Chimp sanctuary delivers an ape’s food by drone amid Florida floods
Workers are using drones and rescue vehicles to deliver food and blankets to more than 200 chimpanzees as floodwaters keep the sanctuary cut off.
- On Saturday, the 150-acre Save the Chimps sanctuary in Fort Pierce, Florida, remained flooded, prompting staff to deploy drones delivering food to over 200 rescued chimpanzees.
- A stalled weather pattern dropped record rainfall across the Space Coast this past Sunday and Monday, inundating neighborhoods and causing canals to overflow that submerged internal delivery roads.
- Save the Chimps CEO Ana Paula Tavares said an overflowing canal prevented floodwaters from receding. "With flood waters stagnant throughout the property and surrounding area, it has been a major challenge for our staff," Tavares said.
- Facilities director Mark Yohannan reported that water levels dropped noticeably overnight Friday, leaving about 20% of the property's roads clear by Saturday.
- Since 1997, the sanctuary has cared for nearly 350 chimpanzees and is now appealing to the public for donations to repair damaged buildings, with one donor pledging to match contributions.
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Heavy rains have flooded parts of Florida, making it difficult for staff to reach chimpanzees at the Save the Chimps sanctuary in Fort Pierce. Because vehicles could not pass through the flooded areas, staff used drones to deliver fruit and blankets to the animals. A viral video shows chimpanzee Kaleb eating a banana delivered by air. The sanctuary said all chimpanzees are safe, but that the flooding has damaged roads, roofs, vehicles and variou…
Chimp sanctuary delivers an ape's food by drone amid Florida floo
A Florida chimpanzee sanctuary had to deliver food to one of its 200 apes by drone this week because the property was swamped by heavy rain. But the animals stayed safe, and the water finally was receding
Chimp sanctuary delivers an ape’s food by drone amid Florida floods – WTOP News
A Florida chimpanzee sanctuary had to deliver food to one of its 200 apes by drone this week because the property was swamped by heavy rain. But the animals stayed safe, and the water finally was receding significantly on Saturday, the organization said. As rainstorms soaked southeast and central Florida from Sunday through Tuesday, Save...
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Chimp sanctuary delivers an ape’s food by drone amid Florida floods
A Florida chimpanzee sanctuary had to deliver food to one of its 200 apes by drone this week because the property was swamped by heavy rain. But the animals stayed safe, and the water finally was receding significantly on Saturday,…
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Chimp sanctuary delivers an ape's food by drone amid Florida floods
A Florida chimpanzee sanctuary briefly had to deliver food to one of its 200 apes by drone this week because the property was swamped by heavy rain.
See It: Flooded Florida sanctuary uses drones to send food to stranded chimpanzees days after historic storms
A 150-acre chimpanzee sanctuary in Fort Pierce, Florida, remains flooded days after a stalled weather pattern dropped record rainfall across parts of the Space Coast this past Sunday and Monday.
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