At least a dozen animals, including monkeys, lemurs and a chimpanzee, have died in the freezing temperatures at a Texas animal sanctuary that lost power, officials reported.
We are devastated , said Priscilla Feral, president of Friends of Animals, which manages the 78-acre nonprofit Primarily Primates sanctuary near San Antonio.
The historic freeze in Tx has taken a toll, + we thank all volunteers, staff + donors for efforts that have evacuated many doz. of animals and kept others, includ. 32 chimps, baboons, monkeys + lemurs in heated bedrooms. Approx. 12 lives lost.
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The sanctuary has received much support and we're most grateful. We have more than a doz. sm. generators running along with propane heaters so all animals on the property are safe and warm. 4th day without electricity. Hell has frozen over in Tx.
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We have more than a doz. sm. generators running along with propane heaters so all animals on the property are safe and warm. 4th day without electricity. Hell has frozen over in Tx.
Primarily Primates (@primate_refuge) February 18, 2021
Feral told NBC News that after the electricity went out Monday morning , staff members scrambled to capture or herd about 32 animals into enclosures warmed with propane heaters or gas generators but many refused to enter.
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Some of these lemurs and monkeys would not go in, she said. Alpha male macaque monkeys would not go into their heated bedrooms. Their subordinates went in. We lost a few monkeys that way.
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