Photo: Screenshot YouTube / Gut Aiderbichl
Finally in freedom
After 30 years in captivity, 38 former lab chimpanzees were released for the first time. Your reaction is very touching.
The chimpanzees, who see the light of the outside world for the first time in this video after three decades in solitary confinement, can hardly believe it. Sun? Fresh air? Enough space to move freely? These are things that have become completely foreign to most of them. Three of them are even completely unknown to the outside world. They were born in the experimental laboratory.
For a few years, the chimpanzees are already under the protection of the Gut Aiderbichl monkey sanctuary. It is one of only three centers for traumatized chimpanzees in the world. The 38 former lab chimpanzees were kidnapped and abducted from Africa in the 1970s and 1980s. Her mothers were killed in a fierce fight for their still very small babies.
For several decades the animals were in solitary confinement after their capture and were abused for experiments and experiments. Their fate changed in 1998 when the company that used the chimpanzees for their experiments was taken over by the Baxter Corporation. Because: The pharmaceutical company Baxter makes no animal experiments.
In a safari park, a monkey house was built for the animals. However, the chimpanzees had to move again when the safari park filed for bankruptcy. Now they are under the protection of the Austrian animal welfare organization Gut Aiderbichl since 2009. It built three large outdoor enclosures for 11 million euros, which give the traumatized animals the opportunity to smell the scent of freedom for the first time.
The reaction of the monkeys to this change is overwhelming. They can hardly believe their own eyes when they see the sunlight and see the big enclosure in front of them. Finally you can feel the sun light on your skin and enjoy the fresh air again. It's unimaginable how it would feel after more than 30 years in captivity.
See the touching reaction of the chimpanzees with their own eyes.
