Chimpanzee Sent to Rehab

Feb. 27, 2010

A Russian chimpanzee has been sent to rehab by zookeepers to cure the smoking and beer-drinking habits he has picked up, Komsomolskaya Pravda reported Friday.

An ex-performer, Zhora, became aggressive at his circus and was transferred to a zoo in Rostov, where he fathered several baby chimps, learned to draw with markers and picked up his two vices.

“The beer and cigarettes were ruining him. He would pester passers-by for booze,” Komsomolskaya Pravda reported, adding that the monkey is now in rehab in Kazan.

(Reuters)

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