Today at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, we remember Tom Chimpanzee, who lived at the Fauna Foundation sanctuary in Quebec for the last several years of his life. Tom died in December of last year. We remember him today because May 1st was his celebrated birthday at Fauna. Please read more about him from our December 18th blog post. We will never forget you, Tommy.
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RIP Tom.
I fell in love with Tom when I watched the 2007 documentary, “Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History”. This documentary ends with Tom climbing a tree, for the first time in decades, and they weren’t even sure if he could. I had tear streaming down my face at the end of this documentary.
When I read about Tom I will always think of him climbing that tree and it brings a smile to my face. If you haven’t seen this documentary, you should, it’s images will remain with you for the rest of your life.