When Cute Goes Wrong: The Brutal Truth About Chimpanzee Pets | Predator Pets

[@CuriousNaturalWorld]

Explore the dangers of keeping chimpanzees as pets in California!

[@melaniewalker5226]

I watched the documentary about Nim it was amazing.

[@ellenosceola5707]

Chimpanzees are not monkeys.

[@gloriabrawldy5325]

People are more dangerous than chimpanzees. They're the reason the primates are in the situation they are. People torture them in the labs, they kill fii r bu shmeat. They kill a whole group for the baby to sell on the market. They're thrown in zoos where they don't belong. Chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans for peoples amusement. The apes aren't the problem, itsb the selfish humans.

[@elmono6299]

I thought it's illegal to own primates as pets in California. I hope it's illegal?

[@gloriabrawldy5325]

@@elmono6299 it's illegal to own any primates in Calif. The only ones that can have primates are zoos.

[@Patricia-kh3bg]

I’d b scared to death of owning a chimp. These are powerful, unpredictable, and volatile creatures. And it’s not ethical to try and make these wild animals “human.”

[@Joseph-fw6xx]

Yes as u probably know a pet chimp ripped a woman's face off in my home state of Connecticut some years ago

[@Patricia-kh3bg]

@@Joseph-fw6xx i watched the video which had the audio of the phone call of the chimp attack and it was horrifying! The lady had given the animal Xanax and possibly a glass of wine. Sad disturbing story. They tried to humanize him…

[@WobblesandBean]

I am a zoologist, I've seen it all. Very, very few animals scare me. These animals are one of the few. They're TERRIFYING.

[@howardmckeown7187]

is it ethical to keep a horse in a stable?

[@Patricia-kh3bg]

@@howardmckeown7187 Horse in a stable versus taking a wild animal from Africa and dress it in clothes and having it eat at the dinner table! Ur comparing apples and oranges geez! Horses are domesticated and a stable is their shelter. A responsible owner provides that. Didn’t kno I had to break that down…

[@thekittyqueen3495]

I have always been appalled by exotic pet fads. Even as a child, I hated to see animals being forced to perform unnatural behaviours.

[@purestqi]

Same here sis. I love and admire them (wild /exotic animals) but always felt they should stay in their habitat and be protected. I think people that live in more wild places may from time to time find a wild animal that wants to be a companion but in that case it’s few and far between and the animals choice, not people trying to be showy and trendy with these animals 🙄😒

[@wms5253]

I agree

[@Dylanesque]

It's not just exotic animals being kept as pets, including birds, that upsets me, it's the fact that we think we are little Gods with the ability to make a magnificent animal, such as an elephant, balance its massive weight on a huge sphere. Or a majestic Lion or tiger jump through a flaming hoop. We are such shallow creatures. Yet our arrogance knows no bounds.

[@wendypatton1932]

I agree. As a child I wanted every animal that I was learning about. I loved them! Thankfully my parents and Grandparents educated us on respecting wild animals. It would be selfish to take them from their homes.

[@sking3492]

He'll YES. What happened to the days when people just had dogs and cats.

[@sascharadke8450]

It's not just chimpanzees. I think monkeys in general shouldn't be kept as pets no matter how small or "harmless".

[@freehahahafree]

They’re apes.

[@rebeccahicks2392]

@@freehahahafree yeah, but people often use "monkey" to refer to both, even though it's not technically correct.

[@freehahahafree]

@@rebeccahicks2392 That unfortunately may be true…I’ll correct them as well.

[@seka1986]

Monkey Trouble

[@emilyk5718]

I volunteered at a primate rescue and they said 95% of all primate owners give up their pet by year 3-4 when they become sexually mature and aggressive. The other 5% just get locked in a cage until they die bc the owners are too scared to handle it. It's all sad

[@mikeandrews9551]

In 1963, there was an exhibit at the Bronx Zoo of a mirror with bars in front of it and a sign that said “the most dangerous animal in the world”. Nothing much has changed.

[@kissarococo2459]

Zooworkers know that apes and zebras can cause most injuries.I read that somewhere.

[@camillechapman3108]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@805fillmore]

@@kissarococo2459zebras? Lol

[@kissarococo2459]

@@805fillmore apparently they are very territorial and have a nasty biting-habit.

[@patriciakelly2714]

I’m so glad that things are changing for these animals. It’s shameful to keep wild pets, they deserve to be free if it’s possible. Thank you for sharing and making the lives of these animals worth living.

[@deadpoolongoogle9682]

Yes the poor apes are always getting abused I'm glad people are wakeing up and freeing them from insane ape hoarders and unethical labs too

[@smartalix5295]

Damn, I probably watched that exact Lucy episode as a kid, and didn't think anything about it, other than to laugh, but now it seems downright cruel and degrading.

[@gabe-po9yi]

Same here. We’ve come a long way in understanding and education!

[@m6666]

@@gabe-po9yi not everyone, unfortunately.

[@supme7558]

No

[@JarethTheGoblinKingForever]

It's okay to laugh, keeping in mind that the episode was made ages ago and that things have changed. We've come a long way in understanding animals.

[@brianmgrim]

Alix: Yeah, but imagine the danger Lucille’s face was in!

[@ruthie8785]

“Predator pets?” Their being predators isn’t the problem, as evidenced by dogs and cats. It’s their being wild animals with extreme intelligence and complex social needs.

[@astoerbrauck]

Exactly, they're simply no pets, it is that easy. Every Chimp, past 5 yrs, is extremely dangerous for humans, probably even more than a wild chimpanzee, bc of its frustration, loneliness and wrong treatment. I totally agree with you.

[@bottlethrower1544]

And sadistically viscous whenever they feel slighted

[@Patricia-kh3bg]

Well said…

[@CryMeARiver63]

The Chimpanzee is both a predator and prey. It hunts small monkeys, birds' eggs, small antelope, wild hogs, and baboons, and insects. Being an omnivore, its primary diet is fruits, nuts, stems, and leaves, but depending on location and availability of food, they will not hesitate to hunt other animals.

[@paradise3563]

​@@CryMeARiver63 including their own group

[@sle2979]

Whoever kept that chimp Clyde in a box for 35 years needs to be thrown in prison for 35 years

[@yourmom9951]

I hate every ape I see, from Chimpan-A to chimpanzee.

[@rinnypink]

​@@yourmom9951 🎵 You finally made a monkey out of me 🎶

[@meat3958]

@@yourmom9951 Bro that includes us and therefore you; If you hate All apes, you best not be bias 🤣

[@phxsunfan]

@@meat3958 it's a quote from a show. Calm down.

[@christinestreeter8566]

@@yourmom9951😂😂😂 help me Dr. Zaius! 😂

[@gabe-po9yi]

Puberty changes a wild animal’s disposition, particularly in the males. What was once a docile, compliant baby suddenly becomes aggressive, unpredictable and dangerous. I think this is shaykh happened with Travis. If there is no prospect of mating, woe be unto everyone around it.

[@lindalarsson1436]

Chimps especially.

[@1233-h1]

That was horrific what happened to charla. That owner knew he had problems because,she was giving him Xanax to calm him down.

[@1233-h1]

Chimps are known to be killers in the wild even. There is science that indicates they actually enjoy thrill kills. Their upper body strength is unbeatable and if they get a hold of you you are ripped to shreds.

[@m6666]

@user-eu3qy8uf7f exactly, but were they prescribed by a vet? That's what I'd like to know, or was she just dosing him from her own meds? If there was a vet involved, why didn't they recommend rehoming him to a sanctuary he was clearly out of control, and all that pain and suffering could have been avoided .

[@Creepystalker102]

@@m6666I believe it was her own prescription used without vet knowledge. Because if she had asked a medical professional about it, she probably would have learned about its paradoxical affects causing increased aggression

[@jleezy612]

What happened with Travis was heartbreaking for both he and Charla. His owner never should have given him Xanax. Xanax is known to cause rage and aggression in humans...now factor in literal super human strength and frustration...you get a dead chimp and miraculous survivor without a face or hands.

[@4Mr.Crowley2]

She was also letting him drink wine and beer in addition to drugging him. The police officer who responded was nearly killed as well. That woman is disgusting for allowing an animal that she should never have had and that she abused to attack her friend.

[@doneidson-ix2qn]

That Travis deserved to get killed. There's no excuse for any such action. So much for chimp "intelligence".

[@CeeBee781]

I don’t think we should demonize Travis’s owner too much. She may have been delusional about his nature and ignorant about the ethics, but she truly loved him. She tried to stab him to death as he was attacking her friend, and it traumatized her for life, as she saw him as her son. She stabbed her family member over and again to save her friend. She was absolutely frantic, begging the police to shoot and kill someone she loved very much. She died soon after of a condition brought on by the stress and grief and heartache. She spoiled him and let him get fat, she gave him anxiety medication prescribed by a vet, she treated him as a person. Of course it wasn’t right… But did she think it was “abuse”? No. She thought it was love.

[@amagicallaura]

xanax causes relaxation & sedation in humans. benzodiazapines are used for animals by vets animals to transquilise them. no one should ever have had a chimp as a pet bc they are extremely strong & can do serious physical damage to people. also it's cruel to the animals.

[@amberinthemist7912]

​@CeeBee781 Do you think most abusers think what they're doing iis abuse? They're all equally delusional. "Doing this for your own good" is a common refrain among abusers. What she did was sick and she caused havoc and pain because she couldn't have the social skills needed to form normal relationships and instead abused a wild animal. She deserves no free pass.

[@bcatblues725]

If anyone in 2023, and beyond brings home, a baby chimpanzee and tries to raise it, I have no sympathy for the outcome. They’re torturing the animal. It’s just reacting.

[@bcatblues725]

@@esbliss yes, and we should all be. Leave the wildlife in the wild let them have their life. Instead of dragging them into our effed up one.

[@bcatblues725]

@@esbliss change to what? People would do it anyway that’s what the exotic pet trade is.

[@rachelmorton4734]

Plants shouldn’t be in pots ?think about it ❤

[@freehahahafree]

@@bcatblues725 Umm..I think your messages is about 50 years too late. We destroyed that wild and the majority of the wildlife that called it home. But hey…at least we got plenty of palm oil.

[@bcatblues725]

@@freehahahafree doom and gloom.

[@momzillainnova]

Seeing Lucille Ball yank those chimps around in that clip....its honestly a miracle that she too did not get her face ripped off right then and there and it would have 100 percent been every human who put the wheels into to motions fault.

[@thisperson5294]

They were probably tranquilized. 😥

[@CLangley-yl1fb]

@@thisperson5294 Unfortunately, as they were fairly young, they likely saw it as play. Young chimps, like kids, tend to rough-play as a means of building social hierarchy and skills. They were likely confused and put off, but being so young, it was probably all fun and games to them - especially if they were bribed or hyped up with treats like peanuts or fruits. That can, in turn, lead to the misunderstanding that chimps enjoy this sort of thing - because juveniles find things fun that an adult would bite a person's face off for, because the young ones don't understand it isn't play.

[@kathybrem880]

They were just little babies

[@DeMan59]

Be aware that Lucy didn’t know any better. Whoever owned and trained those chimps was at fault for not having more control during the skit.

[@DERAMNONA]

Can't watch this still traumatised by seeing what happened to that poor woman attacked by a 'pet' chimpanzee and left horrifying disabled after losing her eyes ,hands and scared beyond belief.

[@neawatson1448]

Me too

[@100xyz]

She deserved it. No animal is there for our entertainment

[@DERAMNONA]

@@100xyz totally agree with you but no you have it wrong she wasn’t the owner she was a friend who the owner call to come over and tried to calm him down with his favourite toy . She was trying to help him. The owner ,had owned him since infancy but was unable to cope with him in adulthood . She had the grace to die a few months later before she could be prosecuted. . It’s was reported on the net. Currently there are no laws in many countries including USA prohibiting wild animals as pets.

[@Catlover2016]

​@@DERAMNONA MANY USA states have banned private ownership of wild animals, especially monkeys. I live in Pennsylvania and 🙊 for one are prohibited. Ohio does allow exotic pets, which is crazy.

[@FlyinZX10R]

Do a search for chimpanzee sees sky for the first time. The amazement on her face is something to see. She was caged for 28 years. How can anyone be so cold to treat another living being like that?

[@Johndoe-co3pw]

The fact that these are legal to own in like 20+ states still is absolutely insane to me

[@Floridafanatic28]

People have a hard enough time selecting a dog breed that's compatible with their lifestyle and experience level so why do they think they are able to successfully keep an exotic? Ridiculous!

[@i_love_rescue_animals]

This was really good. I'm vehemently against having an exotic animal as a pet. It usually ends badly and it's almost always terrible for the animal. Please stick with cats and dogs people! I loved the care that these two people showed for the chimpanzees in their care (just by how they talked about them). ❤

[@decyattysyachpchyol]

Agreed for most, but some exotic pets like tarantulas, (also snakes, lizards, etc.) do fine when well-cared for, and neither tarantula nor human suffers for it. Anything dangerous or whose needs cannot be readily fulfilled in a home environment (such as an animal that requires a lot of space or special habitat) should be restricted to licensed facilities/ individuals and not residential areas for anything dangerous.

[@i_love_rescue_animals]

@@decyattysyachpchyol Oh, I agree with you on that - the only exception being on some snakes. People in Florida (and some other states and countries) will a lot of times release their non- indigenous snake to the wild and it causes all kinds of problems. As long as people are responsible with those kind of animals - that's fine. But I still feel for the larger / more advanced animal (like a bigger reptile) - I'd rather they were in the wild than in captivity. ❤

[@jase123111]

Yes...agree. Even small animals like frogs and birds...the average person can not care for them adequately. My friend got a horned frog and let it starve to death as they refused to feed it living prey. She told me the pet shop said it would eat fish pellets...which of course it did not. Another person keeps getting fish and trying to keep them in a case on her table. They keep dying as they have no heater or filter or space. She won't listen. Thre pet shop near me is selling merecats and keeps them in tiny cages. They are clearly stressed and going crazy.

[@jase123111]

@@i_love_rescue_animals a large percentage of people just don't seem responsible. They ruin it for the rest of us.

[@ironman1458]

Its not about the animals being exotic or not at all. Its more about wild animals, domestication, if the animal can survive in captivity, how dangerous they are. I agree that chimpanzees are unsuitable pets but I feel its more nuanced than you make it sound

[@Bookish_Lattes]

"When human entitlement ends in disaster for the chimps" is a more appropriate title.

[@bitterspice5525]

💯

[@marlanaferro1558]

👏👏👏

[@craftycrafter1960]

What we have done to animal species over the centuries is really appalling and what we now know about these species none should ever be kept in captivity. It really is unforgivable.

[@blackmoses706]

What white people have done correction

[@reneeb.2702]

At this point, many will go extinct if they are not in zoos & sanctuaries. Unfortunately, between destruction of habitat & poaching, many are barely hanging on.

[@ChynaAndrewsmidnightcrazy]

This went really pro eugenics at the end.

[@jessicaellis184]

You do realize that the animals that are currently in captivity would NOT survive in the wild right?

[@Rumplesti1tskin]

Jessica, her point was they should never have been in captivity or “owned” by humans in the first place.

[@stephiefox6704]

I self harm due to abuse and witnessing abuse as a kid. I wonder what that poor fella had to see. I had no idea animals self harm. Super heartbreaking. I wish it only took children 5 years to heal as well

[@jordanalandry1866]

animals can engage in self harm or destructive behaviors as a result of a lot of things, including boredom, lack of stimulation, etc.

[@alisha_madariaga]

Tillicum (from the black fish documentary ) is a famous example of An animal that engaged in self harm also:( . Absolutely terrible and 100% caused by humans and 100% preventable .

[@judeflowers2813]

@@alisha_madariaga Ive recently read about two dolphins being used for research I believe, that had a great bond with their trainers. When the research was over and the dolphins were moved away from their trainers, they actually committed suicide! I had no idea that could happen! They were apparently so depressed from lack of interaction as well as no longer seeing their trainers that they bonded with.- Dolphins apparently (from what I read), can just decide to stop breathing and die!

[@sabichonex]

@Stephi Fox Many of these chimps had medication tested on them that caused them to self harm (i.e., that caused psychotic responses in the chimps, some of which involved self-mutilation).

[@margaretr5701]

@@judeflowers2813 Dolphins are incredible animals, with intelligent, large brains. It's tragic and shocking to hear they committed suicide. For some reason, Dolphins seem to love Humans, there are many stories of Dolphins assisting Humans, even in times of war.

[@4Mr.Crowley2]

The idea that some disgusting person fed Denise the chimp BEER AND CIGARETTES her entire life (what scumbag does that) and that she couldn’t make friends with other chimps (b/c she was abused) after being rescued is so disgusting. That person should have been sent to jail.

[@lifewithderekah]

The chimp Travis they was giving him wine and Xanax

[@ReviewsChannel-e4r]

Giving chimps alcohol when they have 5 times the strength of a man is just plain stupid!

[@JCO2002]

I'd be quite happy to have someone giving me beer and cigarettes, and I also wouldn't want to hang out with chimps. Denise was cool.

[@ReviewsChannel-e4r]

@@JCO2002 It's safer to find yourself a bar patron named Moe or on second thought, maybe not. lol

[@kissarococo2459]

I recall Cheetah smoked too.

[@4Mr.Crowley2]

I loathe any human being who keeps a chimp as a “pet” - the horrific case of Travis, who was being drugged by his horrible owner, ripped off the face of her best friend and blinded the woman for life, is yet another sign that laws should prevent any humans from keeping chimps or any exotic animals as pets. I think of the Joe Exotic adjacent creep in Ohio who unalived himself after setting his wild animals - predators - free. Many of them were euthanized or shot by police. No way creeps like Joe Exotic should be keeping tigers as “pets” and selling “pictures with tiger cubs” to hundreds of tourists.

[@taniadickson541]

There’s a rumors floating around that he would turn some of he’s dead tigers into taxidermy sex dolls 🤢🤮

[@kathykatherine874]

It should be against the law to keep any wildlife of animals, even any other species of life in homes.

[@SouthernBelleReviews]

Something about apes and chimps has always rubbed me the wrong way. They make me nervous. I would never want one as a pet. Great video.

[@judeflowers2813]

Same!

[@WoodlandT]

I find them incredibly unsettling

[@MarilynOPossum]

I don’t know about being unsettling but they’re not pets. If your reaction is you don’t want them around you, that’s a good thing. But please don’t blame the animals.

[@tw8464]

Yeah the chimps are too much like humans. But totally wild. That's main reason they need outlawed as "pets".

[@BlackKittyCat99]

@@WoodlandT It’s the uncanny valley effect. Out of the entire animal kingdom, chimps are the ones most closely related to humans.

[@lulululu28383]

We only realize we're harming animals when they actively become a problem for us. It makes me wonder just how much mental pain they must have accumulated before they finally resorted to violence.

[@pibly7784]

Great comment.

[@suzannemorton6351]

No one or businesses should be allowed to own a wild animal of any kind they need to be in the wild in their own habitat. They weren't made to be dressed up like a human and treated against their nature

[@rougesunset]

I totally get the desire to let them have babies in the sanctuary groups. It gives them the opportunity to learn and experience so many more of their own natural behaviors individually as well as interpersonally. It’s sad but understandable that it cannot be that way, for the sake of newborns who would be subjected to a life in captivity when it is preventable.

[@laraoneal7284]

Not only that they carry weird parasites. I read about a woman who was rushed to Emergency and they couldn’t figure out what malady she had until she told them that she lived with a Mcaq little monkey. Anyway she caught the malady from the monkey. They cured her and she still lives with the monkey. Insane.

[@Matlockization]

Thank you for informing the public about the violence of chimps the media is definitely keeping quiet about this.

[@BrookeEvangelineWinter]

Wtf are you talking about?

[@Matlockization]

@@BrookeEvangelineWinter Just take a guess.

[@Bebedollie]

That person that kept a chimpanzee in a box in the garage for 35 needs to be in jail. Thats disgusting

[@guineanord]

Some asshat hunter shot a brown bear sow and she brought her cub to me while I was hiking. Thought it was weird she was coming towards me unaggressively, wasn't until I realized she had a hole and was bleeding from the neck. She dropped the cub right next to my feet and walked off. I took care of her cub until she was fully grown, teaching her as best as I could. She would come to my cabin almost every day, even bringing her three cubs. She was basically my wild pet bear.

[@Kosovar_Chicken]

Nice fanfic

[@poodleladylady5686]

Personally, as much as I love all animals, (well almost all animals) I think no one should have exotic animals unless they are educated in animal husbandry and in a conservation program. And yes when I was a young child I always wanted an elephant, but I grew up and realized that having any kind of exotic would not be good for the animal, nor me really.

[@StAlphonsusHasAPosse]

Exactly

[@chriskelly9476]

Can't believe its so easy to have exotic animals as pets in some countries. You can have a kangaroo as a pet without a licence in some parts of the USA - but you can't in Australia.

[@HappyH4ppyHappy]

@@chriskelly9476 i live in houston. Every year there are about 2-3 tigers that escape a random house and run down the street. I don't think anyone has died/ gotten mauled recently, but imagine ur walking home and you just see a freaken tiger. Texas has the most tigers in the USA. Please make it make sense :/

[@Cara-39]

I live in NYC and there have been multiple instances of ppl keeping alligators as pets in their apt, as well as a tiger and recently a bobcat. The tiger owner also owned an alligator. It's insane

[@MomMom4Cubs]

I wanted an elephant too. Until I saw the Simpsons episode with "Stampy." That began my disgust with the attempted sublimation of the souls of beautiful, wild animals to human vanity, selfishness, and pride.

[@atomicvagrant7686]

It is a pleasure listing to animal care takers who have understanding and common sense.

[@munchkinheaven7877]

The chimps don’t look very happy in that cage either!

[@kathybrem880]

So where can they go? She rescued them from horrible situation

[@dicksonfranssen]

15 years ago I wanted a smart dog so we came home with a Border Collie. She walked without a leash through the neighborhood and every mom knew their kids were safe around her but we were never prepared for what a "smart dog" really meant. Luckily I was already retired so 4 walks a day was not an issue but her separation anxiety and what I'll loosely call devotion were real problems. They're not playthings, they're sentient beings who deserve a life you may not be able to give. If you think any animal wearing a diaper is cute it's you that needs serious help.

[@ruthsmith1694]

An animal should never be treated as a human animal. Should never be confined or exploited. We are all individual. When i see or hear about animals who are wild at heart and brought up in a domestic environment i feel very sorry for them. It would be like raising a human child in a wild animal environment. Leave wild animals alone to be the way they are supposed to be. Humans are and can be very selfish and egotistical. We can and should love and respect all animals for what they are wild and free.

[@nunyanope4988]

Umm, no. Humans domesticated dogs and cats. I imagine with strict breeding programs and hundreds of yrs you could do the same with any animal. You cry about humans, but if another species had our intelligence it would be doing the same thing, don’t lie.

[@Sarmatae1]

That 36% difference in fast-twitch muscle fiber makes all the difference in the world, doesn't it?

[@beccac6451]

Seeing all those chimps cramped in those small cages is heartbreaking to watch. She needs to contact Monkey World in the UK and see about getting those guys sent to her where they will live a more natural life. At Monkey world they do not live in tiny cages, they have big buildings with huge outside enclosures for them to be able to spend as much time outside with their group as they want. She cares for over 250 primates from like 22 different species.

[@8tAuntie]

@Becca C I was thinking the same thing as I watched this video. Monkey world is any PRIMATES Heaven on Earth! They have an awesome staff team & brilliant doctors & provide the absolute best care for each & every PRIMATE that is sent there. I admire Allison & Jim for the wonderful hearts they have always had for monkeys & their courage to go through due process to make certain that those PRIMATES are given at least a fighting chance at a better life. It touches my heart how Allison carries on the mission her & her husband were on together even after his passing. She's a strong , intelligent, beautiful, kind hearted woman indeed!

[@beccac6451]

@@8tAuntie Exactly and all those chimps out in Cali would be 100 times happier at monkey world where they will have all the love food and companionship of chimps of their own kind.

[@KateBates22zabu]

Travis got xanax but I cant..🙈

[@beccac6451]

@@KateBates22zabu Before you start cracking jokes about Travis and xanax maybe you should go watch the story. Because trust and believe there is NOTHING funny about it

[@laurenelizabeth8585]

@@beccac6451 what are you even saying?

[@argopunk]

I recall a dumbass 1980s Pepsi ad with a woman in a home teaching something to a "cute" chimp. At the time, I thought that thing is going to tear her effing face off. Never thought they should be house pets.

[@Gukworks]

I don't want a pet that knows what parts of me I will miss most and is equiped to quickly remove said parts....

[@JohnMcPhersonStrutt]

Rongrimm3141, I totally agree!!

[@sherriianiro747]

I never understood the allure of Siegfried and Roy - look what happened to them. A wild animal is just that, wild. People used to have pet monkeys in cages in their living rooms until they started getting sick or hurt. Just because an animal seems to respond to the training does not mean he is predictable and all have their limits before they turn. If a domestic dog or cat can maul someone what do people think a wild animal has the potential to do? It's not their fault because they cannot be something they are not and respond instinctively.

[@howgreenwasmyvalley9686]

Never could stand how they used the lovely creatures.

[@peggypeggy4137]

When I was small I used to think that chimps never grew beyond the size of "Bessy" that was on "The Beverly Hillbillies" That show was on for 9 years and Bessie never seemed to get any bigger. I wonder how many replacements she had? "Bubbles" Michael Jackson's chimp now lives in "The Centre for Great Apes" located in Florida. He is 40 and loves to paint and listen to flute music.

[@gailkoch-ashing9951]

This lady has these anxious chimps locked up in small empty cages and calls it a sanctuary??? 😢

[@KevBotM]

It looked like a decent sized facility to me but I don't know what comps require. Either way what's the alternative? You can't release them and I don't think euthanasia is a preferable solution. I think they're making the best of of a bad situation. All song as they have reliable funding anyway.

[@whydoncha]

Go donate an island equipped with a security system to keep chimps in and people out. No? You don’t have any spare ones?

[@deborahosborne9426]

​@@whydonchaThey do in the UK 🇬🇧.

[@deborahosborne9426]

​@@whydonchaLongleat Estate. Monkey World

[@NyanyiC]

​@@KevBotMchimps require a whole jungle. That facility is just pathetic

[@elainekent7026]

Those chimps in that cage don't look very happy, all that rocking and swaying.

[@sexiipsycho_]

They said in this video they know captivity is enemy but they have to learn how to be chimps again so they survive in the colonies of chimps

[@juliaforsyth8332]

They were used for experimentation so have issues. This is paradise to what they would've been used to.

[@Cricket2731]

It's called "stereotypical behavior". Rocking, self-mutilation, pacing, etc.

[@doneidson-ix2qn]

I've always hated those things. I don't see how cute or charming they are as some people can. One minute, they're gentle as can be, and he next minute, they go berserk.

[@bronxbearbud272]

I was very surprised to see Lucy ignoring WC Fields undervalued advice about never working with children or animals

[@micheleerwin2848]

I find it appalling that people have no issue going out and getting themselves an exotic animal as a pet. Ive seen so many documentaries where these people say if they can't keep the exotic animals any more, they will give them to a rescue. They don't mention that rescues and sanctuaries are so overloaded. They don't mention who is going to pay for the care of the animal. Leave the wildlife in the wild. They do not need to be a pet. Its not fair to the animal. Get a dog, cat, horse, guinea pig, hamster, bird, or one of many other domesticated animals.

[@lpruitt4163]

Chimpanzees should have never been removed from their habitats to begin with! Who would want to live in a cage?

[@Automedon2]

Those animals in chain link cages is heartbreaking. Perhaps better off than they were, but still captives on concrete floors. It looks like the worst zoo in the world rather than a sanctuary.

[@margaretr5701]

I read they were rescued from labs. This must be an improvement, after what they went through, even though not ideal.

[@gullwingstorm857]

That's the front of the cage, if you look you can see the cage going back in through the trees. That's where the main cage is. It's huge and full of trees.

[@RoseNZieg]

you can see the sky with no chain links in the bigger areas.

[@NyanyiC]

I can't see that. ​@@gullwingstorm857

[@NyanyiC]

Thay Just need to be returned to their native environments

[@RebeccaOre]

Guy I know in Nicaragua does animal rescue and release. He and his team posted videos of a Capuchin monkey that they rehabbed for release. The monkey was friendly with one staffer, but when they took her to the forest where another Capuchin group had been spotted, she left them and didn’t look back.

[@jase123111]

It must be made illegal for people to own wild animals of any kind as pets. It's cruel, and in the case of large species, very dangerous. People have enough problems looking after domesticated pets like dogs, Rabbit's and parakeets..and there enough animals to choose from as a pet without getting a wild animal.

[@sourcehauntings8851]

Terrible how this has happened to these amazing creatures.

[@PRHILL9696]

so true!

[@monicacollins8289]

Even as a child, I found chimpanzees off-putting. They seemed unpredictable and dangerous.

[@sim5247]

They are wild animals, the wild/ nature is often very unpredicable and dangerous: they have to be. Same to us humans if we wld have to live there. We wld change very fast

[@charliedavis8894]

I have to disagree with the woman. No breeding babies who will also be caged their whole lives. Captivity will never end if babies are born in a sanctuary. I agree with the man, let them live out their natural lives and die off so no sanctuaries are eventually needed. I remember my mom taking us to the zoo in the 60s with my little 4'10" greatgrandma. The chimps were on an island with a house to sleep in and a wide moat of water around. There was no cage sides or top to keep them in, I guess they thought the chimps couldn't cross the moat. We were standing by the moat and greatgrandma kept waving at one chimp who kept waving back. All of a sudden the chimp retreated to the far side of the island, started running to the side nearest us, took a huge leap and landed in my greatgrandmas arms! She was in her 80s then and thought it was the greatest thing. She and the chimp "conversed" and kissed and hugged for about 10 minutes before a zoo employee showed up to get the chimp. The chimp wouldn't let go of greatgrandma so she had to go with the zoo employee to put him/her in a cage. I often wondered why that chimp was so enthralled with my greatgrandma! Maybe she looked like the person who raised the chimp in its early years. The chimp wasn't very old because it sat on her hip and was face to face with her like she was holding a 3 year old kid. She talked about that chimp for years!

[@moritzlaszlo3115]

I'm not the "cuddley" typ of person who says "I love all animals". I have the greatest respect for all animals. I don't have to touch them or anything. Just looking at them brings me joy. A couple of years ago I watched a small group of chimps fight in a zoo. A male jumped up and kicked a 21 foot wooden beam, wich was one by one foot wight. The hole beam was shaking. The apes were screaming and a primitive part of my brain told me to get out of there asap. The enclosure was safe, but I didn't feel safe at all. Why on earth would you go in close proximity with such an powerful animal?

[@ozzy6944]

What I wonder is if they get out those cages because it is heart breaking.

[@wanya_telborn]

Studies have shown that teaching them tricks is actually painful they do not like it! Why we continue to own these creatures when they only want to be in their natural habitat! Humans are monsters

[@LyonessQueen]

So sad 😢. I totally agree 💯. Chimpanzees are not pets and need to interact with other chimpanzees in the wild. It breaks my heart seeing any wild animal in captivity, living in cages. Humans are so ignorant and inconsiderate at times.

[@jonathanwright8025]

The mind of a toddler and five times the strength of an adult human - terrifying.

[@cynthiaglander5604]

That's not a sanctuary, it's just a cage. Monkey World is a sanctuary.

[@Milen983]

Chimps and humans separated from their common ancestor millions of years ago, so no, we are not the same, had common ancestor, but developed far away from each other. Even humans from different nationalities and ethnicities struggle to adapt to each other, let alone isolating chimps and keeping them as pets because “we are very similar?.

[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

Nuh, uh. Because: Bible.

[@LadyAdakStillStands]

I've studied primates since 1968. I learned early about Chimpanzee strength and Gorillas moodiness. But Orangutan intellegence and much lower rates of aggression made my focus easy. Sepilok is the largest sanctuary with a population of constantly evolving yet docile Orangutans. Chimpanzee sanctuaries have a higher injury rate amongst staff in comparison. It's a hard call as more land and their homes, are converted to human expansion. We must do better by our cousins...all of them.

[@jameysummers1577]

It's really sad to me to see these animals in captivity. I wish people would just leave them alone and let them stay in their habitat.

[@jannywanny2201]

I can’t believe the way Lucy is manhandling those chimps!! 😡

[@HkFinn83]

They’re so much physically stronger than a person, it would be hard to hurt them even if you wanted to

[@margaretr5701]

They were young, still playful, it'd be impossible a couple of years later.

[@David-sw8lz]

Solid chimp impression of that dude, watching these people makes my heart feel good seeing how well they understand chimp behaviour and such

[@hawksbill5037]

I am glad that they’re not being used for medical testing anymore. This was a very well assembled informational video, and I would like to thank everybody involved help me gain a new perspective on primates as pets.

[@queenie.lawyergirl.pittymom]

Who told you that lie? Testing on chimps never stopped. The sick things they do to animals is happening right now as we speak.

[@robertdemon3550]

I seriously doubt that they stopped doing medical testing on chimps, I wish they did but I doubt it very much.

[@daytodaylivin4418]

The family of an ex boyfriend of my mother had a chimp… she was extremely jealouse and would throw things at my mom whenever she came over, run around the apartment and bare her teeth at her… she told me she was so scared to come over and eventually the family had to give him up after he bit her exs mother

[@katecarlisle8383]

So glad to see knowledgeable caregiver/keepers undoing the stupidity of our ignorant past.❤

[@ingridakerblom7577]

Why would anyone want that shrieking in their house..

[@BudduredToast]

I am struggling to understand the mindset of someone who would want a chimp as a pet. And where would you even get one???

[@kate4biglittlevoices]

I remember seeing some of Bobs original footage - especially the one with the baby he kept so long -‘it was precious

[@barbholman6829]

What a horribly cruel way to keep these chimps. It’s as if they could not imagine anything worse than little cement and wire boxes. That’s not a sanctuary. That is a prison.

[@judeflowers2813]

Thank you Thank you! ITA! I stated the same before I read your comment. Its as if they are in kennels! Where is any form of nature, grass, trees, running water even? I do agree it is better than being kept in a box in someone's home, but It doesn't seem like a place of peace, rest, nature, family to me.

[@psychrolutesmarcidus2455]

They have a huge enclosue with tree in the back.

[@magdalenasteplewski3963]

It is the nature of the beast. You must love them for what they are or keep your distance

[@sim5247]

We are beasts in every facettes , not them. Worse: we are way too many.

[@CoyKiyote]

I once babysat for a couple of young female chimps in Florida for a lady that owned some. They were so strong it was crazy. One rolled me around like a ball and she was just playing.

[@rhainaweissehexe3899]

I am afraid of chimps. I love animals, have grown up around all kinds añd always will have them. I fear chimps because of their advanced human like brutality/savagery that is not present in other Animals.They know what they are doing.

[@OrangeCopperTop]

It is evidenced in the human race, within one another as we’re the worst animal on the planet. We’re capable of such terrible savagery towards our fellow man, and to the other creatures who inhabit the world we live in. Chimps are ultra strong, they’ll bite fingers, arms and faces clean off, but that’s because they don’t have weapons such as guns, knives and atomic weapons that could create mutually assured destruction of our civilisation. I have no doubt in my mind that we’re the worst animal. If it wasn’t for us chimps wouldn’t be in small cages.

[@rhainaweissehexe3899]

@@OrangeCopperTop Yes, humans can be the Wild Predators with intent, vengeance and hate. But it is also Free Will as to how we interact!

[@PurpleGermanShepherd13]

​@Rhainaweißehexe Um, wild animals like chimps have free will, too, but okay...

[@OrangeCopperTop]

@@rhainaweissehexe3899 Chimps do act under free will, they can consider and enact great vengeance, who they kill, love or who gets to live. Humans have got that extra intelligence that have made us create a civilisation, and almost one. But in a fight, you'd back the chimp.

[@poodleladylady5686]

Having chimps in cages can't be good for them. It would not be good for me. How does being in a cage affect the chimp, and what do you do for enrichment?

[@charlietaylor6389]

We had a blue and gold Mcaw I personally had the bird for 22 years VERY VERY few people can properly care for them. I advise against them for pets PS she lived 73 years

[@judeflowers2813]

Wow! Incredible!

[@margaretr5701]

Yes, they often outlive their owner that they bond with. I can't remember where, but a couple opened a sanctuary for exotic birds that were either abandoned, deliberately, or because owner was deceased. They ended up with hundreds of birds which they hadn't expected and had to expand. Some birds were so stressed, they plucked their feathers out. Taking exotic birds out of the jungle, should be banned.

[@Cricket2731]

​@@margaretr5701, I think wild-caught parrots are pretty much a thing of the past. Most, if not all, parrots sold as pets are captive-bred. One that's domestically bred have a seamless leg band on their leg.

[@kathybrem880]

That’s what I say about most parrots-they make poor pets for most people-that’s the reason I have 20!

[@katelynsillysquirrel3223]

Heartbreaking that these chimps don't live in the wild with their families

[@cathyshell9852]

There in cages what kind of sanctuary do you have???? Ugh

[@margaretr5701]

There appeared to be further climbing areas? I'm assuming these are the chimps they were speaking of, some rescued from labs and other horrific conditions, that are kept under close observation, as they attempt to integrate them with their own kind.

[@yesterdayseyes]

Right? Why don't they let these violent animals just run wild in the neighborhood?! 😂

[@cynthiafreudenberger1578]

I once lived in an apt complex where a guy who owned a local gym lived. He looked like Jason Mamoa. He got a chimp to use in his advertising. One day I saw him and he looked like he had been in a bad car accident. I asked him what happened. He said the chimp went after his wife and he had to fight him off. People don’t realize how strong they are. A chimp is never a pet.

[@judeflowers2813]

Im so sorry to see those chijmps in that first lady's "sanctuary", that are basically in kennels! They have no natural ground, or trees, or even fake ones. What kind of sanctuary would keep chimps behind a little wire fence??? Revolting!!

[@aqhasassy]

So Planet of the Apes isn’t far fetched. Happy to hear our laws are protecting some. I went to a circus once, about 50 yrs ago. Just sad thinking about the lives of the animals. Never again. In the 1950s, (I’m a boomer) my family took me to the Atlanta Zoo. I remember Willy B. In a cage. This was before “habitats”. I guess they all were caged but I only remember him. I don’t know if he lived long enough to be in a habitat.

[@LyonessQueen]

I remember going to the zoo as a kid as well and seeing monkeys and apes in cages 😢. Looking back on this, it was cruel and inhumane😢. I know things have changed for wild animals in capacity, but I refuse to visit our zoo. It breaks my heart seeing such majestic animals not being in their natural habitats.

[@paanne1013]

@@LyonessQueen -Zoo's depress me so much, just seeing the animals living in enclosed areas or cages, I never like it and don't go to them anymore.

[@judeflowers2813]

A few decades ago, I've decided to boycott first circuses, then zoos, then SeaWorld as I evolved and learned about animals in captivity. The last time I was at SeaWorld, I went and sat at Shamu Stadium in between shows when it was empty. And while I sat in the empty stands, I heard the sad cries of a baby Orca. Just the sound was heartbreaking and I sat in the stands alone and cried. I've heard their sounds of mourning on BlackFish and similar docs. I'm not an orca expert, so it could have been just asking for dinner. But the sound touched something within me and hurt my soul.😭

[@hallebeatty2111]

Scarier than a bear, tiger, etc in my opinion

[@kathysingh1510]

These little Angels should be left alone to live free in their natural habitats. What right do HUMANS have to take away their freedom and make them into PETS? Bless these kind people who opened these Sanctuary’s for these little Angels.

[@margaretr5701]

They shouldn't be pets, or worse, they shouldn't be in labs. Hundreds of Macaques are still shipped to laboratories for human drug experiments and other obscene experiments.

[@kathybrem880]

Most of theses animals were bred in captivity, they’d die if sent to the jungle

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

This just in. Chimpanzees aren't human. It blows my mind. 🙄

[@stever089]

Those chimps spitting at the camera crew ?

[@sistersister1969]

This just popped in my feeds so I thought I'd check this out... I'm already aggravated with this lady...she has these chimps in cages. Why she not get in touch Monkey World?? They are the best. Huge several other sanctuary they through the world... she's a liar she also holding them. And that's wrong!!!

[@postiebren]

Great insight! The experts seem to really love the chimps 🙂

[@nataliehessler6463]

Thank you for such a well done informative video ! I learned so much

[@KaySays890]

“Chimp Crazy” on HBO max has brought me here. I hate that these animals go through this.

[@fuzzydawg2573]

how is this a sanctuary?? They are still caged. I have seen videos of sanctuaries where the chimps are out in the open and can live more like they are in the wild - so to speak.

[@delite8003]

This is so true. I always love these young ones but they become more dangerous as they grow. I don't care for them as they become adults. They are the most brutal things by nature. I wouldn't want to get attached to little ones either! It's a shame they have to be captive which isn't fair to a wild animal. Once these owners can't handle them, it's up to someone else to pick of the pieces and do something with the animal.

[@Patricia-kh3bg]

Brutal is befitting to describe chimpanzees.

[@susanmccormick6022]

​@@Patricia-kh3bg I think maybe baboons are worse.Not an ape fan but believe orangs & gorillas have a more laid back nature.

[@Annie497-f5x]

Nice to listen to these wildlife experts speaking so wisely and with obvious love for these animals. None of them were born on earth to be owned as pets and I think it took a couple of severe and life altering attacks and maiming to get humans to understand they aren't replacements for babies or children. I'll admit they scare the wits out of me, just by their sheer power alone, but they never deserved to be in labs or in experiments or in baby outfits.

[@CeruleanTalon]

Amazing. This really was enlightening! Thank you!

[@Thistleyy]

breeding captive chimps is a terrible idea. they said so themselves they don’t have the quality life of wild chimps and also we’d have captive chimps forever if we continue breeding them

[@debbieschultz9768]

Are they for or against chimps being in cages. That’s exactly what their doing. Not one chimp looks happy to me 👎🏼

[@thekittyqueen3495]

What choice is there, if there is no money to improve their situation? How many people are going to dedicate their lives to caring for them as adults? If they live to be 50 years old, that is a lot of care and expense. I hope that these chimps in this video do have a green haven ….

[@margaretr5701]

I thought I saw further climbing areas? Many of these chimps were rescued from labs and other horrors, and psychologically damaged. It takes a long time to integrate them back with their own species. Perhaps the one's we saw, are still under close observation.

[@genovese5218]

It's frightening knowing now how dangerous they can be, how back in the day any stupid tv skit could've ended in a fatal attack, sometimes with children there to see the funny monkey 🥵

[@HoneySparkles2]

These people talk about the chimps, but as a rehab they still keep them as pets in cages. Even if chimps are with chimps, they need to be let to go to their to wild. Not in yet another "cage".

[@gloriabrawldy5325]

Yeah, are they really better off being in a cage with concrete floors? They need to be reabilated so they can go home.

[@julieneild4505]

Unfortunately, when animals are born and raised in captivity they will never be able to fend for themselves in the wild. They don't have the skills to hunt for food or to socialize properly, also they're not afraid of humans which makes it lethal for both parties. Sad😢

[@juliaforsyth8332]

Home nowadays would be too dangerous for them even if you could return them.

[@paanne1013]

They can never be released into the wild, they would not be afraid of humans and that is where the trouble would be.

[@NyanyiC]

It's not exactly a sanctuary if they are holed up in tiny cages even though they have many of their kind🙄