Smoking chimpanzee kicks habit in Brazil rehab

A chimpanzee addicted to cigarettes has been transferred to a sanctuary in Brazil from a zoo in Lebanon and is managing to kick his habit.

Animal rights workers rescued chain-smoking Omega last week after the zoo owners forced him to smoke the cigarettes to entertain visitors at a zoo in Ansar. and have

The 12-year-old chimp is now based at a 108,000-square-foot ranch in the southern state of Parana - a home much more spacious than the cage where he spent the past eight years.

"Omega is very well, very calm, he is not asking for cigarettes,” said Anita Starostik, Chimp Sanctuary Founder.

“We are not giving him any medications for now because we don't think he needs it. He is being fed basically with fruits and juices and everything he needs to remain calm."

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