Jane Goodall with baby chimpanzees
Photography: Hugo van Lawick
Today is World Chimpanzee Day. On July 14, 1960, Jane Goodall first set foot in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania to study wild chimpanzees; this anniversary was therefore established to call for people to pay attention to and protect this species closest to humans. However, now, some of the experimental chimpanzees in the United States are experiencing an uncertain life after "retiring" and ending the years of dedicating their physical and mental health to human health.
Photography: ERIC GEVAERT, ALAMY
Chimpanzees have a DNA similarity with humans of 98.5%,
They are the same as bonobos,
which are the creatures closest to humans;
and it is this 1.5% The genetic gap makes humans stand outside the cage to study chimpanzees, while the chimpanzees are imprisoned in the cage and suffer physical and mental torture.
This picture was photographed by GREG KAHN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
The "Wildlife Waystation" (Wildlife Waystation) founded in 1976 in Sylmar, California, USA, was shut down in 2019 due to long-term financial problems; for a time, More than 480 animals are homeless, including wolves, lions, tigers, camels, foxes, serval cats, tortoises, and 42 chimpanzees - primates that the laboratory has used for medical research.
A chimpanzee reaches for a snack affixed to its cage.
Photography: GREG KAHN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
After the closure of the "Wildlife Stop", wildlife agencies across the United States took in most of the animals, but there are still 18 chimpanzees living in no fixed place ; 14 of them were once in the United States The private research institution , the subject of research at the Laboratory of Experimental Primate Medicine and Surgery (hereinafter referred to as LEMSIP), also closed in 1997.
Magic is one of the 18 chimpanzees left in the "Wild Animal Station" and living in no fixed place. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and private laboratories bred hundreds of chimpanzees for medical research, and the research ended in 2015; But today, seven years later, there are still more than a hundred chimpanzees with no place to go.
Photography: ANNIE MARIE MUSSELMAN
The laboratory supported by the National Institutes of Health (hereinafter referred to as NIH) has 105 , among which there are 317 chimpanzees between the ages of 4 and 61. Most of them live after "retirement" In a chimpanzee "nursing home" designated by the US government; however, there are still more than 100 chimpanzees wandering in research institutions not supported by the US government, with an uncertain future.
Chimpanzees live alone in aluminum cages in LEMSIP
Photography: ANNIE MARIE MUSSELMAN
In the 1990s, LEMSIP’s chimpanzees were kept in cages that were only large enough to turn around, and each cage was suspended from the ceiling of the laboratory. Chimpanzees in LEMSIP Daily life is like this:
In 1996, researchers connected chimpanzees to a hemodialysis machine after anesthesia to study hepatitis B and hepatitis C .
Photography by STEVE WINTER
In the nursery kitchen, staff prepare peanut butter and cereal for snacks for baby chimpanzees.
Photography by STEVE WINTER
Technicians wait under a heat lamp for a female chimpanzee to give birth.
Photography: STEVE WINTER
Researchers are injecting chimpanzees with the anesthetic in preparation for AIDS related research. In the mid-1980s, a new scourge of mankind, "AIDS", claimed thousands of lives in the United States. At that time, approximately 1,500 chimpanzees were kept in captivity in the United States for AIDS research.
Photography by STEVE WINTER
Staff members screen movies for chimpanzees to complete related research. chimpanzees can respond to pictures and music, and have many things in common with humans. A 2008 study showed: “Labs can leave immeasurable psychological trauma in chimpanzees.
Photography by STEVE WINTER
According to the non-profit organization Chimp Haven, it costs 17,000 per year to raise and care for a captive chimpanzee. The lifespan of a captive chimpanzee is usually 30-40 years, and some also Can live to be in his 70s.
Jeff the chimpanzee lies lazily on the floor.
Photo by ANNIE MARIE MUSSELMAN
Veterinarian Jim Mahoney examines the chimpanzee.
Photograph by STEVE WINTER
20 In 2015, NIH stopped All invasive research on chimpanzees (research that causes harm, pain, or suffering) and their removal to sanctuaries such as Wildlife Stops; research labs funded by NIH scrambling to “dump” waste General transferred chimpanzees; chimpanzees have finally "retired" (abandoned) from their lives as experimental subjects.
Chimpanzees at the "Wildlife Stop"
Photography: ANNIE MARIE MUSSELMAN
There are only 9 chimpanzees left in the abandoned "Wildlife Stop". Employees, most of their salaries come from generous donations.
Photograph: ANNIE MARIE MUSSELMAN
Anher Flores has been a caretaker at the "Wildlife Stop" for 32 years. Many chimpanzees regard him as "dad".
Photograph: ANNIE MARIE MUSSELMAN
It is reported. , the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance has raised $3.8 million so far to find new homes for the 18 homeless chimpanzees left behind after the closure of the Wildlife Sanctuary; the goal is At the end of this year, 11 of the chimpanzees were sent to the Chimpanzee Facility in Louisiana, USA; another seven were sent to Florida. The cost of building new homes and long-term care came from private donations and grants from environmental organizations. A month-old baby chimpanzee from the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida, USA.
Photography: JOEL SARTORE, PHOTOARK
Humans raise chimpanzees for research purposes;
Chimpanzees are later abandoned;
Chimpanzees are forced to be transferred to "wild animals" "Inn",
After one inn collapsed, it was taken in by other inns;
For some captive chimpanzees,
they do not seem to be the closest creatures to humans,
but rubber balls.
Photography: PETER T., NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT
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