36 year old Maya, 37 year old Spock and the late dear Sophie all arrived on November 6, 2007 from the Quebec City Zoo. All three were born in captivity in Norman, Oklahoma  at The Institute for Primate Studies Inc. The three of them were then sold to the University of Montreal to take part in cross-fostering and cognition studies where they grew up with human children and other chimpanzee youngsters. When the studies ended, as is the case with most in these situations, they were abruptly separated from all the companions they knew. They were donated to the zoo to live “on exhibit” which is where they lived the next twenty-five years before finally finding a safe haven at Fauna.