Name: Baby Chimp Rescue
Released: 2020-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ben Garrod

TV Show · Documentary

At a home for rescued baby chimps in Liberia, orphans from the illegal pet trade receive round-the-clock care. Couple Jim and Jenny Desmond never planned to become surrogate parents to 21 chimpanzees, but now their home is bursting at the seams.

2020 · 59m

Starring Ben Garrod

EPISODE 1

Miracles Can Happen

At a home for rescued baby chimps in Liberia, couple Jim and Jenny Desmond teach the orphans the skills they would have learnt from their mothers in the wild. They rescue a new orphan called Miracle from her life on a chain.

49m
EPISODE 2

Breaking Point

At Liberia's only home for rescued chimpanzees, there are more new arrivals; Jimmy and Jenny Desmond and their team now have 28 chimps to look after, including an eight-week-old baby called Gaia.

48m
EPISODE 3

A New Beginning

Jimmy and Jenny Desmond and their team are at breaking point, with 38 chimps to look after. Losing one of them to illness leaves them more determined than ever to build them all a new sanctuary where they can live like wild chimps.

49m

Ben Garrod

Host
Rob Sullivan

Producer
Jo Shinner

Producer
The Insects

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