IDA AFRICA BLOG

>>>Young chimpanzees are illegally exported for use in entertainment facilities, as here in Guanxi Nanning Zoo in China.<<< It appears that the #CITES Secretariat is trying to sweep the real extent of great ape trafficking under the carpet. One can only...

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.Sometimes our chimpanzees make such good nests, they don't want to leave them behind. Here's Hope traveling with hers. Hope is a dominant 16-year-old female, who was blinded in her right eye by a shotgun pellet when her mother was killed by a poacher....

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It's finally time to relax a bit! We raised $20,331 for the new enclosure! It includes donations through the Indiegogo site, as well as contributions specifically for the enclosure made by check or through our website. With this amount we'll be able to...

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Check Out Nyanga's Indiegogo Campaign New Videos and Photos Posted As They Arrive! 1. Have fun with the campaign and donate on behalf of your pet! After donating on the Indiegogo site visit ourChimPals Facebook page and post a photo of your best friend!...

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Njabeya (left) was born to Mado at Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center on August 25th, 2007. While her birth, the only one that has occurred at our Center, was due to a birth control failure, we recognized that this baby was a precious gift, and we chose...

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Adult male chimpanzees Simon and Gabby are both members of the Central African subspecies (P.t. troglodytes). Both were taken captive as infants by poachers and rescued by IDA-Africa. They live with a large social group in a lushly forested enclosure...

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On September 1st, 1999, I brought the first rescued chimpanzees to our yet-to-be-named sanctuary in Cameroon’s Mbargue Forest. Our beloved elder Jacky (center), now over 50 years old, was among them. We don’t know Jacky’s actual birthday, but on September...

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IDA-Africa's Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center is fundraising to build a forested enclosure for orphan baby Nyanga and her future adopted social group.

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Throw Back Thursday 2005 "The commercial bushmeat trade is an international multibillion dollar black market that buys and sells meat from the forests, much of which derives from endangered and protected species." U.S. Ambassador Makes Chimpanzee Protection...

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