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<\/p>\nDamian Aspinall, an environmentalist, established the Aspinall Foundation to work toward the release of <\/p>\n
imprisoned gorillas into the wild. Over the years, they have helped hundreds of apes, but one couple sticks out among the rest.<\/p>\n
After 15 years of raising two Western lowland gorillas in Kent, England, Damian released Djalta and Bimms into the forests of Gabon, West Africa.<\/p>\n
Since the monkeys were freed, Damian has seen them multiple times; however, Tansy, who grew up with them, hasn’t seen them in around 12 years.<\/p>\n
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We occasionally went inside the cages with other gorillas, and my sister Clary and I frequently played on <\/p>\n
the lawn with Djalta and Bims.Tansy continued, \u2018I loved being around them all, but those two guys were like our family to us.\u2019<\/p>\n
When she was ten years old, she recalled, \u2018I last saw them as they were being crated up for the trip to the conservation site in Gabon.\u2019<\/p>\n
The animal expert asked his daughter to travel with him on a visit two years ago, and she agreed.<\/p>\n
In the hopes that Tansy might be recognized by the now-wild gorillas, the father-daughter combo journeyed to the West African nation’s jungles.<\/p>\n
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I was first hesitant when we went out to find them because I wasn’t sure if they would recognize <\/p>\n
me after all that time or if they had grown hardened by life and may be violent, Tansy added.<\/p>\n
They spent hours on a boat waiting for Djalta and Bimms to return from the jungle, and then something extraordinary occurred.<\/p>\n
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