Chimpanzees rescued from illegal trafficking in Katanga, eastern Congo
Category: General | Date: May 08 2007 | By: admin
Last week I went to Lubumbashi, in the south eastern corner of Congo in the province of Katanga. I met Franck and his wife Roxanne, who run JACK, Jeunes Animaux Confisces au Katanga (Young Confiscated Animals in Katanga), a small NGO that operates out of Lubumbashi that has a chimpanzee sanctuary with about 7 chimps.
Franck and Roxeanne have been fighting to raise awareness over the illegal trade in chimpanzees in the area. Before these chimps were sold openly in the market, but thanks to JACK this is now more difficult. Franck and his team ultimately want to work with the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN) to re-introduce these confiscated chimps into the wild.
This is a chimp that was illegally being trafficked
Here is Franck at Likasi railway station where more chimpanzees are being trafficked
Zamba - a rescued chimp taking a bath
Franck and Zamba
Technorati : chimpanzee, fzs, iccn, katanga, lubumbashi, trafficking, wildlifedirect
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3 Responses to “Chimpanzees rescued from illegal trafficking in Katanga, eastern Congo”
Global Voices Online » Conservation 2.0: Congo Park Rangers Bring Global Attention To Endangered African Wildlife, on 16 May 2007
[…] of a rare sighting of 10 elephants and rumors of rebels seen in the area, birth of a baby Gorilla, Chimpanzees rescued from illegal trafficking, warning signs from a rebel group, and updates about their social […]
Manioc Valley » Blog Archive » Orphaned baby chimp rescued from DRC traffickers, on 20 Oct 2007
[…] to J.A.C.K. Jeunes Animaux Confisques au Katanga (Young Animals Confiscated in Katanga). Rob Muir blogged about this organization in […]
chloe, on 25 Oct 2007
i think what you did was amazing the animals would have died or wished they had!
good on ye mates!
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