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- From: josh.greenman AT gmail.com
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- Subject: [monkeywire] Costs for keeping a chimp
- Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 00:09:11 +0000
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/14/national/a023854D48.DT
Costs for keeping a chimp
By The Associated Press
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Caring for a chimpanzee costs about $15,000 annually at any of the nation's
dozen chimpanzee sanctuaries. Here's a breakdown of the cost:
_ $2,500: food
_ $8,000: caregiver/staff salaries
_ $1,000: medicine
_ $3,500: facilities, including caging, maintenance, equipment and security
Source: Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
- [monkeywire] Costs for keeping a chimp, josh . greenman, 05/15/2009
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