Orangutan With Legal Personhood Settles In At Florida Sanctuary
The orangutan Sandra, the first great ape ever to receive legal personhood status, is setting in to new life at Center for Great Apes.
By Beth Dalbey, Patch Staff
Nov 7, 2019 11:44 am ET
WAUCHULA, FL — Sandra is finally at home in Florida, in a place where, for the first time in more than a decade, she can spend time with other orangutans. Sandra gained international fame when a judge in Argentina granted her legal personhood, a decision that set off the 33-year-old ape's move to the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, the only accredited orangutan sanctuary in North America...
The orangutan Sandra, the first great ape ever to receive legal personhood status, is setting in to new life at Center for Great Apes.
By Beth Dalbey, Patch Staff
Nov 7, 2019 11:44 am ET
WAUCHULA, FL — Sandra is finally at home in Florida, in a place where, for the first time in more than a decade, she can spend time with other orangutans. Sandra gained international fame when a judge in Argentina granted her legal personhood, a decision that set off the 33-year-old ape's move to the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, the only accredited orangutan sanctuary in North America...