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Aromatherapy goes Ape at Zoo
DENVER, Colorado (AP) 12/03/2003 -- The Denver Zoo's four orangutans are
smelling pretty good these days -- they're getting daily aromatherapy
treatments.
That means the 20-year-old ape Mias gets chamomile on his right ear, basil
and angelica on his nose, and fennel, eucalyptus and frankincense on his
forehead.
Keepers says the treatment has helped alleviate symptoms from allergies and
an upset stomach.
In Allie's case, the 8-year-old primate became depressed when her mother died
two years ago. She stopped acting like the silly adolescent she was before her
mother's death, but that changed when she started receiving daily aromatherapy.
"When you see how goofy they are, this is how it should be," keeper Rhonda
Pietsch said as Allie played in her cage after an oil treatment.
Practitioners of aromatherapy say their oils extracted from plants promote
physical, spiritual and emotional health.
The Denver Zoo is believed to be one of the first to try it out on animals.
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