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If you need a smile: Lab Chimps See The Sun For First Time
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Lab chimps see daylight for first time in 30 years
Freedom ... ex-lab chimps see the sunlight after being locked up for most of their lives
By ELLIE ROSS
Published: 06 Sep 2011
THIS is the moment a group of chimpanzees sees daylight for the first time in 30 years — after being locked in cages for medical testing.
The animals hugged each other in delight before they took their first steps outside.
Emotional footage, below, shows how they reacted to their new surroundings.
The outing marked the end of a 14-year bid to re-integrate the 38 primates after they spent most of their lives cooped up inside.
One commentator said: "They hugged as if saying, 'We're finally free'. And then they laughed."
Video at the page link worth watching http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...-30-years.html
The chimpanzees were taken from their mothers shortly after their births and brought to a research facility in Austria.
The chimps were moved to a farm where keepers tried to reintroduce them to life outside — but the process was not easy.
The animals had spent so much time inside they were confused when shown patches of grass — and repeatedly threw them away.
Elated ... two chimps hug in excitement before stepping out together
But finally their moment of freedom came. And their keeper Renate Foidl said: “The chimps are incredibly happy. This is amazing, I have been waiting for this moment for so long.”
The use of chimps for scientific research has been controversial.
Earlier this year, a hot debate was sparked in New Mexico when animal rights activists demanded the release of 180 working chimps to a sanctuary.
A well-earned retirement ... the chimps leave their enclosure for the first time in 30 years
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...-30-years.htmlLast edited by AirborneSapper7; 05-31-2012 at 10:27 PM.
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