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Luiza
Chimpanzee
Since birth, she has lived in a group with her family.
Date of birth: 05/06/2003Origin: Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Daughter of Ditty and Gilberto. Since birth, she has lived in a group with her family. She is a very strong and temperamental female, just like her mother Ditty was when younger.
She takes good care of her daughter, Sol, and is always participating in group activities, provoking everyone to get what she wants.
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Family
Mother
Lives at the Sanctuary.
She was one of the female chimpanzees used for breeding at the Marco Schwartz Commercial Chimpanzee Breeding Facility, which existed in southern Brazil.
Date of birth: 1985Origin: Marco Schwartz Commercial Chimpanzee Breeding Center (south of Brazil)
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Father
Lives at the Sanctuary.
He was used as a breeding male in a former commercial center that operated in the south of Brazil.
Date of birth: 1985Origin: Marco Schwartz Chimpanzee Breeding Center (south of Brazil)
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Daughter
Lives at the Sanctuary.
She is very energetic and likes to play with all family members.
Date of birth: 11/20/2014Origin: Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, Brazil
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Sister
Lives at the Sanctuary.
She was one of the founders of the Sanctuary, arriving in the year 2000 along with chimpanzee Noel.
Date of birth: 02/14/1999Origin: Marco Schwartz Commercial Chimpanzee Breeding Center (south of Brazil)
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Sister
Lives at the Sanctuary.
She lived her childhood in the Circo di Napoli (Naples Circus). Due to a legal turnaround, she was sent to the Beto Carrero Zoo, and in 2005 she was finally transferred to the Sanctuary.
Date of birth: 1996Origin: Beto Carrero World Zoo
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Sister
Lives at the Sanctuary.
She is very smart and active and lives with chimpanzee Rakker.
Date of birth: 06/23/2012Origin: Santuário de Grandes Primatas de Sorocaba
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Brother
Lives at the Sanctuary.
He is very clever and likes to imitate his father. Pedrinho is always walking behind him and observing everything he does.
Date of birth: 01/08/2008Origin: Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, Brazil
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Sister
Lives at the Sanctuary.
She is very active and smart and plays with everyone in her family, especially with her father, Gilberto.
Date of birth: 03/14/2017Origin: Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, Brazil
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
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