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For Fifteen Years These Girls Have Been Devoted Friends

For Fifteen Years These Girls Have Been Devoted Friends

At Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center, the resident chimpanzees spend their days in forested enclosures and are encouraged to return to large cages adjacent to their enclosures each evening.

Caregivers at the Center monitor them for injuries and illnesses and maintain the fences while the chimpanzees are safely inside. The chimpanzees receive supervised breakfast and dinner in their satellite cages, and they’re served two snacks during the day while in their forested enclosures. On occasion, when the weather is nice or when wild fruits are prevalent, a chimpanzee will opt to sleep outside in his/her enclosure.

One recent evening, Alice and her girlfriends, Lucy and Leilah, did just that. While they were happy to nest in the trees in their 20-acre enclosure, they weren’t interested in missing a meal. They returned to their satellite cage just before dusk to collect their dinner, and their caregivers were able to ensure they were safe and ate well in the evening. 

While they were nursing infants, Alice, now 20, Leilah, 20, and Lucy, 16, were orphaned and taken captive by poachers supplying the illegal bushmeat and pet trades. They were rescued and brought to SYCR Center while they were still babies and have lived together since 2003. Today, the young adults remain loyal friends. 

By providing permanent sanctuary for confiscated orphans, as well as information and necessary technical assistance to authorities, Sanaga Yong Chimpanzee Rescue serves as an essential component to law enforcement. Without a sanctuary for confiscated chimpanzees there can be no arrests, prosecutions or convictions of traffickers.

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