Dorothy was rescued from a hotel in Cameroon, where she was kept for twenty-five years on a chain. She was kept within view of Nama, another chimp, but the two could not touch one another. Tourists threw cigarettes, alcohol, and scraps of food to Dorothy. Both Dorothy and Nama were brought to Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center in the early 2000's. Despite her tortuous past, Dorothy was in fact one of the kindest chimps - or living creature, in general - I have ever met. Although unclear, it seemed Dorothy passed away from heart disease in 2008. Here, her extended and adopted family mourns her.

:*** This photo was published in the "Visions of Earth" series in National Geographic, November 2009.