GREAT APE TRUST OF IOWA
 
After living together for more than two weeks, both the mother Katy, 19 years old, and his son Rocky, 3, have been adapting very well to share the same space. Although they are mother and son, they had never lived together before. So, Katy has to get accustomed to Rocky\’s hiperactivity, who keeps jumping and playing all the time.

Dr. Rob Shumaker, Director of the Orangutans Programme of Iowa Sanctuary, affirms that "Katy has been collaborating a lot and is very calm in the commom life with Rocky. There has been no sign of agression during all this time." And he adds: "I try not to analyse orangutans with a general view, because you have always to consider each individual. But among the females, there are ones who are not opened to accept a 3 year-old baby around them."

About the future work with Rocky, Shumaker says: "we have to be very realistic about the work with Rocky now. He is only 3 years old and we can not wait for him to do things that he is not able to." And ends: "phisically, he is very developed, but mentally, he is still a baby."