Chimpanzee Rescue

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Saturday 07 March, 2015 by Uncle Spike

I love chimps, in fact that statement applies to all such hairy relatives of our species. I’ve told it’s probably got something to do with how closely related I am to them, according to one ex-girlfriend, that is…

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When travelling in East Africa, we came across a Chimp Rescue Centre in a private reserve in northern Kenya called Sweetwaters Game Reserve. These guys were well cared for I think you can tell. There were no sickening sights of animals in cages, or them pacing endlessly up and down in concrete areas in front of wire fences.

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It was an absolute pleasure to watch them play, sit, climb, run, socialise and well, just be chimps in their natural, albeit protected, natural environment.

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There were large areas of trees, water, and grassland for them to live out a happy communal life… Every tree you looked at had a primate hanging from a branch. I was a tad jealous if truth be known, having always been a bit of a tree dweller myself 🙂

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