VIDEO: Alan Cumming Shares His Former Co-Star's Rescue Story, 'The Abducted Chimpanzee'
“So Tonka got his happy Hollywood ending and will live the rest of his life in safety and peace.” Cumming shares.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Aug. 29, 2022
It was the missing persons case that grabbed headlines from Missouri to Rolling Stone: Hollywood chimpanzee Tonka was discovered in his former owner's basement nearly a year after she faked his death in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent PETA from rescuing him from a now-defunct breeding facility. Now a new video narrated by Alan Cumming, his co-star in the 1997 film Buddy, shows Tonka as he is today: alive, thriving, and-like many lucky older adults-retired in Florida.
"Tonka was transferred to the lush, tropical Save the Chimps sanctuary, where he is looked after by caring staff and where he spends most of his time outdoors, soaking up the sunshine and feeling the cool rain on his skin, with other chimps right there beside him," explains Cumming. "So Tonka got his happy Hollywood ending and will live the rest of his life in safety and peace."
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