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About Emma
Chimps
Inc.’s youngest resident, Emma, was rescued on March 14, 2007. Emma
was born on April 15, 2002. Her former home was Primarily Primates, Inc. (PPI) a beleaguered
animal facility that came under scrutiny in 2006. Allegations
against PPI included animal cruelty and neglect, overcrowding, poor
sanitation, and multiple environmental violations. The facility’s
pervasive disregard of every aspect of animal health and safety had
left animals barely existing and in life-threatening conditions.
Throughout Emma’s early years at PPI she experienced several bouts
of severe systemic illness. She was deprived of physical, auditory,
and visual contact with adult chimpanzees - a vital aspect to a
young chimpanzee psychological, social, and behavioral development.
Chimps Inc. was
alerted of the ghastly state of affairs occurring at PPI. In view
of that, Chimps Inc. set their professional staff to PPI them the
cleanup and care for the animals there; subsequently we witnessed
first hand the condition of the facility. To alleviate the burden
of overcrowding and to allow the sanctuary time to rehabilitate
itself, Chimps, Inc. agreed to adopt Emma (and Jackson) and integrate both
Emma and
Jackson into our chimpanzee family group.
Although Emma had never been socialized with other adult chimpanzees
prior to living with us, she has adjusted well to her new
surroundings, and has several grand role models to teach her how to
behave more like a chimpanzee. Emma has shown considerable
improvements in both her health and psychological well-being. Her
most significant step forward is that she is engaged in social
grooming – considered the single most important activity in
maintaining social harmony in chimpanzee families. She can also be
found playing tickles with Thiele and Patti, loves to tumble out of
trees, and, imitates the volunteers by scrubbing down the shelves in
the enclosures.
You can now
adopt Emma! Your package will contain a personalized
certificate, a photo and
a
short bio of Emma, a packet of greeting cards with beautiful pencil
drawings of our chimps by artist Alan Li, and a one year
subscription to our newsletter. Chimp adoption packages make great
gifts for friends and family.
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Adopt Emma
Price:$50.00
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