Chimps get more space

  • News Observer photos/Bobbi Pippin The chimps had the best time exploring their new habitat and playing with each other. As soon as the doors opened to their new area, nearly all the chimp rushed outside.
    News Observer photos/Bobbi Pippin The chimps had the best time exploring their new habitat and playing with each other. As soon as the doors opened to their new area, nearly all the chimp rushed outside.
  • Project Chimps Facilities Manager Rodney Newberry cut the ribbon for the new habitat at the facility. It encompasses is over two acres with only fencing so chimps can see out into the world around them.
    Project Chimps Facilities Manager Rodney Newberry cut the ribbon for the new habitat at the facility. It encompasses is over two acres with only fencing so chimps can see out into the world around them.
  • This chimp knew what folks were doing as he got up on the stump and posed for all the cameras after the ribbon cutting.
    This chimp knew what folks were doing as he got up on the stump and posed for all the cameras after the ribbon cutting.
  • This chimp loved climbing and playing on the big tire out in the new habitat.
    This chimp loved climbing and playing on the big tire out in the new habitat.
Chimpanzees that were once kept behind closed doors for research, never feeling the grass between their toes or the sunshine on their face are now experiencing what their lives were meant to be. The…

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