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Samanta Chimpanzee
She was one of the founders of the Sanctuary, arriving in the year 2000 along with chimpanzee Noel.
Date of birth: 02/14/1999
Origin: Marco Schwartz Commercial Chimpanzee Breeding Center (south of Brazil)
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil

Samanta was raised by humans from her earliest days of life. She was one of the founders of the Sanctuary, arriving in the year 2000 along with chimpanzee Noel. Samanta and Noel were raised as siblings, despite having different parents, and to this day they live well together and have fraternal emotional bonds.

Samanta is very intelligent, calculating, and extremely sociable with other chimpanzees, which is why she likes to change chimpanzee groups frequently. She has a strong personality, much like her mother, Ditty, and is more reserved in showing her feelings.

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Family
Mother
Lives at the Sanctuary.
Ditty
Chimpanzee
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: 1985
Origin: Marco Schwartz Commercial Chimpanzee Breeding Center (south of Brazil)
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Father
Lived at the Sanctuary.
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Flynn
Chimpanzee
Samanta's father. He lived for a brief period in the Sanctuary.
Date of birth: unkown
Origin: Marco Schwartz Commercial Chimpanzee Breeding Center (south of Brazil)
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Sister
Lives at the Sanctuary.
Dolores (Dora)
Chimpanzee
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: 1996
Origin: Beto Carrero World Zoo
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Sister
Lives at the Sanctuary.
Luiza
Chimpanzee
Since birth, she has lived in a group with her family.
Date of birth: 05/06/2003
Origin: Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Sister
Lives at the Sanctuary.
Cecília
Chimpanzee
She is very smart and active and lives with chimpanzee Rakker.
Date of birth: 06/23/2012
Origin: Santuário de Grandes Primatas de Sorocaba
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Brother
Lives at the Sanctuary.
Pedrinho
Chimpanzee
He is very clever and likes to imitate his father. Pedrinho is always walking behind him and observing everything he does. 
Date of birth: 01/08/2008
Origin: Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, Brazil
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Sister
Lives at the Sanctuary.
Yasmin
Chimpanzee
She is very active and smart and plays with everyone in her family, especially with her father, Gilberto.
Date of birth: 03/14/2017
Origin: Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, Brazil
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Son
Lives at the Sanctuary.
César
Chimpanzee
He is very active, dominant and enjoys being the center of family attention.
Date of birth: 12/10/2013
Origin: Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, Brazil
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Daughter
Lives at the Sanctuary.
Sofia
Chimpanzee
Sofia is the troublemaker of the family, always stirring up daily life and provoking her siblings.
Date of birth: 04/28/2009
Origin: Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, Brazil
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Daughter
Lives at the Sanctuary.
Sara
Chimpanzee
She has a physical appearance very similar to her aunt, Carolina, as well as her personality; even her mannerisms resemble her aunt's.
Date of birth: 05/22/2010
Origin: Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, Brazil
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Daughter
Lives at the Sanctuary.
Suzi
Chimpanzee
She is the closest to her adoptive father, Jimmy, but interacts and gets along well with everyone in the group.
Date of birth: 06/10/2011
Origin: Great Apes Sanctuary of Sorocaba, Brazil
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil

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