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Lingoa | Chimpanzee

Most of the ex-laboratory chimpanzees were stolen from the jungle as baby monkeys and had to watch their families being killed. Once they arrived in Austria, they were kept in an experimental laboratory for 30 years, without contact with other apes in a very small space. Animal experiments on apes have been banned in Austria…

Isidor | Chimpanzee

The childhood of chimpanzees follows a plan in nature, the imprinting phase is of the utmost importance. There is a lot to learn in the jungle, about animals, about heat and periods of rain, and much more. Isidor's development into a chimpanzee child had only just begun. Monkey hunters came into the forest. 1979 was…

Clyde | Chimpanzee

Clyde is a very playful male. He prefers to play with Pünktchen. He likes to be the "cock of the walk" and sometimes tries his hand at showing off, which he doesn't really want to do yet. Clyde defends his ladies, although he sometimes gets to feel their moods. However, he always remains good-natured and…

Gabi | Chimpanzee

Gabi was born in freedom in the African bush in 1979 and was not even a year old when she was captured by humans for research. She lost everything. You can read a lot in her eyes. In 1992, black and white photos were taken of her in her experimental laboratory cage (6 square meters).…

Gogo | Chimpanzee

His origins are described quite simply as "tomboy". That was in 1976, when he was just two years old. That's when he suffered the same fate as the other baby monkeys. Bullets flew through the air, a crate lid slammed shut - off to the laboratory. In 2002, he moved with the others from the…

Xsara | Chimpanzee

Xsara was born in an experimental laboratory, but fortunately she never had to experience what a research experiment is. Like her brother David, Xsara had to be raised by hand. Unfortunately, her mother Schuscha was unable to raise the two of them - she simply didn't know how something like this works. Schuscha was kept…

Blacky | Chimpanzee

Blacky is one of the most traumatized chimpanzees in the male group. When stress arises in the group, he is still very scared - then he beats himself. When Blacky was one year old, he experienced the worst thing that can happen to a chimpanzee child. The loss of his mother and a murderous attack…

Peter | Chimpanzee

Peter is severely affected by his past in research and therefore cannot be grouped. He used to live in the male group, but due to his behavior towards group members he had to be separated. Several attempts were made to reunite him with conspecifics. Unfortunately, this was impossible. Just opposite, very close to him, is…

Pumuckl | Chimpanzee

Most of the ex-laboratory chimpanzees were stolen from the jungle as baby monkeys and had to watch their families being killed. Once they arrived in Austria, they were kept in an experimental laboratory for 30 years, without contact with other apes in a very small space. Animal experiments on apes have been banned in Austria…

Benjamin | Chimpanzee

Benjamin was the first to venture through the large concrete ring into the outdoor enclosure and likes to sit on the fence above the staff entrance. Benjamin is the only male in the group and has had to learn to adapt to the ladies and respond to each individual female chimpanzee. At first, it was…

Kathi | Chimpanzee

Most of the ex-laboratory chimpanzees were stolen from the jungle as baby monkeys and had to watch their families being killed. Once they arrived in Austria, they were kept in an experimental laboratory for 30 years, without contact with other apes and in a very small space. Animal experiments on great apes have been banned…

Helene | Chimpanzee

She was snatched from her family and mother in the wild and was sent to an animal experiment in 1986. From then on, she lived in isolation in a cage. In 1995, she was force-fed to a male and gave birth to Alfred in 1996 as a captive in the experimental laboratory. When Alfred died…