Regular zoo visitor gets contact ban: can giving hand kisses to a monkey so much harm? | Abroad

Ⓒ Right: Chimpanzee Chita in 2017

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Antwerp – A visitor to the Antwerp Zoo was kindly requested to stop contacting chimpanzee Chita. The remarkable bond between man and ape can cause difficulties for his congeners. Primatologist Frans de Waal understands the zoo. “Of course they want Chita to become more chimp and less human.”

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