, not hung onto like a stuffed animal. Talk about dangerous!!!!!!

Boy does he have the public snowed.........................

I can't even imagine being at his place when this happened! The fine he got, well, with all of the money this guy has, that's nothing to him, it's like a 5 dollar bill. Jail time would have nice.

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August 29, 2010 Miami, FL: Visitors to Miami's Jungle Island stampeded over each other to avoid an escaped, 3 yr old, 500 lb. tiger named Mahesh. A monkey escaped while being transported through the zoo and 500 lb. Mahesh bounded over the 14-foot fence into the public area according to the Miami Herald. The attraction's three big cats -- which include a liger and a white tiger -- have been confined to a "night kennel," while the park investigates. "We were really scared. There were people crying,'' Miami mom Dorothy Evans told the Herald, adding that people knocked each other down as they sprinted toward the shelter. "People were running for their lives," Larry Rhodes, 46, of Pompano Beach, told the Sun Sentinel. Miami Fire Rescue Lt. Ignatius Carroll told the Herald that several people were injured while running, including a mother who fell on top of her 15-month old baby. Another guest was taken to a Miami hospital after suffering a panic attack. Bhagavan (Kevin) Antle, who also owns T.I.G.E.R.S. in Myrtle Beach, SC and who is the owner of Mahesh, was charged with one count of maintaining captive wildlife in an unsafe condition, resulting in threats to public safety. Park owner Bern M. Levine was charged with two second-degree misdemeanors for conditions resulting in the animals' escape. The charges for both men have a maximum penalty of $500, FWC officer Pino said.

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Jeanne Rizzotto, Wouldn't Know the Truth If One of Her Chimps Bit her on Her Nose

Please be sure to go to the links provided below in the comments to read about all of the bites that her Chimps have done. Also for more information you can "Google Her Name" on this blog for All articles.
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It was the worst example yet of wild animals vs. pet owners last year when Travis the chimpanzee a woman tried to domesticate in Stamford attached her friend and tore off her face.
And it's used in an example in the three-episode series coming to Animal Planet called "Fatal Attractions." Aside from the usual 911 tape and news footage, they otherwise turn to a Montana woman who owns a couple of chimps related to Travis.
"I'm happy I got the chimpanzees," Jeanne Rizzotto told an antagonistic group of critics at press tour. "I would do it all over again. I've been fortunate enough that I have not had an incident. The only thing I can take from other incidents that have happened is to just make a better environment for my chimps."

Rizzotto, who lives in Montana adds that "at this point, I do know that you should not have private ownership and I am working on things to find homes for chimpanzees with other sanctuaries. Right now all the sanctuaries are full. It is my belief, and I've done a complete turn-around that -- should people own chimpanzees? No. But right now in my situation, I just have to provide the best I can for my chimps and hopefully work with other people to get chimpanzees moved out of the home."
Though her own chimps are half brothers to the chimp shot in Stamford after the vicious attack, Rizzotto says, "I'm only aware of what happened with Travis just from television.
"It's unfortunate there are a lot of chimp owners that don't take care of their chimps and don't provide very good homes. But what I took from that is that I had the best people I could, experts, come to my home and assess my situation." And things had to change.
"Up until June, I will have to admit, my chimpanzees had their own bedrooms; they dressed in clothes. You know, in addition to the silly things I did to my chimps, they also were very bright. One plays golf and he has a little Hummer that he drives around in his enclosure.
But now, she says, "They no longer come in the home. They are in their own enclosures now. They don't wear clothes. You know, I don't do any of the cutesy stuff with them anymore. I'm trying the best I can to turn them back into chimpanzees."
Still, she has no regrets about being a chimp owner.
"I have a great life," Rizzotto says. "I'm lucky enough to have two chimpanzees. You know, it's hard to explain, but when you are sitting there at night and you do your two or three hours of working with them and trying to do the best you can and you are laying on a trampoline and you have a chimpanzee on each side of you and you are looking up and you are thinking, wow, this is really weird. I'm sure I'm the only person in the world that's laying on a trampoline with two chimpanzees."

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By Ron Johnson on January 15, 2010 3:19 PM

Ms Rizzotto is so full of BS
She is a SCAMMER of the first water, and only says or does whatever seems to be politically correct at the time.
She is an intelligent individual tho, and thats what makes her dangerous. Do a Google search for her name and you will find out about all of the people she has scammed.
From the Indian tribal council and people, to the LA Firefighters, and many private individuals including her own contractors and many many friends who invested in her balogney

By Ron Johnson on January 15, 2010 3:38 PM

"I'm happy I got the chimpanzees," Jeanne Rizzotto told an antagonistic group of critics at press tour. "I would do it all over again. I've been fortunate enough that I have not had an incident.
This statement is a BALD FACED LIE.
She has had a number of incidents involving BITES to neighbors and caretakers and visitors to her home.
So many that the authorities are all over her to contain and get rid of the chimps.
She continues to fail to comply with their regulation attempts as tho the law does not apply to her.

By anonymous on January 15, 2010 3:46 PM

ron is correct, ms. rizzotto is a scam artist. she is a scary individual who is out for whatever money she can make, even at the expense of Native Americans, business owners, her own son. i believe at one point she was sued for issuing a large bad check to the animal preserve that her chimps came from.
someone went to her home last year and released the chimps, and one of them bit someone. i wonder if they will talk about that in the special? she should be exposed for the fraud, fraud, fraud that she is. just look up how many times she's been taken to court in the last two years and you'll see what i mean. in my opinion, she may have done this animal planet show just for the money. there has to be a zoo somewhere that would take her chimps.
here are some news articles describing her character:
http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2009_2nd/Apr09_JRizzotto.html
http://www.gallupindependent.com/2008/09september/091908rizzotto.html
http://www.gallupindependent.com/2008/09september/091808developer.html
boycott this show in protest of ms. rizzotto until she pays back the Native Americans, contractors, family, everyone that she's scammed.

By Carole on January 16, 2010 8:46 AM

Ms Rizzotto seems a bit conflicted. On one hand she does not believe that people should be permitted to own chimps, and on the other she is happy she got hers and would do it all over again. Sounds like a case of "I can do it but no one else can."

By mc on January 16, 2010 11:59 AM

In a previous press release Jeanne Rizzotto was quoted as saying that" she acquired her chimps under false pretense" which is a lie.
She bought her chimps as babies and they were never in any danger or need of rescue.
Ms Rizzotto seems to have trouble making up her mind. On one hand she says it is wrong for private owners to have chimpanzees
and on the other she says she is happy she got hers and would do it all over again.
Seems to me she just says whatever she thinks the reporters want to hear at the time."

By PP on January 17, 2010 11:52 AM

mc is correct. Jeanne Rizzottos chimps were not going to a lab or going to be put down. she paid for them, plain and simple. i have to wonder if this woman even knows what the truth is. by her actions towards her friends such as Debbie stout, the Indians, the breeders of the chimps, to others she has come in contact with, her chimps, she ONLY cares about herself, and money. she once said when making money off of her small child for rocks called rock stars, that she knew she would be a millionaire someday. well anyone can do that by stealing and lying from other people. she certainly doesn't sound like she became rich from herself as a Realtor by everything i have read. my only hope for her is that she is a very lonely, miserable person inside herself and it's plain to see by her looks that she can't look at herself in the mirror.
Theres a woman that does a blog that has all sorts of information on this jeanne rizzotto, you should check it out.
http://chimpanzeeinformation.blogspot.com/

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By Ron Johnson on January 15, 2010 3:19 PM

Ms Rizzotto is so full of BS
She is a SCAMMER of the first water, and only says or does whatever seems to be politically correct at the time.
She is an intelligent individual tho, and thats what makes her dangerous. Do a Google search for her name and you will find out about all of the people she has scammed.
From the Indian tribal council and people, to the LA Firefighters, and many private individuals including her own contractors and many many friends who invested in her balogney

By Ron Johnson on January 15, 2010 3:38 PM

"I'm happy I got the chimpanzees," Jeanne Rizzotto told an antagonistic group of critics at press tour. "I would do it all over again. I've been fortunate enough that I have not had an incident.
This statement is a BALD FACED LIE.
She has had a number of incidents involving BITES to neighbors and caretakers and visitors to her home.
So many that the authorities are all over her to contain and get rid of the chimps.
She continues to fail to comply with their regulation attempts as tho the law does not apply to her.

By anonymous on January 15, 2010 3:46 PM

ron is correct, ms. rizzotto is a scam artist. she is a scary individual who is out for whatever money she can make, even at the expense of Native Americans, business owners, her own son. i believe at one point she was sued for issuing a large bad check to the animal preserve that her chimps came from.
someone went to her home last year and released the chimps, and one of them bit someone. i wonder if they will talk about that in the special? she should be exposed for the fraud, fraud, fraud that she is. just look up how many times she's been taken to court in the last two years and you'll see what i mean. in my opinion, she may have done this animal planet show just for the money. there has to be a zoo somewhere that would take her chimps.
here are some news articles describing her character:
http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2009_2nd/Apr09_JRizzotto.html
http://www.gallupindependent.com/2008/09september/091908rizzotto.html
http://www.gallupindependent.com/2008/09september/091808developer.html
boycott this show in protest of ms. rizzotto until she pays back the Native Americans, contractors, family, everyone that she's scammed.

By Carole on January 16, 2010 8:46 AM

Ms Rizzotto seems a bit conflicted. On one hand she does not believe that people should be permitted to own chimps, and on the other she is happy she got hers and would do it all over again. Sounds like a case of "I can do it but no one else can."

By mc on January 16, 2010 11:59 AM

In a previous press release Jeanne Rizzotto was quoted as saying that" she acquired her chimps under false pretense" which is a lie.
She bought her chimps as babies and they were never in any danger or need of rescue.
Ms Rizzotto seems to have trouble making up her mind. On one hand she says it is wrong for private owners to have chimpanzees
and on the other she says she is happy she got hers and would do it all over again.
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The Time That Bo Derek Nursed a Chimp For a Movie

This is so disgusting I couldn't even post this, though thought it should be a part of this Simian Library so that people can see what others will do for the sake of a movie and money.

Beware, she is naked from the waist up.

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Chimpfabulous Rescued Their Chimps? Rosaire Circus

Rescued Chimps? Isn't that what they all say to justify what they do?

Well considering the fact that this organization is also known as the Rosaire Circus and has been doing this for approximately 40 years, where in the world would they have rescued chimpanzees from for SO many years? Did they go to Africa and save the babies from the mothers that were killed and brought them back?

Did they find them somewhere and they needed to be rescued? Chimpanzees can only work for a short period of time, so where in the world would they have gotten so many chimps to perform for sooooo many years? Think about this the next time you promote this practice by going and seeing one of their shows!

Also think about what they travel in when going around from state to state. What size cages could they possibly provide for 4 chimpanzees to be in a show miles away and day in and day out of travel? How large of a truck would they have to have in order for the chimpanzees to have adequate space to be a chimpanzee, running, jumping, swinging?

This truly is very sad. Look at this photo. :( My heart sorrows for them. Why don't they do these acts themselves, instead of making the chimpanzees do them. I know, because no one would come out and pay to see them. Notice the lady in the background, she has gloves on, that's how cold it was that day! Chimpanzees are African animals, not polar bears that are use to the cold weather and built for that type of climate. Shame on you Christmasville.

























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The Chimpfabulous act involving horse riding chimps

Row over horse-riding chimps

By Justine Thompson

General news

05 January 2010 12:19

A Christmas spectacular involving horse-riding chimps has sparked an international row after the intervention of an animal rights group.

The chimps performed in the ‘ChristmasVille’ festival in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in an act involving them performing stunt acts on the back of a pony.

However, just days before the performance, animal rights organisation PETA called for a boycott of the event on the ChristmasVille Facebook page.

The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals group (PETA) also asked ChristmasVille organizers to scrap the horseback-riding chimpanzees for the festive event.

However, organisers defended their decision to present the ‘Chimpfabulous’ act and removed the post from the Facebook site.

One organiser, Lyn Garris, said: “We research very carefully anyone we allow in city events.

“It's an honorable group of people. The animals are well treated. We're comfortable that we've made a good decision.”

But the PETA posting on Facebook claimed: "Chimpanzees used in the entertainment industry are forcibly separated from their mothers while they are often still nursing infants....Training baby chimpanzees almost always includes physical abuse to ensure that the animals live in fear and know that the trainer is 'boss'."

It also said that Chimpfabulous was a ‘cruel’ event in which chimpanzees were forced to ride horses for spectators' entertainment.

Other commentators passed doubt over the safety of using chimps in a public arena, as they are known to be potentially aggressive.

Chimpfabulous, starring the Rosaire Chimpanzees, is billed as the world's only trick and fancy horseback-riding chimpanzees. The four chimpanzees in the show were said to be rescued chimps.

2 Horrible and Inhumane Stories Of Fiffi and Donkey The Chimpanzees

Due to my busy life and other activities, I haven’t been managed to sign myself up at local animal shelters but let me introduce you to Fiffi and Donkey.

The chimpanzee Fiffi was locked up for almost thirty years in solitary confinement in the attic near Paris. Fiffi was found underfeed and lonely in that dark attic. She was freed by Stichting Aap (= Monkey Foundation) and has been sheltered in Chimpanzee Complex in Almere, the Netherlands, where she gets a lot of loving care she deserves.

The chimpanzee, Donkey was chained for years to a car in Portugal. He was anxious and severely malnourished when Stichting Aap found him. After endless negotiations with the owner and the local authorities Donkey was finally able to be freed. Now he enjoys his stay and his freedom at Stichting Aap with other 11 chimpanzees.

Unfortunately, these kinds of rescue actions cost a lot of money. You and I can help and support Stichting Aap in so many ways including donating some money, adopting one or some of the animals, becoming their sponsor.

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Chimpansee Fiffi zat bijna dertig jaar lang eenzaam opgesloten op de zolder nabij Parijs. Zwaar overvoed en eenzaam troffen wij haar op die donkere zolder aan. We hebben haar bevrijd en opgevangen in ons Chimpanseecomplex in Almere. Hier krijgt ze de liefdevolle verzorging die ze zó verdient! Reddingsacties kosten helaas veel geld. Met úw Air Miles kan Stichting AAP meer dieren bevrijden en opvangen.

Vul hieronder het formulier in en spaar Air Miles voor Stichting AAP, dan helpt u machteloze dieren die schreeuwen om hulp! De opvang en herplaatsing van dieren, alsmede de uitwisseling van kennis en van medewerkers wordt mogelijk gemaakt door de Air Miles die u voor AAP spaart.