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A group of chimpanzees were locked in a lab in Austria - and injected with HIV soon after birth. The chimps have been tested on for 30 years. But on Tuesday - for the first time - they saw sunlight.
The today show brings you video of the chimps being freed.
“From Austria amazing video from a laboratory - chimpanzees seeing the light of day and going outside for the very first time. They had been used for medical experiments until the American pharmaceutical company Baxter bought that lab and ended all testing on chimps. They will now live out their retirement together with playing sunlight.”
The chimps can thank Michael Aufhauser. He battled for the chimps release for 14 years - and finally he got his wish. The Daily Mail reports Mr. Aufhauser said,
“They are all traumatised to greater or lesser degrees. Two of them died before the reserve was finished, but at least those that are left will have a quality of life that was unthinkable when they were prisoners of the lab.”
Some in the media had an emotional response to the release. Laura Hibbard for the Huffington Post writes,
“If this doesn't make your eyes mist up a little, there might be something wrong with you.”...“no matter which side you're on, watching these animals is sure to leave you in a good mood.”
And their keeper Renate Foidl is very happy seeing them play in total freedom.International Business Times quotes his words...
“The chimps are incredibly happy. This is amazing, I have been waiting for this moment for so long.”
Transcript by Newsy.
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