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The first time he lies on his back in the sun and does the ‘happy baby’ pose. After 34 years trapped in a cage at a Bangkok school, Canoe finally got his freedom — and Edwin from Wildlife Friends Foundation shared the moment that changed everything

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00:00It's unbelievable that he survived it mentally and physically.
00:04Kanu was imported by an illegal wildlife trafficker.
00:07He was living at this kid's school in Bangkok for over 34 years.
00:12It was miserable, it was tiny.
00:14He had a horrible life in there.
00:17I had a talk with him and I told him that life was going to change from today on
00:21and it was all going to be for the better.
00:26We had to put him under anesthesia to do a medical check-up.
00:30Let the doctors get up there.
00:34On the way back from Bangkok, holding his hand while he was looking around out of the cage,
00:39it made me very emotional.
00:41Happiness, sadness, the next step to a better life for Kanu.
00:46He was actually very thankful, enjoying his new space, his new life
00:51and it was almost as if he forgot the past.
01:04When he moved to an island, the change was amazing.
01:10The first time I saw him in the full sun, he was laying in the grass, stretching his legs and
01:16arms.
01:16I think that was one of the happiest moments.
01:20He loves it.
01:21I think he feels at home.
01:25He's overall turned into an old man that's quite happy to be where he is right now.
01:31I feel so proud that finally we were able to improve his quality of life.
01:36It makes me feel we made a difference.
01:38He's his first shadow.
01:40He gives me things to see more 들어�for- München and his words.
01:49He's in California.
01:49way out of theешь and buying things. And
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