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June 26, 2008

Photos taken by Greg Neise, Lincoln Park Zoo Keo, a male chimpanzee at the Lincoln Park Zoo, is 50 years old today, which makes him one of the oldest chimps in any U.S. zoo. To celebrate, Nadeau's Ice Sculpture Inc. donated a 600-pound "fruit filled ice sculpture." That's Keo in the foreground and Vicky in the background. A slightly more celebratory chimp photo after the jump.........

Continue Reading "Happy Birthday, Keo"

June 25, 2008

Floods? Housing crisis? Crippled economy? Bah! says Congress. By a 3-to-1 margin (302-96), the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Captive Primate Safety Act which would amend the currently imposed Lacey Act by adding "nonhuman primates" to the list of "live animal of any prohibited wildlife species." The bill has 26 sponsors, including Mark Kirk (R), Jan Schakowsky (D), and Luis Gutierrez (D), all of Illinois. Animal rights groups such as the Humane Society, ASPCA,......

Continue Reading "Owning A Monkey Soon To Be Illegal"

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