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Jo Mendi II (c. 1939 – January 6, 1980) was a male chimpanzee and performer. He earned a reputation as "the greatest performing chimp of all time." [1] Mendi II was acquired by the Detroit Zoo in the fall of 1945. [2] He was a gift to the zoo from James S. Holden and his wife. [1]
The world’s largest privately funded chimpanzee sanctuary, it’s home to over 200 rescued chimps on 150 acres (including five dedicated islands!) and offers a second chance for chimpanzees who ...
Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is a species of retrovirus that cause persistent infections in at least 45 species of non-human primates. [1] [2] Based on analysis of strains found in four species of monkeys from Bioko Island, which was isolated from the mainland by rising sea levels about 11,000 years ago, it has been concluded that SIV has been present in monkeys and apes for at least ...
The mission of Save the Chimps is to provide sanctuary and exemplary care to chimpanzees in need. Since opening, the sanctuary has saved over 300 chimpanzees (chimpadmin, n.d.-b). The majority of the chimpanzees at Save the Chimps live in large social groups on 12 separate three-acre islands located on 150 acres in a rural area of Fort Pierce ...
According to a now-discredited hypothesis, the AIDS pandemic originated from live polio vaccines prepared in chimpanzee tissue cultures, accidentally contaminated with simian immunodeficiency virus and then administered to up to one million Africans between 1957 and 1960 in experimental mass vaccination campaigns.
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Videos captured the escapades of a runaway chimpanzee in the city center of Kharkiv, Ukraine. The chimp, named Chichi, escaped from the Kharkiv Zoo on Monday, Sept. 5, according to Ukraine’s ...
In 2014, Michigan Humane started construction on a new and enlarged $15.5 million animal care campus on more than 4-acres, that will include a 35,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility, located just east of New Center, an area of Detroit, at 7887 Chrysler Drive near Clay Street. Michigan Humane said on its website that the larger facility ...