According to German media, the violence against Bili has not only drawn the ire of animal welfare groups, but also shocked zoo visitors who witnessed the ape being attacked.
DEBBIE WHITE: ‘A massive campaign to rescue a bullied British chimp from a German zoo has failed despite thousands pleading for ‘Bili’ to be rescued. The poor chimp was left with a bloodied stump after part of his ear was chomped off, and he was pictured cowering from his attackers in the Bonobo concrete bunker at Wuppertal Zoo. Despite an “urgent” online petition signed by nearly 300,000 people calling for his return to Britain, bosses at Wuppertal Zoo maintain they are doing everything they can for Bili, and that his situation has improved.
According to animal welfare campaigners, the chimp has been severely traumatised since being sent to Wuppertal in autumn last year. Shocking footage of the British-born bonobo being attacked by a group of aggressive apes has been making headlines around the world. After being shared on YouTube, the petition was set up by animal lover Petra Bente in a bid to save Bili from being “bitten to death or euthanised”.
The BBC reports that the Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary, in Powys, has offered to adopt the animal. Sanctuary representative Graham Garen travelled to Germany to make the offer in person. But in a statement, the zoo rejected the gesture, saying that “resettlement is not an option”… According to German media, the violence against Bili has not only drawn the ire of animal welfare groups, but also shocked zoo visitors who witnessed the ape being attacked’. SOURCE…
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