The Chimpanzee

      Chimpanzees are highly social animals that express emotions similar to our own...which include Sadness and Joy, Love and Fear, Excitement and Despair...study after study seem to indicate that these animals are more then able to be rational thinkers with problem solving capabilities, as well as, possess the ability to understand the needs of others.  Not to mention a competence in planning for future...Look at these Altruistic qualities.

Unselfish regard for

or

devotion to the welfare of others

Chimps live in communities along the equator (predominately in rain forests) in groups of up to eighty80eighty members...yet sub divide themselves into units of 3three3 to six6six.  They are intelligently adequate in communicating with each other via a wide range of calls and gestures....all unique to the individual chimpanzee...these signature sounds are an easy means to recognize the individual!  Another important element in maintaining that essential cohesiveness within the unit is their usefulness of physical contact...because of this, social grooming is an important interaction...serving to develop and improve relationships within the community.

Since the turn of the twentieth20thCentury, the chimp population has been depleted by ninety90%percent.  Through rapid deforestation, only fragmented patches of livable quarters still exist for the Chimps to inhabit.  Because of the deforestation, coupled with the bushmeat trade, exploitation for entertainment, and biomedical research...chimpanzees could become extinct within our lifetime.


What can you do?
Support programs that rescue chimps from reasearchers
chimphaven.org
Speak out against deforestation
By products that are grown under the natural canopy of the forest

There are many abused animals on this planet...and our species seem to be the culprits