28-year-old chimp was in absolute awe when she went outside and saw the sky for the first time ever
This video is stunning.
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This 28-year-old chimp was in absolute awe when she went outside and saw the sky for the first time ever. She had survived a research lab in New York, where animals were kept in small cages.
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28 yrs old and never saw the outside. How can this happen?
I'm not sure how you can question that. As monkeys come from Africa and tend to like it warmer and there are a lot of zoos in larger cities where it is colder, for a very long time monkee houses were the standard. It's a shame really as there are some zoos even 30 years ago who housed their monkees in a combination of indoor and outdoor areas.
Zoos are getting better as time progresses but as this article shows there are still issues that need to be resolved. Here's an article from 2011 that talks about how they are getting better but only 12 years old and there are still many zoos that have a long way to go.
Traditional Monkey Houses - ZooChat