Apes

Chimp Change: The Fate of Retired Apes

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 05.01.2008 | Living


Brenda Scott Royce

Apes in show biz have a short shelf life. The average performing chimp begins his career around age 2. By 7 or 8, when he's no longer the tractable trainee he once was, he's put out to pasture.