Believe it or not, the Planet of the Apes exists and is located in an isolated area of the West African jungle. It is home to dozens of 'chimpanzees-heroes', who have managed to survive disease, two civil wars and numerous medical tests and laboratory experiments.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him
Believe it or not, the Planet of the Apes exists and is located and in an isolated area of the West African jungle. It is home to dozens of 'chimpanzee-heroes', which they have succeeded in survive disease, two civil wars and numerous medical tests and laboratory experiments.
They lived for years and years in concrete and steel cages, not knowing what air, sun and grass were. They have been tested of freedom, tranquility and love. They come, in fact, from Liberian Institute of Biomedical Research (Vilab II), closed in the mid-2000s due to increasing pressure from animal rights activists.
His veterans have been relocated to a remote island in the middle of the Farmington River, known to locals as 'Monkey Island', to live a quiet retirement life. Their story is told in a short documentary film entitled 'The Real Planet of the Apes' about the journey of the American journalist Kaj Larsen, who, in addition to meeting the monkeys, also investigated how and why they got there.
Thus he explains to us that at the Vilab more than 100 chimps were purposely infected with infectious diseases, in the hope of finding cures for men. Larsen interviews Betsy Brotman, former director of the facility, in order to learn more about the facility and the pressure from animal rights activists that led to the liberation of the animals.
Chimpanzees today need to be fed regularly, because there is not enough food on the islands to support them. In nature they would have moved from place to place in search of food, sleeping in different places every night. But that's the lesser evil, as many of their 'cousins' used for animal testing are simply suppressed after testing.
“I think they were right. I really believe it - admitted Betsy. Chimpanzees should not be used in experiments ”.
Roberta Ragni
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