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We absolutely hate that any animal is tested on.

Living their lives stuck in cages, being poked and prodded for years and years is the cruelest torture.

That's why it's so so so amazing when those animals get freed!

It's even more ahmayzing when 111 chimps are freed at the same time!

Over the next 12 to 15 months, lab chimps are going to be set free and live out the rest of their lives at Chimp Haven, a gorgeous sanctuary in Keithville, Louisiana.

These chimps get to see the sky and feel grass for the first time!

They can socialize and groom one another with no bars between them too.

It's really beautiful!

Check out the video (above) to see the chimps staring at the sky in absolute awe!

Tags: animal testing, ape, chimp haven, chimps, cruel, cute, free, freedom, lab, sad, test

Luckily the 400-pound gorilla was caught before it got into the public areas of the zoo.

Koga, a 24-year-old gorilla, was able to get out of his cage at the Buffalo Zoo.

No one is sure how he got out but no one questions that when his cage door was left unlocked he had no choice but to try for freedom.

Tags: ape, escape, freedom, gorilla, injured, injury, investigation, scary, vet, zoo, zoo keeper

As we previously mentioned, Beagles are often used in labs because of their friendly disposition.

Well the Beagle Freedom Project has rescued some more Beagles from a lab.

These dogs are 2-years-old and have never been on grass before, only knowing life inside a lab.

Check out the above video to see these beautiful dogs take their first free steps.

Tags: beagle freedom project, beagles, dog, freedom, lab, science, test

Blending in fail!

Two runaway circus elephants in Germany surprised passersby and police by showing up at a bus stop during a brief bid for freedom.

Dunia, a 40-year-old Indian elephant, and her counterpart Daela, a 25-year-old African elephant, were apprehended by police near the western city of Hanover over the weekend nonchalantly munching on tree leaves and looking for all the world as if they were waiting for the bus.

The pair had escaped from their enclosure at a nearby traveling circus and walked some 50 meters (165 feet) to the stop, police said.

Hanover police spokesman Heiko Steiner said:

"It was simply an unlucky situation for the circus. The two elephants were quite cooperative and peaceful. Everyone was amused."

Tags: africa, circus, elephant, escape, freedom, germany, police, runaway

Wow.

This rescue took a lot of time, recourses, and straight up cash to save and rehabilitate this injured wild bobcat.

But for the people at Big Cat Rescue it was totally worth it.

Bellona is the most recent bobcat they released, she finally had her freedom once again after 16 months of rehab on March 21st 2011.

Tags: bobcat, cat, freedom, injured, people, rehab, rescue, wild, wow

Grrrrreat!

Tony, the 10-year-old Siberian Bengal tiger who's been kept in a small cage at the Tiger Truck Stop in Louisiana, for four years has finally been granted freedom!

On Friday, a District Judge granted the Animal Legal Defense Fund's (ALDF) request for a permanent injunction against the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), preventing them from renewing the annual permit that allows the gas station owner to keep Tony after December 14.

Unbeknownst to Tony, he's garnered the attention of people around the world who have been fighting to have him freed from the concrete cell he's spent his entire life in.

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: freedom, judge, legal, louisiana, protest, tiger, truck stop, victory, wildlife