Tacugama

After Bingo’s successful introduction to Chippie’s group that we mentioned to you in our last post we’re very happy to report another successful introduction! The case of Sunny and Blama has been much tougher; these two females were rescued by us over two years ago, they were being kept in terrible conditions as our original [...]

Whenever we accept a new chimpanzee at Tacugama we observe a minimum quarantine period of three months. Very often rescued chimps have spent some time living with people and so are exposed to additional disease risks; it’s essential for the health of the almost 100 chimpanzees at the sanctuary that we ensure newcomers don’t introduce [...]