Ushiriki, the chimpanzee in the Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation Center
Twice to the EASTERN CONGO to see (not only) gorillas Text: Miroslav Bobek, director of the Prague Zoo; Photo: Miroslav Bobek
Over the last few months, I have twice had the opportunity to visit the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. First, it was in October last year, when we just “hopped” here from Kinshasa, the second time it happened in January this year. This time, we were heading to South Kivu with the architect prof. Zdeněk Fránek and the head of the Prague Zoo construction department Ing. Lukáš Divoký. Our zoo had already supported the Kahuzi-Biega National Park before and we still are following up on these activities today. However, I am not going to describe various work meetings, site visits, and price investigations for construction material, instead, I will focus on the three unforgettable meetings with African apes.
