I don’t know if you remember but I explained that a wild female integrated the adult group at the sanctuary when Laurence, released in June 2008, came back to the sanctuary in August 2008, with her new friend! They both decided to join the new adult group – they jumped in the enclosure- who was formed after the release of the 12 adult chimps of the previous group and they were both really well accepted.
Since then, we tried to scare this wild female away to try to convince her to go back in the forest but she chose to stay in her new group. She seems to be a young adult female and it is quite normal that she looked for a new group. But it was really surprising for us to see that she chose to stay in this unusual group of chimps despite her fear of humans… She is still really scared of people and she never approches the keepers even if she comes in the indoor cages to feed with the others chimps.
She usually goes outside the enclosure once in a while – she does not care about the electrical fence… – to drink, eat wild fruits that she cannot find inside the enclosure but she always comes back !
And the good news of this week is that she gave birth to a healthy baby a few days ago, a new baby chimp in this world! The CCC team could not yet confirm if it is a male or female as the wild female stays a lot in the enclosure with her new born. We all hope that her baby will grow safely in this unusual “safe” environment but that they will also both eventually enjoy a free life when the mummy decides it is time to go!
I will post you soon a video of Lottie’s baby and hope to be able to get some pics of this new baby!
Many thanks to all of you who are reading us and supporting us, it is extremely important for us and the chimps we take care of. We need your help more than ever.
Take care
Chris
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HI Chris. Thanks for this interesting post. I’d love to see photos or even video if possible. We do need to know who you are – perhaps do a profile page with photos of you and the team at the center. I don’t know much about Guinea apart from the recent headlines of the attacks on civilians and the shooting of the president. Is any of this affecting your work? Also whats the situation facing natural forest in Guinea?
Wow! How unusual that she chooses to stay with the captive chimps. Maybe she just needs a family and this one suits her. Can’t wait to see her new baby! Any idea who the father is? I hope she and her new baby continue to do well and she finds her way back to the wild.
en voilà une histoire extraordinaire, une femelle sauvage qui vient avec son nouveau né voir les humains meme de loin, c’est quand meme surprenant….mais si elle vit avec d’anciens captifs, elle a peut etre compris en voyant ceux de son groupe qu’elle n’a rien à craindre de l’équipe de somoria.Le papa de ce bébé pourrait-il etre male du relacher de 2008….
Mais je suis certaine que pour ceux qui l’observe c’est une grand privilège.Le CCC est gaté cette année pour les bonnes nouvelles. Merci de nous raconter tous ces événements, cela nous encourage à vous aider pour continuer vos actions.
Dear Paula, Theresa and Paty,
we will try to post pics and videos of this new baby as well as Lottie’s baby, but it is still quite hard to get ones from this wild female. We will try our best!
I will make a page to present all the CCC team, it is a great idea, thank you very much Paula!
As for the baby’s father, we think it is Ced, one great male from the young adult group. He spends a lot of time with her and she really likes him. Anyway it is quite hard to know without DNA testing…
we will keep you posted.
Thanks a lot for your comments! cheers, Chris