The embrace of the chimpanzee who finds freedom (VIDEO)

Wounda, the chimpanzee who hugged Jane Goodall as a thank you for her care and freedom in the forest

He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him

His name is Wounda and means "close to dying". This is, in fact, the state it was in when this female chimpanzee was collected and rescued by the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center of the Jane Goodall Institute, in the Republic of the Congo.

His extraordinary adventure, similar to that of over 160 specimens living in the center, is told in an exciting video, whose images make us live the moment of his release in nature after healing. It will go down in history especially when Wounda repays Jane Goodall, the well-known animal rights activist who is also one of the 'Trimate', the three most important researchers on primates, with Dian Fossey, the lady of the gorilla, and Birute Galdikas, hugging her.

It is a gesture that repays the thousand efforts made to save many other monkeys as unfortunate as Wounda. Goodall founded this chimpanzee sanctuary to provide care and support for victims of the illegal wildlife trade.

Wounda was also victim of poachers. Found suffering from a variety of diseases and lightning-fast weight loss, she was left alone after poachers killed her pack. It was a race against time for her to save her life. She got a liter of milk every morning. Fortunately she slowly recovered.

Eventually, the day has come for her to live a life free from human interference again. She was placed in a crate and taken to her new home - a sanctuary on the island of Tchindzoulou, along the Kouilou River, the second largest river in the country after the enormous Congo. The lucky monkey could finally be free to move again, with the wet ground under your feet, the scents of the luxuriant vegetation to smell and the mysterious sounds of the island to listen to.

When the garage door opened, it took Wounda little to understand what was happening. In a gesture that seems to be of absolute gratitude for her newfound freedom, Wounda suddenly turned around and hugged Jane Goodall, giving us a moving moment of tenderness between humans and chimpanzees. No words have been spoken, but it seems clear what they both felt.

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