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.
Tacugama BlogThere 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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Mar 18th Lara B USD 10.00 Mar 17th Serah H USD 171.35 Mar 17th Christine C USD 20.00 Mar 17th Christian W USD 17.20 Mar 16th Wanda H USD 23.00 Mar 15th Lesley M USD 28.75 Mar 15th Yim O USD 29.90 Mar 14th Lucia C USD 460.00 Mar 13th Diane A USD 40.25 Mar 10th Tanya S USD 115.00 Mar 9th Bernd E USD 1150.00 Mar 9th Bernd E USD 1150.00 Mar 9th Rebecca R USD 149.00 Mar 8th Susan B USD 23.00 Mar 7th Yvonne M USD 47.00 Mar 7th Randall B USD 28.75 Mar 7th John S USD 171.35 Mar 7th Richard R USD 115.00 Mar 7th Carol K USD 115.00 Mar 6th Yvonne M USD 23.00
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