“She sat in the doorway until Dwight, the alpha male, encouraged her to join him.” “Shake went out onto the island without hesitation, but Vanilla was a bit more apprehensive when the door opened to this new world,” Save the Chimps said. Vanilla and four other chimps – Shake, Magic, Jeff and Ernesta – were taken to a Florida sanctuary.Īfter quarantine, a process that all new chimps go through, Vanilla and her family were introduced to the larger family groups at the sanctuary and are now fully integrated, Save the Chimps said. Vanilla was among the final seven chimps to be rehomed, Save the Chimps said. Meet the world's ugliest dog: Scooter, a Chinese Crested pup, took home the top 'prize' Video shows Vanilla jump into chimps arms, look up at the sky for first time Officials: Michigan K-9 finds 3-year-old boy lost in area surrounded by woods, swamps

“Chimpanzees are a difficult species to rehome.” “It was actually relatively easy to find homes for lions, tigers, bears, jaguars, all sorts of primates, birds and reptiles,” CDFW Regional Manager Ed Pert said in a news release last year. CDFW officials said finding a new home for the 42 chimps “proved especially difficult.” When Wildlife Waystation closed in 2019, due to financial difficulties, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife moved all the animals living in the Los Angeles County sanctuary to locations around the country. Watch Video: Camera captures emotional moment cage chimp sees sky for first time

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