2023-06-28 22:39:00
Vanilla, 29 years old, is a surviving chimpanzee from the Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates (LEMSIP) in New York, shocked the world when they captured on video the first time he saw the sky.
The clip that has gone viral was recorded in the sanctuary ‘Save the Chimps’, in Fort Pierce, Florida, where Vanilla will live from now on.
The chimpanzee arrived at the sanctuary accompanied by Shake, unlike her, she did not hesitate to immediately go out and explore her new habitat. However, she took a little longer, he explained the New York Post in a post.
Vanilla lived in the lab until it closed in 1997. Since then she lived with a group of primates transferred to California, in a larger enclosure that was constantly threatened by wildfires.
Save the Chimps primatologist Dr. Andrew Halloran said Vanilla “I lived with a handful of chimpanzees inside a chain-link fence cage with no grass and very little enrichment.”
Halloran explained that he is adjusting very well to his new home and that he usually Explore the island with your friends.
He is among 225 other chimpanzees who have been saved from laboratories, the entertainment industry, the exotic pet trade and zoos.
Most of these animals had never interacted with other chimpanzees.
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