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Binky was born on April 10, 1989 at LEMSIP. He was used in four multiple month-long invasive studies over his seven years in laboratory research. After just turning 8 years-old, Binky was about to begin a new life at Fauna. Already he had experienced a life of loss, disappointment and deep pain. The new life he had at Fauna provided so many wonderful new adventures and surprises. Happy, fun, playful, outgoing and rambunctious, Binky seemed rather well adjusted compared to the others, so we were surprised to learn just how hard it was for him and why he caused problems sometimes. What we soon realized was that he was desperately looking for acceptance, support and love, but was lacking the social skills necessary to achieve these, as well as a mother in his life to nurture and support him. He was lucky enough to have Annie, the matriarch of the group in his life once he came to Fauna. Annie was not able to focus on just Binky, nor any one youngster in particular, as she had six to care for. She did her very best indeed, but it was difficult and often very stressful. Annie was the most amazing mother figure — ever-patient and always wonderful, but alone with an enormous responsibility. Even though, she managed to give enough love to each one of her adopted family members to get them through some difficult years. After Annie died, there was a long time where Binky struggled to fit in. No longer protected and supported by his adopted mother, he was once again on his own. By good fortune Tom and Yoko found Binky to be a good little buddy and Tom took over where Annie left off. It was a truly remarkable act on Tom’s part and a relationship we will always remember and treasure. He was able to teach Binky so much about love and boundaries. From the time Binky was 13 until he was 21 years old Tom was very involved in his life and was a strong, powerful role model. Binky’s strength and good health make him somewhat of a force to be reckoned with. It took the likes of Tom to help keep him “contained” you might say. Binky was far too strong for his own age group and acting like a typical teenage boy around the girls, which only made it harder for him. In 2008, Spock, Maya and Sophie came to Fauna. Spock bonded very quickly with Tom and somehow seemed to be a kindred spirit — their relationship so beautiful. However, included in that special friendship was the very fortunate Binky. At 19 years old, Binky was blessed to have two very wise, gentle and strong older male role models in his life.