Gala dinner for chimpanzees
Secondary school Harmannsdorf
Every year, the pupils of the Neue Mittelschule Harmansdorf organise a chimpanzee dinner and donate the proceeds to the Gut Aiderbichl monkey sanctuary.
This year the dinner could finally take place on site again.
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to the dedicated pupils and will not forget this varied evening in a hurry.
Here you can see a few impressions of the wonderful and varied evening:
Gut Aiderbichl Monkey Refuge
The chimpanzees were captured as babies and used in the service of research, often for over 20 years. Since 2009, the animals have been in the care of Gut Aiderbichl and are finally getting back a piece of the life that was taken from them in such a cruel way.
In the 1970s and 1980s, chimpanzees were in great demand for animal experiments because of their genetic similarity to humans. For research purposes, they were infected with diseases such as HIV and hepatitis. Many died in agony. When the experiments on the animals were stopped in 1997, they were finally redeemed. The pharmaceutical company financed an exemplary monkey facility at the Safaripark Gänserndorf near Vienna and paid for its upkeep. When the safari park went bankrupt, Gut Aiderbichl took over the facility and the care of the often traumatised chimpanzees.
