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Testing the chimpanzees' survival skills; searching for a release site; infant George learns how to crack open nuts; Dr. Cat Hobaiter reveals secrets to chimpanzee gestures; the sniffer dog team's new recruit succeeds on his first mission.

Dr. Rebeca Atencia releases the first two chimps to their new semi-wild existence on the sanctuary's new islands, then sets out to rescue an illegally kept pet mandrill, but encounters resistance from angry villagers.

Back at the sanctuary, the baby group goes on their daily forest school trip, to learn how to live in the wild.

The release group's survival tests continue, and we meet the other animals cared for at Tchimpounga.

Rebeca returns from a rescue mission in Angola with eight chimpanzees; scientists study the survival skills of the group, which they release into the wild; researchers also develop a mandrill reintroduction program.

The sanctuary embarks on an ambitious project to release suitable chimpanzees back to the wild.