CECILIA the chimpanzee has spent years living alone after the death of two of her mates and has been spending her days in a concrete enclosure at a zoo in Argentina.

    But after a historic court ruling her dismal life is set to change.

    According to local media, Cecilia, who is believed to be in her 30s, is one of the most loved residents of Mendoza Zoo, in Argentina.

    She has been living in horrible conditions, lying alone on a concrete floor with a blanket after her only companions Charlie and Xuxa died.

    On Thursday, Argentine Judge María Alejandra Mauricio declared that Cecilia isn’t a thing, but rather a being who is “subject to nonhuman rights.”

    She ordered that Cecilia be released from her barren home at the infamous zoo and sent to live among her own kind at a sanctuary in Brazil.

    In September 2014, Pedro Pozas Terrados, executive director of the Great Ape Project, in Spain, visited the zoo and after witnessing the living conditions of Cecilia he complained to the Argentine media.

    After two years of hard work the Association of Officials and Lawyers for Animal Rights (AFADA) and the Great Ape Projects can celebrate victory for Cecilia.(SD-Agencies)