I thought my brother lost his mind when he started talking about adopting a chimpanzee.
He apparently did a lot of research about taking care of them and he made good money in his business, so he figured he could handle taking care of an exotic animal like this. So he ended up getting the chimp and he had an impressive room for the little guy. He occupied a majority of the basement and my brother had an enclosed structure built sort of like what they have at the local zoo. He has had access to fake and real trees out there to swing around on for good exercise. Admittedly, the few times I came out to visit, I was impressed with that chimp and he was very affectionate it seemed. Well, when the little guy became older, my brother said he seemed to be more bored. He explained that chimps don’t do well when they are in captivation and are only around humans. They do better in the wild with their own kind, and he supposed that his chimp was starting to become depressed. He tried to provide everything, even the ideal temperature control settings. The chimp must’ve not liked the temperature control settings though because he ended up breaking the HVAC equipment a few times. My brother eventually had to put a cage around the HVAC equipment so the chimp would no longer break it. My brother eventually made arrangements for the local zoo to take his little chimp where he would be properly taken care of. He was sad about the move, but he wanted his chimp to socialize with other chimps and he couldn’t afford another one.