Wednesday 31 December 2014

Freezing chimps wear blankets as boiler breaks

Bosses at Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary give animals throws to keep them warm while biomass boiler is repaired

By Agency

3:03PM GMT 29 Dec 2014

Chimps were left shivering in blankets after their boiler packed in during the freezing weather.
Photo: Wales News Service
Bosses at an animal centre near Swansea gave them the throws in a bid to keep them warm after the heaters broke down.

The monkeys felt the arctic chill as they waited for the £115,000 biomass boiler to be repaired.

So keepers at the Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary, in Abercrave, gave them blankets.

Graham Garen, who runs the centre, said: "Warmth is key for the animals. They might get flu or pneumonia otherwise.

"We've had to give them blankets to keep them warm while we wait for the boiler to be fixed."

The chimps have been feeling the cold since Christmas Day, when the pellet-powered boiler broke.

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