Chimpanzee Gogo

Thomas | 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…

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…

Dorli | Chimpanzee

Dorli is considered the boss of the group. She shows the others their boundaries and is patient until she decides that the group needs to calm down again. She shows Pumuckl very clearly when he has had enough of his imposing behavior. She is a very dominant chimpanzee and is considered headstrong and stubborn. During…

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…

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…

Schuscha | Chimpanzee

In 1986, she came to the laboratory as a chimpanzee child, alone and isolated. Her cage with a grid floor was not much bigger than she was. She was released from the experiment in 1997 and then gradually got to know other chimpanzees in a re-socialization programme. Shusha gave birth to her son David in…

Bonnie | Chimpanzee

Bonnie is a particular problem child due to her diabetes. She is given smaller portions of food several times a day, tailored to her needs, and now has no problems giving her insulin injections. This has been practiced patiently with her every day. Bonnie has made a great recovery thanks to this treatment. Her values…

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…

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…

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…

Fips | Chimpanzee

At the time when the world was becoming more and more exciting for a chimpanzee, around the age of two, he was captured in Africa and taken to an experimental laboratory in Austria. He had just been looking forward to life, but in one fell swoop it was all gone. When he finally returned to…

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…