Terry and Jeannie are two chimpanzees who live at Save the Chimps, a sanctuary in Florida.
The organization rescues chimps from the entertainment and research industries and gives them a second chance at life. Nearly all the apes at the sanctuary live in family groups, so Terry and Jeannie never got a chance to meet until recently.
As the video below will show, as soon as they met, the chimps reached out to grab each other’s hand, and continued holding hands and playing with each other’s fingers in a minute-long clip!
Save the Chimps posted the incredible video on their Facebook:
This beautiful encounter is really special for the chimps, who were devoid of family and friends and the social interactions for many years.
Terry lived with an Ice Capades trainer before moving to the now-defunct Las Vegas Zoo, and for the next 18-years he lived all alone at the facility. And Jeannie’s past is not too much better. According to The Dodo, she was born in the wild and then captured and sold to a research laboratory, where she spent 40 years undergoing medical testing before coming to the sanctuary.
But now that the two have found a friend in each other, they can live the rest of their lives in pure happiness, and never have be alone ever again.
If you would like to help care for Terry and Jeannie you can make a donation to the sanctuary here.
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[Featured Image Credit: Facebook- Save The Chimps, Inc.]
Chimps Who Lived Alone For Decades Finally Find Comfort In Each Other is an article from: LifeDaily