Center For Chimpanzee Care Update

When the space chimps first arrived at the Fort Pierce Sanctuary, they were malnourished, skinny, and missing a lot of fur. Since they have been receiving a steady diet of fruits, veggies, and their daily GREENS+® smoothies, they have gained weight, gotten a Florida tan and regrown their fur. Irene, one of the care workers at the center said, “At first we had to put handicap bars on the windows and near the sleeping platforms so the chimps could hold on to them to climb. Now, they can pop in and out of windows without ever touching the bars. As for the psychological effects of their smoothies, they are the highlight of their day. As soon as we walk in with the bin full of GREENS+® smoothies, the hooting starts They don’t quiet down until they each have a share.”

One night Dana, the oldest female, decided she was entitled to Garfield’s smoothie. She walked over to Garfield, who had his cup in his mouth and took the cup from his mouth. As if this wasn’t enough, she OPENED his mouth and scooped out any remaining smoothie he was trying to swallow. It’s bad enough he was robbed of his smoothie, but Dana also took some of his machismo with her!

Chimp Facts

• Chimps share 98.6% of the same DNA as humans, making man their closest relative.
• The primary threat to chimps is hunting and habitat destruction.
• Fifty years ago there were approximately a million living chimps in Africa. Today as few as 15,000 are left in the wild.
• Chimps can live to be 50 years old and reach a weight of 150 lbs.

The GREENS+® staff (above) walked the track all night with thousands of others at the Sebastian High School football field in the Annual“ Relay For Life”, collectively raising over $38,000 for the American Cancer Society.

The GREENS+® 5th Annual Health Fair, held on company grounds on March 29, 2003 was a great success. Lani Deauville with her helper dog, Benny, talks with Bob Hall (left) and “Radio Rhett” Palmer (right). Lani, a quadriplegic for 47 years, is the reason GREENS+® was formulated.