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Abused Chimp to Find New Home
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LUSAKA (Reuters) - A 25-year-old chimpanzee, forced to
smoke cigarettes and drink tea in a Chilean circus, is
starting a new life back in Africa.  

Toto the chimp will be flown 7,000 miles to Chimfunshi
Orphanage for abused animals in Zambia after he was
rescued by animal welfare group, Animal Defenders
International. 

"Toto was stolen from the wild as a baby and...was
forced to smoke cigarettes and drink tea to entertain
visitors for more than 20 years," Christabel Mutuna of
DHL Express-Zambia, which is paying for Toto's
transportation, said Wednesday. 

The bushmeat trade and habitat loss through the
logging of Africa's rain forests have made the
chimpanzee, mankind's closest living relative, an
endangered species. 

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