Category Archives: Gaura

Updates… Quarantine, Basma, Gaura & Co

Category: Gaura, Introduction, Quarantine, Tacugama
Date: November 30th 2009
By: tacugama

Hi this is Tess, giving you an update on all the youngsters.

Firstly Samson and Delilah have settled in very well to their new home. Samson is the more playful of the two, but also the one who cries the most, seeking lots of attention! Delilah is more laid back in her new surroundings and is more curious about things going on around her.

Basma is doing incredibly well, and is now beginning to eat proper food! Babes is being a great mother, and at feeding time shares her food with both her children, Basma and Bintu.

Basma has her eye on her mother’s food (as does one of the older chimps!)
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Updates… Quarantine, Basma, Gaura & Co

Category: Gaura, Introduction, Quarantine, Tacugama
Date: November 30th 2009
By: tacugama

Hi this is Tess, giving you an update on all the youngsters.

Firstly Samson and Delilah have settled in very well to their new home. Samson is the more playful of the two, but also the one who cries the most, seeking lots of attention! Delilah is more laid back in her new surroundings and is more curious about things going on around her.

Basma is doing incredibly well, and is now beginning to eat proper food! Babes is being a great mother, and at feeding time shares her food with both her children, Basma and Bintu.

Basma has her eye on her mother’s food (as does one of the older chimps!)
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Gaura and his growing group of playmates…

Category: Gaura, Tacugama
Date: July 28th 2009
By: tacugama

Shortly after Tacugama started blogging through Wildlife Direct, Gaura arrived as a newly rescued, frail baby chimp; eighteen months later he is a strong, cheeky and loveable character. Sadly another seven young babies have arrived since then; Chippe being the most recent two weeks ago (another four older chimps have also come to us in the same time frame). As each of the babies has completed quarantine they have been gradually introduced to Gaura and his “gang” now includes Tombo, Mac, Bai Nyaa, Jessica and Bruno. Last week they were joined by Yoyema who has quickly settled in with her new playmates.

Yoyema checks out Tombo’s hammock for comfort!

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Young Bruno joins the famous five!

Category: Gaura, Introduction, Quarantine, Tacugama
Date: May 8th 2009
By: tacugama

After such a sad week last week, we are pleased to be able to bring you better news this week.

It was finally time for young Bruno to leave quarantine and join the famous five: Gaura, Tombo, Mac, Bai Nyaa and Jessica! He could tell the day was different and seemed very happy to accompany Mama Posseh as she walked him over to the rest of the babies.

Happy Young Bruno
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Young Bruno joins the famous five!

Category: Gaura, Introduction, Quarantine, Tacugama
Date: May 8th 2009
By: tacugama

After such a sad week last week, we are pleased to be able to bring you better news this week.

It was finally time for young Bruno to leave quarantine and join the famous five: Gaura, Tombo, Mac, Bai Nyaa and Jessica! He could tell the day was different and seemed very happy to accompany Mama Posseh as she walked him over to the rest of the babies.

Happy Young Bruno
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Hanging upside down…

Category: Gaura, Quarantine, Tacugama
Date: March 25th 2009
By: tacugama

Congo – our wild chimpanzee visitor – continues to come to Tacugama with her daughters. Her older daughter – now almost five years old – is gaining confidence and becoming more independant of Congo. This is a typical view that we get of her as she watches activity at camp….
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Important News from Tacugama’s Young Ambassadors!

Category: Chimpanzee, Gaura, Tacugama
Date: December 22nd 2008
By: tacugama

Gaura and Tombo have an important seasonal message for everyone…

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They’d also like you to know that if you’re stuck for a Christmas gift then there’s no need to panic. You can now visit our new pages on Wildlife Direct and adopt one of the Tacugama chimpanzees for your family and friends. We will do our best to email electronic copies of the adoption certificate and biography by return so that you have time to print them for Christmas Day while the rest of the adoption pack follows in the post.

Many thanks to Yvonne, Lucia, Christine, Mark and Maciej for their recent generous donations – Gaura and Tombo promise that these will be shared with all of the 92 chimps we now have at Tacugama.

From all of us at the sanctuary – as we complete our first full year of blogging – thank you for your continuing interest and support and we wish you a peaceful and happy holiday season.

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Worrying news…

Category: Chimpanzee, Gaura, Tacugama
Date: November 19th 2008
By: tacugama

Unfortunately in the last couple of weeks we’ve had some reports of hunters entering the Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve carrying guns. While we’re not concerned about Tacugama chimps or visitor and staff safety (we work so closely with our local communities that there are lots of eyes and ears taking care of our immediate sanctuary area) its both illegal and unacceptable for the hunters to be in the forest reserve. Over the last few months we’ve enjoyed hearing wild chimps calling to our own with increasing frequency and only on Saturday five wild chimps were seen playing close to our local dam. It’s these guys and other forest inhabitants that we’re concerned about so our small patrol team are watching carefully and we’re in close contact with the enforcement authorities. We’re hopeful that the hunters will be apprehended and prosecuted before long.

Empty cartridges found by the patrol team
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Worrying news…

Category: Chimpanzee, Gaura, Tacugama
Date: November 19th 2008
By: tacugama

Unfortunately in the last couple of weeks we’ve had some reports of hunters entering the Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve carrying guns. While we’re not concerned about Tacugama chimps or visitor and staff safety (we work so closely with our local communities that there are lots of eyes and ears taking care of our immediate sanctuary area) its both illegal and unacceptable for the hunters to be in the forest reserve. Over the last few months we’ve enjoyed hearing wild chimps calling to our own with increasing frequency and only on Saturday five wild chimps were seen playing close to our local dam. It’s these guys and other forest inhabitants that we’re concerned about so our small patrol team are watching carefully and we’re in close contact with the enforcement authorities. We’re hopeful that the hunters will be apprehended and prosecuted before long.

Empty cartridges found by the patrol team
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Together for ever!

Category: Gaura, Tacugama
Date: October 6th 2008
By: tacugama

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…..!
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