Gut Aiderbichl ´s Sanctuary for Traumatized Chimpanzees and other ...
Gut Aiderbichl ´s Sanctuary for Traumatized Chimpanzees and other ...
Gut Aiderbichl ´s Sanctuary for Traumatized Chimpanzees and other ...
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OUR CHimpanzees’ Story<br />
The Trauma of Captivity:<br />
During the 1970s <strong>and</strong> 1980s, animal research laboratories relied heavily on chimpanzees.<br />
After the AIDS epidemic, there was an upsurge in dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong> chimps.<br />
Monkey catchers swarmed around the African rain<strong>for</strong>est to trap baby chimps <strong>for</strong><br />
research.<br />
Adult chimps are difficult to catch: they are highly intelligent, <strong>and</strong> also seven times<br />
stronger than humans. The catchers wasted no time. They used brutal methods to<br />
trap the young chimps.<br />
Lebensraum der<br />
Schimpansen<br />
The m<strong>other</strong>–child relationship is as intense <strong>for</strong> chimps as <strong>for</strong> humans. Infants cling<br />
to their m<strong>other</strong>’s belly <strong>for</strong> three years, <strong>and</strong> ride piggyback <strong>for</strong> four more years.<br />
Shooting their m<strong>other</strong>s was the only way to catch the infants. But chimps live in<br />
family groups. Family pulls together when <strong>other</strong> Heutiges family Verbreitungsgebiet<br />
members are endangered.<br />
Estimates suggest that twenty adult chimps were freilebender shot defending Schimpansen the infants.<br />
Babies crammed into transit boxes were generally aged between one <strong>and</strong> four<br />
Afrika - Heimat der Schimpansen und Bonobo<br />
years. From Africa, they were sent to research labs all over the world. Our chimps<br />
Portugal Spanien<br />
Italien<br />
mainly came from Sierra Leone <strong>and</strong> were intended <strong>for</strong> the IMMUNO lab in Orth –<br />
then, located in Vienna.<br />
Marokko<br />
Tunesien<br />
Afrika<br />
Ägypten<br />
Guinea<br />
Sierra Leone<br />
Liberia<br />
Elfenbeinküste<br />
Ghana<br />
Nigeria<br />
Kamerun<br />
Gabun<br />
Zentralafrikanische<br />
Republik<br />
Kongo<br />
Ug<strong>and</strong>a<br />
<strong>Chimpanzees</strong> still live today in those regions shaded in yellow. Bonobos live in the area shaded red.<br />
Lebensraum der Schimpansen<br />
Lebensraum der Bonobo<br />
Südafrika<br />
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