European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse in i his air patience by Anita Bosch state writer How do you of Achi Chimpanzee of Jum Topo loan Orfi he idlis Nervd do somersaults and i we ii on ice ?"ii taker n Loloi Psi Tince and bananas,",.- Werner Mutiri. Resident Chimp Trainer la the holi Clivy on ice production Only animal skating . A Lornor German figure skater from Munich who s seen with Holiday on in 33 years has been Dei Ghung audiences with his skating chimpanzees for Moie than n decade. The sons of his cd front show Are 3.y&ir-Otd Tanyet Yoar-Oiri a cocky and is month old Sonny who s still a baby and has a lot of kicks to learn. Bill hell them enough. Eylid Muller. Teaching chimps the tricks is just like teaching a dog to sit or to Como when called Muller explained. You do the tick Over and Over a rain. Arid when they get it right you Reward due to a Trucl importation Laws Muller Breeds his own chimpanzees at his Home in Switzerland. He now has six full grown animals the parents of Tanya. Rocky and Sonny who have performed in past shows. The chimps debut in Holiday on ice at age 1. Which translates to two human years. At first they re fright ened by the spotlights and the applause in the Arena by they get Over their fear in no time said Muller. A age 3 or 4, the chimps Are at their Peak but Al 6 or 7 they re Laken out of the show. The Early retirement age stems irom the fact thai As the Chimp Nzeer got older they become increasingly i Adcul to handle full Gro a chimps can be As tall As a human Wim Tivee times Tho strength and they re Oilen vicious and aggressive. Muller strongly warns against having a Chimpanzee As a household pet adult Mon keys have been known to bite Oil entire lingers it s too bad they can t All slay Sonny s size he said. When they re not performing the chimps hang out in Muller s caravan watching television leasing the German Shepherd Toro or engaging in their favorite pastime swiping Beer. Muller recalled one evening when he had several visitors in his Small caravan who placed their Beer mugs on the floor by their feet. Unbeknown so to anyone a Chimpanzee sneaked from Mug to Mug and Back again stealing swigs of Beer. Allol a sudden. The Chimp started screaming and jumping up and Down on the table swinging from the curtains and leaping All around the room. We thought he had gone crazy Miiller said. Then we realized he was Al night the iwo of Cloi chimps Tanya and Rocky Steep in their cages. Baby Sonny is still allowed in bed with Muller. But what about rhe accidents Hal tend to happen when Hoy in least expected Sonny still wears diapers bul soon i la Start potty training Muller said. Just like any Normal Tanya lop leaping aver a hurdle Sonny below with Trainer Werner Muller and filed in caravan
