The 45-year-old chimpanzee had stopped eating. He was refusing all comfort, and the vets said it was “his time.” But his keeper wasn’t ready to let him go alone…See more
Anna, a senior primate keeper, had known “Copa” for 15 years. He was the sanctuary’s oldest resident, a 45-year-old chimp rescued from a bankrupt roadside zoo where he’d lived his life in a small, concrete cage. He was always nervous, always wary of new people. Anna was the only one he ever truly trusted. But…