Circus Monkey was Chained Up for Eight Years, Now He Knows Friendship and Freedom

Pepe, a spider monkey, was chained to a collar for eight years and was rescued in 2015 from a circus. Courtesy of Animal Defenders International

After a spider monkey was rescued from a circus, it took time before he could adjust to life free from abuse. And when he finally made a friend with his own kind, it was an incredible moment.

Pepe the spider monkey had been chained to a collar for eight years in a circus. When rescuers saved him in 2015, they saw his canine teeth had been snapped off, making him unable to defend himself.