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Special medical assistance was needed to give him another chance. TOUZO was badly burnt as he had jumped through the flames. Sylvia SIDDLE of CHIMFUNSHI WILDLIFE ORPHANAGE (Zambia), a Zambian vet qualified in third-degree burns was sent to Lubumbashi in order to help us. Doug CRESS of PASA (Pan African Sanctuary Alliance) and to Mrs. Authorities and friends joined us on that very, very sad day. The manager of the Lubumbashi Zoo had insisted on burying JAK at the zoo, not far from the place the tragedy had occurred. CHITA, BACHI, SHASA and TOUZO needed us more than ever and Franck and I decided to continue our work.ĬHITA (on Franck’s back), BACHI (left) and SHASA (right) This sabotage was obviously meant to stop us, but we couldn’t stop all we had started. JAK had been the first baby chimpanzee we had started with and now he was gone forever….īaby JAK had been taken away from us and we couldn’t let these cruel and barbaric people win. Three survived (CHITA, BACHI and SHASA), one died (JAK) and one was severely burnt (TOUZO).įranck and I were prostrated with grief. On the 5 th of September, very early in the morning, saboteurs set a fire in the night enclosure of the five sleeping babies. Inseparable, they shared the same games, the same nests.īut our story went through terrible moments. JAK was doing great and had a very good friend: TOUZO. There were four males (JAK, BACHI, CHITA and TOUZO) and one female, SHASA. This was the beginning of our NGO.īy September 2006, we were taking care of five little chimpanzee babies during day. The abandoned enclosure was made of two small islands restored by Franck: the chimpanzees could run, play and enjoy the sun in their new open air enclosure that was surrounded by a moat.

Meanwhile, other seizures took place in Lubumbashi and Kinshasa (capital of DRC) and, thanks to an agreement Franck had made with the director of Lubumbashi Zoo, we managed to get an old enclosure at the zoo where to put the babies.

When he arrived, he was very weak and couldn’t even walk!! He stayed with us for about 2 months. JAK was a young ape of about 1 and ½ year. Having poor chances to survive, the authorities accepted to hand over JAK to Franck. The baby was very dehydrated and suffered from terrible diarrheas. The authorities who had seized him brought him at the Lubumbashi Zoo. The sick little one had been seen for sale in Lubumbashi on the back of a bicycle and if Franck and my brother hadn’t called the director of Katanga National Parks (I.C.C.N.), the baby would have been sold. Well, our story started on April 6 th 2006 when the FIRST seizure of a chimpanzee baby ever took place in Katanga. is the name of our NGO, JA C is the baby that arrived last September (the little one you know already)and JA K is the first baby we started with. Thanks again, Theresa!Īlso, before reading, keep this in mind: J.A.

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Quarantine babies will in that way enjoy an open air area full of trees instead of remaining in their quarantine cages. wishes to thank Theresa for her wonderful donation that will help us electrifying the day enclosure for the quarantine chimps.

But, before giving you all these details, J.A.C.K.

This post is very particular as it gives you more information on how we started.

Chimpanzee baby googel