Chimpanzee Conservation Centre

I got news last WE from the sanctuary:
- Fatim is doing great, her health is improving day after day. We all hope that the herbal medicines will help her to cop with the long treatment this time.
- Robert and Albert were patroling without the females the last few days but they were coming back where the [...]

I jus got a call from Estelle, from the release site!
The group of 5 released chimps who are daily followed are doing well. Robert removed again his VHF collar few days ago. If you remember our post about the released chimps, we explained that when we released the chimps more than a year ago, Robert left the [...]

Hey everybody!
I got good news from Fatim today!
They started the fluconazol last Sunday (they had some in stock but they were waiting to be sure that some more was coming before starting the treatment as it needs to be without interruption). Fatim’s condition started to improved really well on Wednesday. The mass dicreased quickly, Fatim can eat and drink easily again. It is a [...]

Many thanks to Mary, Meghan and Kathy for your donations, it is greatly appreciated! We have been able to buy enough medicine for 34 days at least and we are in contact with several people to buy more.
I will keep you posted when Estelle gives me more news of Fatim.
But at least one big peace [...]

Thanks a lot Jin-In for your kind donation and your advice!
I spoke yesterday with Estelle and Matthieu, the manager, and Fatim is not feeling great; she suffers from bronchitis on top of her problem. Her mass is compressing her throat and it is difficult for her to breath freely, plus the bronchitis… It is hard for us [...]

Fatim started to develop a mass on her neck, shoulders and the back of her head last fall. It grew gradually bigger. From the beginning it was physically annoying as she could not turn and move her head freely but as soon as it started to also develop in the back of her head, she [...]

As in other sanctuaries, the group of youngsters has not been spared either from a respiratory disease epidemic the past month.
Almost all the group has been affected but some of the chimps have suffered more than others. It was the case for Annie, 7 years old, who arrived at the sanctuary 2 years ago when [...]

Six released chimps have been re-equipped with new VHF collars. Recently however, one of the adult males, Rappa, was injured during a fight with his mates. Because his wounds were deep, the staff feared that he was likely to develop a serious infection if not treated with antibiotics. The staff therefore took the decision to [...]