Today, some people from Ian's work invited us to go visit "The Center for Great Apes" in Wauchula, Florida, about 1/2 hour from our house. It is a place that houses rescued apes and orangutans that have been in show business, circuses, or have been bought to have as pets when it was still legal, and then abused. RJ Gators in town is doing a fund raiser to "feed the monkeys." It costs about $15,000 to feed an ape for one year. I think I speak for both Ian and I when I say it was one of the most fascinating things we've ever done! There is a huge facility with cages, and wire walkways for them to travel all over the property but still remain in cages. We even met some celebrity apes, such as the orangutan from the Tang commercials, and the ape that starred in "Dunston Checks In." It was really interesting, the tour guide said that the apes like looking at us as much as we like looking at them, and a lot of them were doing "tricks" for us, like pushing their bowls around the cages, or clapping, etc. The orangutans on the other hand were much more shy and docile. It's awesome that we have a place so close to here that cares so much about the treatment of these animals!! My favorite pics:
Posts
2 comments:
Dude! Those apes look like some students from student council a couple of years ago....
Laura! The third picture down looks like your lunch group from the cafeteria!
Post a Comment