Animal Planet's Escape to Chimp Eden

[moosmom]

Has anyone watched it yet? I am fascinated with it!! There's this guy that rescues abandoned and abused chimps rom deporable conditions and rehabs them at his sanctuary. These rescues are done in the middle of the night. Chimps that haven't seen daylight in 12 years, another chimp was welded into her cage for 13 years. Another one was chained outside to a post for 12 years. Disgusting!! There's this one little chimp, Xena who he rescued. Her former owners held her down and shaved her entire body so she wouldn't shed on their furniture!!!! She has never forgotten it and won't allow anyone near her or to pick her up. She very hyper. She WANTS to be included in some of the things that the group does, but she won't let any human near her. In fact, she'll go up to the guy and start hitting him when he pays attention to the others, even as much as becoming aggressive towards him. This guy really knows his stuff when it come to socializing chimps.

What in the world would possess someone to completely SHAVE a chimp naked???

This program is on Animal Planet, Friday nights at 9 my time. Well worth watching.