IDA AFRICA BLOG

Baby Kimbang with veterinary technician Nicholas Banadzem safe and loved at Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center! We are very excited to announce we have nearly reached our $10,000 goal! Only $900 more to go! Please continue to contribute to Kimbang’s...

Since March IDA-Africa has been working with a coalition of individuals and organizations, led by HSUS, to save these beautiful chimpanzees who where abused for years by NYBC and then abandoned on islands in Liberia. Recently, our Sanaga-Yong Center Manager...

Please check out Kimbang’s video and Indiegogo campaign to learn more about her story and how you can help! Two-year-old Kimbang was rescued by police on a crowded urban street when smugglers dropped the wooden box that held her and ran away. Authorities...

THANK YOU TO LAUGHING PLANET CAFÉ FOR BEING OUR BIGGEST CORPORATE SPONSOR AND ONE OF OUR LEADING CONTRIBUTORS OVERALL! IDA-Africa just received nearly $6,000 from the Kid’s Smoothie Promotion, a program which makes a huge difference in the lives of the...

Both thirteen years old, Robby and Berchi have grown up together at Sanaga-Yong Rescue Center. Berchi is the only female in Kiki's group of five chimpanzees; we hope to integrate two other females with the group soon. For now though Berchi enjoys her...

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Happy Birthday Berchi!

Publié le 30 Avril 2015

Happy Birthday Berchi! Est birth date April 2002 In the summer of 2003, Berchi was just over a year old when she was delivered to Sanaga-Yong Rescue Center by a Dutch expatriate who was working with a Catholic priest in Cameroon’s East Province. One of...

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Kenza, smart and dominant !

Publié le 27 Avril 2015

At Sanaga-Yong Rescue Center we strive to provide social environments in which the chimpanzees will develop strong social skills and bonds. When smart and dominant 7-year-old Kenza seemed bored with her group of juveniles, we moved her to Ballas’ group...

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Happy Earth Day!

Publié le 22 Avril 2015

Happy Earth Day! We thank you for your compassion and dedication to protecting our beautiful planet and all of her amazing creatures! Photo courtesy of Carol Yarrow.

They may not know it, and they most certainly will not be in attendance, but Hercules and Leo will have their day in court. A judge in Manhattan has ordered a hearing that will touch upon the ...

Two chimpanzees named Hercules and Leo, both unwilling residents of a biomedical lab at Stony Brook University, have been given a chance at freedom-a court decision has granted a writ of habeas ...