Primates are most susceptible to tuberculosis. The rescue center once took an orangutan with TB from a theme park. During the decade-plus the animal lived in the theme park, it put on shows eating potato chips, drinking beer, and sharing cigarettes with visitors, so that all of the thousands of people who came in contact with him were at risk!
收容中心就曾經從私人遊樂園手中接管一隻患有肺結核的紅毛猩猩，這隻猩猩十幾年來在遊樂園裡表演吃洋芋片、喝啤酒，甚至與遊客共抽一支煙，而與牠接觸過的數千遊客，都有被傳染的危險！