Busy in the quarantine section
Category: Chimpanzee, Introduction, Tacugama | Date: Aug 25 2008 | By: tacugama
Definitely this is a busy time in Tacugama. With so many new arrivals in a short period of time and the condition in which they arrived, the caregivers and the vet are very occupied.
We are happy to report that Salva is recovering well. Dr. Rosa has sedated him three times to treat his wounds and they are healing well. He has a healthy appetite and for the last three days he has started to accept milk for which he now cries. He is still not allowing us to touch him but accepts food from our hand. I can’t start to imagine how much Salva has endured to be that scared of people.
Salva enjoying a treat (bread) after his sedation
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Mac is growing very fond of his hammock and loves to have naps in it. He is putting on weight, but that is not surprising if you saw the amount of food he can wolf down! Continue Reading »
Tags: Chimpanzee, sanctuary, Sierra Leone, Tacugama, wildlife
Another rescue from cruel captivity
Category: Tacugama | Date: Aug 18 2008 | By: tacugama
Thursday night brought Tacugama the sad arrival of yet another chimp from the Gola Forest area. Some of the photos in this blog are not for the squeamish, sorry. He was found captive in a village in South East Sierra Leone, but again the circumstances of his capture are unclear as the villagers were unwilling to say much. When news of his existence spread, Gola Forest rangers confiscated him and drove him a long eight hours to Tacugama.
The chimp was carrying what we suspect to be a machete wound to his back and horrendous abrasion injuries to his sides as the result of metal, snare-type wire having been used to restrain him.
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Tags: Chimpanzee, cruelty, sanctuary, Sierra Leone, Tacugama
Sliding in the rain…
Category: Tacugama | Date: Aug 12 2008 | By: tacugama
The rainy season brings us lots of challenges at the Sanctuary, making sure that the younger chimps don’t catch a chill, fixing endless leaks in staff and chimpanzee accommodation, navigating roads as they wash away so that we can bring supplies to camp and just trying to get anything to dry out. Strangely enough we still quite enjoy the rain, maybe it’s because of the antics that the chimpanzees get up to in the wet!
A few blogs ago we told you about the rain dances that the chimps enjoy. The latest craze that’s now setting in with Baba’s small group of juniors is rope sliding! Before the rainy season, thanks to the ropes donated from the the visiting British Navy ships, we rigged a lot more ropes for the introductory enclosure to make life more interesting for Baba’s group. With the coming of the rains, the ropes are regularly soaked and the chimpanzees have decided that sliding down at high speed is good fun. Today we managed to capture Joko on film as he demonstrated his own special freestyle descent. The film quality’s not great but we thought you might enjoy it… Tacugama’s YouTube debut by Joko: Â
Tags: Chimpanzee, IMATT, sanctuary, Sierra Leone, Tacugama, VSO, wildlife
How many chimpanzees in Sierra Leone?
Category: Census | Date: Aug 05 2008 | By: tacugama
There is no accurate understanding of current wild chimpanzee numbers in Sierra Leone. What we know is that the forest cover today is only 5% of what it was 100 years ago and that human encroachment of key habitat areas continues at an alarming rate.
Timber collection close to the entrance road for Outamba Kilimi National Park
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Tags: Africa Alive, Augsburg Zoo, Census, Chester Zoo, Chimpanzee, Copenhagen Zoo, funding, PASA, Sweden Chimpanzee Trust
Half year round-up
Category: Chimpanzee, Tacugama | Date: Aug 01 2008 | By: tacugama
Twice a year, we write Tacugama’s newsletter for friends of the sanctuary to catch up on a summary of our news… here´s a copy for you too! Have a read to catch up on what’s been happening at Tacugama over the first half of 2008 - maybe your family and friends would like to see it too!
Please click on this link and not the image below, thanks: http://www.tacugama.com/july08.pdf
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About Bala
Bala Amarasekaran abandoned his original career as an accountant to establish Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in 1995. Together with the Government of Sierra Leone, he is working to secure the welfare and future of chimpanzees in Sierra Leone.
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100% of your donation, minus a small bank fee, will go to your intended purpose.
Donations made here are safe.
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Donations Received
- Nov 17th Christine C. USD20.00
- Nov 16th Wanda H. USD27.50
- Nov 15th Lucia C. USD100.00
- Nov 11th Yang H. USD20.00
- Nov 11th Tania M. USD66.00
- Nov 10th Kathy S. USD22.00
- Nov 9th Jill W. USD86.90
- Nov 4th Yvonne M. USD55.00
- Nov 1st Amy M. USD10.00
- Nov 1st Yang H. USD20.00
- Oct 24th Raúl C. USD79.00
- Oct 18th Simone S. USD86.90
- Oct 17th Christine C. USD20.00
- Oct 16th Brian W. USD86.90
- Oct 15th Helen S. USD86.90
- Oct 13th Lucia C. USD100.00
- Oct 12th Elisabeth C. USD86.90
- Oct 1st Yang H. USD20.00
- Sep 19th Arturo M. USD22.00
- Sep 18th Michael L. USD79.00
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