She arrived at the Sanctuary in 2007, very weak but pregnant, and managed to give birth to a healthy baby, chimpanzee Marcelino. She lived in a Zoo in Fortaleza, Ceará, northeast of Brazil where she suffered greatly along with the chimpanzees Peter and Judy, as the zoo was closed and left in a precarious situation, causing them to suffer from lack of food and water. Additionally, they lived in an enclosure with little shade, forcing them to stay in the heat and to be thirsty.

She lived happily and peacefully with her family at the Sanctuary for 14 years. She was a great mother, very dedicated, calm, and peaceful. She loved to drink water from a small bottle.

She passed away in 2021.

The rescue story of Peter, Judy, and Tata began in the early 2000s when the Bwana Park Zoo, in Rio de Janeiro, was closed by Ibama amid a scandal of dead animals and mistreatment. The group of chimpanzees living in this zoo was then composed of 4 individuals – including Vitória, who was transferred to the Great Apes Sanctuary of Paraná before the others. Peter, Judy, and Tata were supposed to be transferred to the Sorocaba Sanctuary after the zoo in Rio de Janeiro closed, but for some unknown reason, they ended up being sent to the zoo in Fortaleza.

Finally, in 2006, the zoo in Fortaleza was permanently closed, and the chimpanzees were transferred in early 2007.