Last week saw the end of Tombo’s quarantine period and so finally we’ve been able to give Gaura a playmate. After a long wait, he was very excited to meet Tombo. With only a small hesitation on Tombo’s part, it took no time for them to bond together, so much so that Tombo wouldn’t let Gaura go at all. It was an amazing introduction that we’ve captured on a few video clips so that you can share the moment…..!
“Gaura, you are mine now”
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“Love at first sight”
“I am not letting you go ever”
After spending many happy hours playing together, Gaura and Tombo finally headed to bed for a well earned night’s sleep. Much to Tombo’s disappointment, Gaura was not so good at sharing his hammock as he was at playing! She finally had to let go of him to get enough space and sleep in her own hammock. The two are now sharing the same quarantine enclosure and really enjoying each other’s company. We’re hoping that we can secure funding soon to allow us to build the additional enclosures we need so that Gaura, Tombo together with Mac, Salva and others will finally start to learn how to live in the forest.
Bed time
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Yesterday saw the opening of the art exhibition at Monarto Zoo in Australia – you may recall that two Australian artists have used photos of Tacugama’s chimpanzees for the basis of their works being displayed. They have kindly offered to give a significant proportion of their proceeds to Tacugama to help with the sanctuary running costs. It sounds like the exhibition is going really well for Leigh Rust and Patrick Hedges – here’s a link to their website Art for Chimps.
Donations made here are
Mar 18th Lara B USD 10.00
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Wonderful videos, thank you so much for this Bala. Good luck with the exhibition …I hope it raises significant funds for you.
They just adorable together. Awesome videos too.
Aw, this is wonderful! I could watch them play for hours. Thank you for the videos, Bala, and I hope the art exhibition is a huge success.
So sweet …
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Absolutely precious Bala! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Patrick Hedges has a blog on his site for those interested in reading about the show. A big sale was made only minutes after the show opened! How wonderful for Tacugama to receive proceeds from the sale of their beautiful chimps’ portraits. I am thrilled for the sanctuary! I just know the show will be hugely successful!!
Hello dear friend Bala,
Thanks for sharing these photos, news updates etc. It has been a long time. Hope all is well with you, Sharmila and the kids!
Pant Hoots & Chimp Hugs,
Catherine
That beautiful pair of friends forever! Thank you, Bala.
Bala — thank you for these wonderful videos…Tombo and Guara
certainly seem like a perfect match…perhaps, someday, they will
give us precious babies of their own. I strongly encourage
eveyone to check out the artist website — the pictures are
unbelievably beautiful and Leigh Rust is so talented not to mention
approachable.
Thanks very much Bala for all these great news and videos! I really adore Gaura for he’s such a sweet heart so no wonder he captured Tombo’s heart so easily.
I am also very happy about the success of exhibition and hope it will bring you the fund to care for chimps. I particularly love the portraits of Zoyas who I sponsor.
Hey everyone, the opening was amazing! We had a great crowd passing through all day and managed to get the thinking about the situation at Tacugama through our work.
One woman who was duly impressed was none other than the great Dr Jane Goodall! She recognized our hard work at her public lecture the following night.
I just hope we reach our target!
By the way they make a great couple!