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Day End Drama at J.A.C.K Chimp Sanctuary

Posted on January 8, 2009 | 0 Comments

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At J.A.C.K (Jeunes Animaux Confisques au Katanga) chimpanzee sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the end of the day is always time for a little bit of milk and bedtime for the orphaned chimpanzees. The chimps go to their night enclosures at the end of the day to get their last milk of the day and to make their overnight nests. Sometimes they patiently wait for their milk, but on 7 January 2009 it was not calm at all.

To share with us the drama that unfolded that night, the people at J.A.C.K chose to post a couple of videos on their blog at WildlifeDirect. In the first video, the chimps are getting into their enclosures and the unfolding drama as milk and sleeping time approaches.

In the second video, watch as the chimps start to feed...

And finally, see the nice nest that Kala, one of the orphans, has prepared for the night.

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These chimps are in this sanctuary because they were confiscated from poachers and live animal traders. They would rather be in the wild but circumstances have forced them to be under the care of the good people at J.A.C.K. Please help J.A.C.K take care of these orphans by donating here.

Salva and Urgent Return to the Trees

Posted on December 9, 2008 | 0 Comments

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Gorilla grooms Urgent

After a lifetime of bondage, a chimpanzee rescued and rehabilitated by the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone finally returned to the trees. To be the chimp that nature intended her to be. Urgent - for that is her name - was in the last days of November introduced to the forest enclosure at Tacugama where she can now climb trees with her fellow chimps.

Urgent-in-chains

Urgent was brought to Tacugama in July 2008 after spending all of 8-10 years chained to a tree. After months of rehabilitation, she is now ready to live in the forest enclosure and enjoy the closest experience to nature that Tacugama could avail. She was welcomed by Gorilla and Jetti with a guided tour of the enclosure.

Also taking the next step in his life in the last days of November was Salva. Salva had been brought to Tacugama with a tight wire digging into the flesh of her midsection. He was in a bad state and his survival was in doubt. He eventually recovered from the nasty woulds and even withstood a couple of bouts of flu to eventually complete his quarantine. In this next step of his rehabilitation, Salva joined Baba's group and his confidence is now growing. Not much can give away the trauma that he must have undergone during his time of squalid bondage.

Salva

The people at Tacugama are doing a great job rehabilitating this intelligent species of great apes. They have with them 89 rescued chimpanzees that would rather be roaming free in the wilds of Sierra Leone but due to human cruelty have to spend years in rehabilitation before they can go back to the wild - and hopefully survive human greed.

For Tacugama's 89 chimps, your donations matter a lot. They need every dime to take care of this large contingent of destitutes. Will you help?

Looking for Miza is no. 1 in childrens books on apes

Posted on October 16, 2008 | 1 Comments

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looking-for-miza.jpgThe book was developed to raise awareness amongst young people about the crisis facing mountain gorillas, and the need for everyone to help. Like it's predecessor Owen and Mzee, "Looking for Miza" is already no. 1 in Amazon's non-fiction children s books on monkeys and apes.  This book was made possible through a collaboration with the the DRC's wildlife authority, ICCN, and involved working with  Diddy and Innocent, two rangers who are the heroes of the story. After spending time with them in Congo they both came to Kenya to help tie up ends. Both Diddy and Innocent were wonderful to work with and are recognized in the book along with others for their important contributions towards the story and photos.

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