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Luke Chimpanzee
He was taken from his mother a few days after his birth and sold to a circus.
Date of birth: 1994
Origin: Goiânia Zoo (Brazil)
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil

He was taken from his mother a few days after his birth and sold to a circus. He lived many years of his life in Circo Estoril and had relationship problems with humans, which were overcome at the Sanctuary.

Luke was very intelligent and affectionate and greatly enjoyed interacting with humans he trusted. Due to his traumatic past, unfortunately Luke did not accept living with other chimpanzees, as he had lived in isolation for a long time. He was the protector of the Sanctuary, observing all events and always keeping an eye on everything.

He passed away in 2021.

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Family
Brother
Lived at the Sanctuary.
in memoriam
Guga
Chimpanzee
Male chimpanzee Guga was born in a commercial breeding facility in Paraná, southern Brazil, in 1999. The place used to reproduce chimpanzees to sell to circuses and zoos. At the age of three months old, he was “adopted” by the businessman Pedro Ynterian, who in a short time realized that the chimpanzee was not a pet.
Date of birth: 1999
Origin: Marco Schwartz Commercial Chimpanzee Breeding Center (south of Brazil)
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Mother
Lived at the Sanctuary.
in memoriam
Táta (Tatinha)
Chimpanzee
She arrived at the Sanctuary in 2008. Not much was known about her past and true history, but there is information that she was used for breeding.
Date of birth: 1978
Origin: Goiânia zoo (Brazil)
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil

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