Susan Savage-Rumbaugh, famed primate researcher and executive director of the Great Ape Trust (GAT) in Des Moines, Iowa, has been suspended in the wake of allegations that she is a danger to the trust's seven bonobos - including Kanzi, a bonobo genius that has mastered the art of making stone tools. On 9 September, 12 former GAT employees sent a letter to both the GAT board of directors and the local newspaper The Des Moines Register. In it they stated their belief that "Savage-Rumbaugh is not in a state fit to safely oversee the laboratory and bonobo care".
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