The Story of 5 Pitiful Chimps

by Emmy Gostelie · Utrecht, NL

The painting is about Sita, Fiffy, Mojo, Regina, and Macario. These chimpanzees have all had a terrible life. After years of lonely and filthy confinement, they were all rescued and taken in by the AAP Foundation. Sita spent 14 years in a cage that was too small in a Belgian zoo, which caused her legs to grow crooked. Fiffy was locked up for 29 years in a small, dirty cage in an attic of a castle in France. Mojo spent 29 years in a shack in Belgium, fattened up by his owner with fatty and sweet food. In Lithuania, Regina was locked in a basement for 6 years after being used in a circus for 12 years. And Macario comes from Gran Canaria. After growing up with humans, he was locked up for 15 years in a cage and always received too little food and water.