Colombia's lonely chimp Yoko finds new home in Brazil

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(CBS, KYMA/KECY) - Yoko, a 38-year-old chimpanzee who lived alone in captivity in Colombia, started his journey to Brazil Sunday, where he joined 50 rescued primates at a sanctuary, the Colombian Aerospace Force said. Once owned by a drug trafficker, Yoko spent the last seven years at Bioparque Ukumari after being rescued from dire conditions, local media said. After a two-day trip, Yoko arrived at the Great Primate Sanctuary in Sorocaba on Mond…

38-year-old Yoko weighs 60 kilos and is almost skinny

Colombia's lonely chimp Yoko finds new home in Brazil

Kidnapped from his family as an infant, then raised by a drug lord before ending up in a Colombian zoo, Yoko the chimpanzee has lived the last two years of his life alone.

AFP Yoko is a chimpanzee who uses cutlery, plays ball, watches television and paints... but he is very lonely. «Humanized» because of the illegal traffic, the last great primate in captivity from Colombia traveled to Brazil to meet his species in a sanctuary. Playful, lover of the sweet and author of «works of art» with crayons on paper and canvas, Yoko is an ape who has not seen another specimen of his species for almost two years. Chita, a fem…

São Paulo, 25 Mar (EFeverde).- Yoko, the last chimpanzee who was in captivity in Colombia, was presented to the public at the Shrine of Great Primates of Sorocaba, in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The 38-year-old chimpanzee began his trip to São Paulo on Sunday from the Ukumarí Biopark in the Colombian city of Pereira, where he remained since 2018 after having lived his entire life in adverse conditions. The final goal of the transfer is tha…