It's moving and good that their suffering is over, assuming they are not plagued by after effects of what they were put through,
and difficult to think of what we are capable of.
I hope the chimps go well
THIS is the moment a group of chimpanzees sees daylight for the first time in
30 years — after being locked in cages for medical testing.
The animals hugged each other in delight before they took their first steps
outside.
Emotional footage, below, shows how they reacted to their new
surroundings.
The outing marked the end of a 14-year bid to re-integrate the 38 primates
after they spent most of their lives cooped up inside.
One commentator said: "They hugged as if saying, 'We're finally free'. And
then they laughed."
The chimpanzees were taken from their mothers shortly after their births and
brought to a research facility in Austria.
Scientists kept the animals in isolation and gave them HIV and hepatitis.
Their ordeal finally ended in 1997 when the pharmaceutical company behind
the research was sold.
The chimps were moved to a farm where keepers tried to reintroduce them to
life outside — but the process was not easy.
The animals had spent so much time inside they were confused when shown
patches of grass — and repeatedly threw them away.
But finally their moment of freedom came. And their keeper Renate Foidl said:
"The chimps are incredibly happy. This is amazing, I have been waiting for
this moment for so long."
The use of chimps for scientific research has been controversial.
Earlier this year, a hot debate was sparked in New Mexico when animal rights
activists demanded the release of 180 working chimps to a sanctuary.
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