The tragic story of Liberia's research Chimpanzees
*For 30 years, 66 chimpanzees in Liberia were used for medical experiments by the New York Blood Center (NYBC) but were later abandoned without food.*
US conservationists, Jenny Desmonds has come to the aid of the animals. She leaves Liberia's mainland on a boat loaded with fruits and vegetables on a four-hour journey to the islands inhabited only by the colony of 66 chimpanzees.
"Chimpanzees don't do well in research, they're very similar to humans as we know. So they were kept in very smal…
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