Miami (EFE)
The chimpanzee, who was born in a primate laboratory in New York and has always lived in a cage until now, makes it clear with the expression on her face that she cannot believe her eyes when she leaves a building where she spent her acclimatization period.
The first thing she does is hug another chimpanzee who receives her affectionately and then looks up at the sky with a face of astonishment and joy at the same time, as seen in the video.
In the Save the Chimps reserve, an organization that is supported only by private donations and needs help to fulfill its mission, currently live 226 chimpanzees, primates whose DNA matches 98.6% with that of humans.
Vanilla the chimpanzee left the laboratory
After the years she spent in the laboratory where she was born serving for various experiments, Vanilla was taken to a place in California where an unaccredited animal shelter operated, according to Save the Chimps.
There was no grass and he was in a cage until he was released, Dan Mathews, Save the Chimps event director, told EFE on Wednesday.
Most of the animals in the reserve come from laboratories, where they were previously used to test medicines and treatments, or from the entertainment industry and others were pets.
Founded by primatologist Carole Noon in 1997 and located on a 150-acre farm near the town of Fort Pierce, some 125 miles from Miami, the reserve is a chimpanzee’s paradise lost.
The reserve has twelve islands surrounded by canals and on each one lives a group of chimpanzees, which are chosen to live together by specialists based on various criteria.