Sadly, Cheetah the Chimp has passed away.
Cheetah, the most famous of the sanctuary’s 15 chimpanzees, liked to see people laugh.
“He was very compassionate,” Cobb said. “He could tell if I was having a good day or a bad day. He was always trying to get me to laugh if he thought I was having a bad day. He was very in tune to human feelings.”
Ron Priest, a sanctuary volunteer for seven years, said Cheetah stood out because of his ability to stand up – shoulders tall, back straight – and walk like a person.
Cheetah also stood out for another reason, Priest said: “When he didn’t like somebody or something that was going on, he would pick up some poop and throw it at them. He could get you at 30 feet with bars in between.”
Add to those feats his ability to fight the Nazis, and we truly have lost a great one.
