Carla's story

In August of 2012, a catholic priest delivered recently orphaned Carla to Sanaga-Yong. The dehydrated young infant had been given to the priest the day before by a hunter who thought she would die because she refused to eat. With the right kind of baby milk formula and specialized care at the Rescue Center, she quickly regained her good health.

Now Carla and slightly younger Nyanga are inseparable. The pair sleeps, eats and plays together. Currently the girls are lovingly cared for by the Sanaga-Yong staff, but soon they will benefit from the nurturing affection of adult chimpanzees. Adult females who haven’t given birth to babies will often experience motherhood by adopting orphans, thereby enriching all the lives involved. Soon Carla and Nyanga will be integrated into a spacious new enclosure to be paired with loving adult female chimps and introduced to other chimpanzees in the new habitat. Photo courtesy of Jacques Gillon
Happy Birthday Carla!