Cheeta, the chimpanzee who starred in his first Tarzan film with Johnny Weissmuller in 1934, celebrated his 75th birthday on Monday. He is thought to be the world's oldest chimp, and has spent the last 16 years in retirement in Palm Springs, California , at the primate sanctuary named in his honor, Creative Habitats and Enrichment for Endangered and Threatened Apes. He lives with his "owner and trainer", Dan Westfall. If you want more information on the sanctuary or are interested in obtaining one of Cheeta's works of "Ape-Stract Art", you can visit the C.H.E.E.T.A. Primate Sancturary website. More photos of the celebration can be found here.Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Cheeta Celebrates 75th Birthday!
Cheeta, the chimpanzee who starred in his first Tarzan film with Johnny Weissmuller in 1934, celebrated his 75th birthday on Monday. He is thought to be the world's oldest chimp, and has spent the last 16 years in retirement in Palm Springs, California , at the primate sanctuary named in his honor, Creative Habitats and Enrichment for Endangered and Threatened Apes. He lives with his "owner and trainer", Dan Westfall. If you want more information on the sanctuary or are interested in obtaining one of Cheeta's works of "Ape-Stract Art", you can visit the C.H.E.E.T.A. Primate Sancturary website. More photos of the celebration can be found here.
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