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

She is the daughter of Samanta and Guga. Initially, she was not cared for by her mother and needed to be cared for by the Sanctuary’s keepers in the first months of her life. But later she was reintegrated into the group and today lives very well with her mother and siblings.

Sofia is the troublemaker of the family, always stirring up daily life and provoking her siblings. She is decisive and brave; she interacts and can live with several chimpanzees, since, despite having a strong personality, she knows how to relate well to them.

Family
Mother
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: 02/14/1999
Origin: Marco Schwartz Commercial Chimpanzee Breeding Center (south of Brazil)
Sanctuary: Sorocaba, São Paulo/Brazil
Father
Lived at the Sanctuary.
in memoriam
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
Sister
Lives at the Sanctuary.
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
Sister
Lives at the Sanctuary.
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
Brother
Lives at the Sanctuary.
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