The heartwarming story of Vanilla, the 28-year-old chimpanzee, highlights her journey from a cramped cage in a research laboratory to the open expanse of a sanctuary home. Vanilla, who spent her early years in a biomedical research laboratory in New York, was commonly housed in a small cage suspended from the ground. However, she was rescued by another sanctuary that also had cage tops, obstructing her view of the open sky. When that facility closed in 2019, Save the Chimps, a sanctuary in Florida, decided to provide Vanilla and her family with a forever home. After a quarantine period, Vanilla … Continue reading Vanilla the Chimpanzee Witnesses Open Sky for the First Time After Leaving Cage-bound Life Behind