Vanilla, a 29-year-old chimpanzee born at New York’s Laboratory for Experiments, was under the open sky for the first time after arriving at a sanctuary in Florida

That hug at the beginning 🫂🫶🏽

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Vanilla's early years were confined to a 5’x5’x7’ cage suspended above the ground, resembling a birdcage, at a New York research facility. In 1995, she was among thirty chimpanzees transferred to the Wildlife Waystation in California, where she lived in a chain-link pen with no grass and minimal enrichment. The closure of the Waystation in 2019 necessitated the rehoming of nearly 480 animals, including 42 chimpanzees. Vanilla was among the final seven to be relocated, embarking on a cross-country journey to Florida, facilitated by the FedEx Cares program and Pero Family Farms.

Awesome

Sometimes you have to experience the worst agony before realizing how wonderful life is.

Leaving the city, I feel exactly the same. Look at all that sky. It's so big." I feel like I'm in Texas, but it's just Jersey. Hold me, quick.

Wow

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The eyes!

“Koba”…… he’ll always remember and be bitter! I don’t blame him!!!