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Florida sanctuary uses a drone to deliver supplies across flooded chimp habitat

Associated Press reported on 7 November that Save the Chimps, near Fort Pierce, Florida, used a drone to deliver food and blankets to Kaleb, a 38-year-old chimpanzee cut off by floodwater on 4 November. The sanctuary's roads were submerged; staff used trucks and a tractor for supplies elsewhere.

Mon, 9 Nov 2026

An aircraft already available to the staff bridged a small but inaccessible gap during a localized emergency. It did not replace ground care or solve the wider flooding problem.

This is a reported case, not a standard payload procedure. Any similar civilian delivery requires a verified payload-release system, safe separation from animals and people, legal operating authority and a fallback if the load snags.