Omega, the 12-year old chimpanzee was rescued from a Lebanese zoo where they had him smoking cigarettes to entertain visitors!
This is so sad!
He had previously worked at a restaurant where he would smoke for entertainment and serve water pipes to customers.
Eventually he was taken to a zoo where for the past 10 years he has lived in a cage measuring 430 square feet, where visitors would throw cigarettes to him. OMG!!!
Animals Lebanon, an animal rights group had heard about this zoo and Omega and worked to close it down and get the animals new homes.
Omega will be brought to a sanctuary in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
Lebanon is a country with virtually no animal rights protection laws.
We are glad that something was done to help this poor animals.
[Image via AP Images.]