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  • From: Carrie McLaren <carrie AT stayfreemagazine.org>
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  • Subject: [monkeywire] Bloemfontein Zoo chimp picks up smoking habit
  • Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:43:02 -0400

Bloemfontein Zoo chimp picks up smoking habit
http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,102121,00.html

April 14, 2005, 12:45

Many inner cities zoos attract people keen to learn about animals and their behaviour. However, Bloemfontein Zoo's Charlie the chimp has picked up a really nasty habit from visitors and zoo officials are pleading with the public to help Charlie quit smoking.

"Charlie mimics people and has learned to smoke. It may look funny, but it's really bad for his health especially as he gets older," says the Bloemfontein Zoo's Daryl Barnes.

Barnes has appealed to visitors not to give Charlie cigarettes.




  • [monkeywire] Bloemfontein Zoo chimp picks up smoking habit, Carrie McLaren, 04/14/2005

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