Sukhumi Monkey Nursery (1929)

The main building of the Sukhumi monkey nursery in 1929.

A monkey sits under a palm tree at the Sukhumi nursery.

Nursery staff feed the monkeys nuts.

The monkey is on a leash.

Monkeys in one of the enclosures at the nursery.

Enclosures and cages at the nursery, nursery staff working with the monkeys.

A nursery staff member watches the baby monkeys play.

One of the monkeys is rummaging through a sanctuary employee's hair, searching through it.

A sanctuary employee with monkeys.

A baboon's face.

A sanctuary employee leads a chimpanzee by the hand during a walk.

Chimpanzees living at the sanctuary.

A chimpanzee puts a nut in its mouth.

A chimpanzee washes its paws in a bowl.

A four-year-old orangutan in its enclosure at the nursery.

A research assistant at the nursery is examining monkey worms in the laboratory, examining them under a microscope.

Doctors are treating one of the monkeys for worms.

The monkey's jaw is held open with special clamps.

The deworming medication is administered orally.