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Pinkie - Tacugama
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A day at work. Chimpanzees in fragmented habitats. At first we couldn't believe our eyes. She was a chimpanzee, but with white hair, and one blue eye and one brown eye. After enquiring with the experts, it turned out that Pinkie was the only known albino chimpanzee in the world. When she first arrived at Tacugama late in 1999, she was only weeks old and needed to be cared for at Bala's (the project director of Tacugama) home. Pinkie up a tree with her friends. Pinkie had been captured during the. The par...
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Environment - Tacugama
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A day at work. Chimpanzees in fragmented habitats. Sierra Leone is located on the Atlantic coast of West Africa, and lies at the western end of the upper Guinean Forest Block. It is one of the most severely deforested countries in the region. At the beginning of the century about 70% of Sierra Leone was covered by mature closed forest, but by 1976 this number had been reduced to 5%. Another 3.5% was under secondary forest. Western Area Forest Reserve. The whole area lies under Western Area administration...
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Our mandate - Tacugama
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A day at work. Chimpanzees in fragmented habitats. The aim of the Sierra Leone Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Program is to provide a safe home for orphaned and endangered chimpanzees. The cruel and wasteful pet and bushmeat trade must be put to an end. Tacugama also endeavours to help protect and conserve the species in the wild by engaging with the public through environmental sensitisation and training programs. Objectives of the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary. CITES), which protects endangered species.
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Adopt a chimp - Tacugama
http://www.tacugama.com/how-you-can-help/adoption
A day at work. Chimpanzees in fragmented habitats. Adopting a chimpanzee is a unique way to support Tacugama’s work and can make a great gift for family and friends. It costs almost US$1500 a year to take care of each chimpanzee at the sanctuary. To feed them a balanced healthy diet, ensure they get skilled care. From our staff, and that their. Home is safe, sound and well maintained. For US$80 your sponsorship will contribute towards your chimp's daily care for one year. STEP 1 - Choose your chimp.
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Community Outreach - Tacugama
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A day at work. Chimpanzees in fragmented habitats. In 2010 we established our Community Outreach Programme to tackle conservation issues by working with rural communities towards achieving sustainable natural resource management and wildlife conservation. The strategy is to achieve conservation of chimpanzees and their habitat by developing community awareness and guardianship. We have distributed seed supplies for more variety in the communities’ farming e.g. supplying communities with swamp ric...Commu...
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HOW TO HELP - Tacugama
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A day at work. Chimpanzees in fragmented habitats. Whilst we try to generate some of our own income through our ecolodges. This covers only a small portion of our daily running costs. Sierra Leone is one of the poorest countries in the world and tourist visitors are very small in number. A great way to start helping us is to come and visit and stay at the sanctuary but if that's not an option then you can also help in the following ways:.
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Bruno - Tacugama
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A day at work. Chimpanzees in fragmented habitats. Bala with Bruno up a tree. Bala's second ever chimp - Julie, grooming Bruno. Ask the staff around the sanctuary, or even Bala and everyone agrees that Bruno is the founder of Tacugama. If that is not enough, Bruno is also a local celebrity around Freetown and the. Bruno was very charismatic, spectacularly imposing and physically the strongest chimpanzee we have ever had at Tacugama. You can see an. A good friend of Tacugama, Paul Glynn has captured the s...
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Chimp Rehabilitation - Tacugama
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A day at work. Chimpanzees in fragmented habitats. Perry when he arrived, in very bad shape. Perry a few months later after hard work and care from Mama Posseh and our resident vet. Perry and Molly with Mama Posseh on a forest walk. Mama Posseh teaching Perry and friends how to use the water fountain. Most chimps that arrive at the sanctuary. Are less than five years old and would normally still be suckling milk from their mothers. Many. Have been abandoned or illegally sold as pets. Once a chimpanzee re...
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A day at work - Tacugama
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A day at work. Chimpanzees in fragmented habitats. A day at work. A DAY AT WORK. Mama Posseh preparing bulgar balls. Mr Moses feeding chimps in one of the enclosures. Manso fixing a hammock for our small chimps. Morie carrying a big sack of oranges to our food store. Willie with some visitors. Edward during Camera Trap Training. Moses guiding the local school visit. Mr Bala testing the new quarantine enclosure. Gathering locally grown fruit for the chimps. Food Preparation and Nutrition. All our newly ar...
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Annual Report - Tacugama
http://www.tacugama.com/the-sanctuary/2014-annual-report
A day at work. Chimpanzees in fragmented habitats. You can download our annual report for 2015 (a PDF file) by clicking on this link. You can download our annual report for 2014 (a PDF file) by clicking on this link.
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