🔅National Animal Week – Sierra Leone 🔅

Save the date! In just over a month, it’s time for the second edition of National Animal Week in Sierra Leone.

From November 20th to 26th, Freetown will be buzzing with activities to honor the chimpanzee.

• Be part of the change –
  Soon, we will announce all the events. Would you like to contribute to National Animal Week and/or sponsor one of our events?
  Please contact us at info@tacugama.com.

This week the outreach team along with Bala, Tacugama program director, went to visit our project partners in Loma! After many hours of driving and getting stuck in very sticky road conditions, the team was warmly welcomed by the community in Mansonia village. A big thank you to the Sunday Foundation for their continued support in the Mansonia school & supporting educational material for students to learn about conservation and environmental protection. And a thank you to @usfws USWFS for facilitating our Loma trips!

Här ett Tack från reservatet J.A.C.K. till alla er som donerat!
The Swedish Family är NI ❤️

🌿WHY ARE THEY CALLED ORPHANS?

• WHO IS AN ORPHAN PRIMATE?
  An orphan primate is an immature individual whose mother was killed when he/she was an infant or juvenile.
• HOW DO THEY BECOME ORPHANS?
  Poachers decimate a whole group of primates (from 10 to 20 individuals depending on the species) in order to feed the illegal bushmeat trade, or to sell orphaned babies on the exotic pet trade.
• WHY THE BUSHMEAT?
  The population of Africa in general, and of the DR Congo in particular, is growing exponentially year after year. The need for food is also growing, making forest-dwelling primates easy prey to meet this demand.
• THE “PET TRADE”
  As the young are not ” edible ”, they will either be fattened up for later consumption, used as ” pet toys ” in villages, or sold as by-products to destinations such as Asia to feed the illegal trade of exotic pets.
• WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP THESE ORPHANS?
  For several years now, J.A.C.K. has been committed to saving and rehabilitating all these animals. To join our cause, take the time to raise awareness of the dangers primates face on a daily basis.

• Update New Rescue –

Her name is Tsotsi 💚

We’ve named her in honor of a very special chimpanzee from our friends from Monarto Safari Park – Zoossa – Adelaide Zoo in Australia, who passed away earlier this year. 🤍
We included a photo of him in this post ☺️

Laura Hanley, one of the persons who has been working with the chimpanzees at the zoo for so long and a good friend of ours, has been so supportive of Tacugama, helping us unconditionally. 🍃🌟

We are more than happy to have Tsotsi’s legacy here in Tacugama and keep this beautiful connection between Monarto Zoo, Laura, and all our Tacu Friends from #Australia 🇦🇺.

For now, we give Tsotsi as much love and care as possible. Later this week, we will do a first health check.

Please help us with this #givingdayforapes . Tsotsi is in a very critical condition, and we need funds to take care of her.

Please follow the link in our BIO on IG for support 🙏
Or go to:
https://www.givingdayforapes.org/organization/Tacugama-Chimpanzee-Sanctuary

Thank you!

🌿BE A HERO THIS GIVING DAY FOR J.A.C.K. CHIMPS
Hello US Friends! J.A.C.K. has now its own US charity called “FRIENDS OF JACK PRIMATE SANCTUARY”. It is registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit which means donations are tax deductible as permitted by law. Also, it is an official US partner to J.A.C.K. Primate Sanctuary in DR Congo. For each donation made during this Giving Day for Apes or any other occasion, be sure that the funds go directly to J.A.C.K.’s orphans in DRC.
Save the date! October 3rd IS Giving Day for Apes!!
Follow them on Instagram: @friendsofjackprimatesanctuary
Follow them on Facebook: Friends of JACK Primate Sanctuary
Link to their website: jackprimatesanctuary.org

GivingDayForApes #GivingDay2023

🌿Thank You SONJA and STACEY for your generous donation on this #givingday2023 for the building of a nursery for chimp babies.

You are both now Nursery Support Team Members

GivingDay #chimpanzees

Chimp facts! 💫

Shine’s first health check didn’t reveal anything unusual, but he is severely underweight and eating too little. He has diarrhea and is very weak.

The veterinary team has initiated medication to strengthen him, and he will remain under Mama P’s constant supervision for the time being.

Thank you all for your kind words and support over the past days.💚We hope to give you another and positive update on Shine’s well-being soon🙏

/ Update Shine/

We fear for the life of Shine, he is so weak 💔
But this morning he drank milk, water with vitamines and he ate some banana🙏

Please hang in there Shine! You deserve a second chance in life and a whole new chimp family is waiting here for you.