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Limbe Wildlife Centre: October 2018 by Guillaume LE FLOHIC Manager (Limbe Wildlife Centre) & Country Director (Pandrillus Cameroon)
Published in November 2018 Limbe Wildlife Centre, P.O. Box 878, Limbe, Republic of Cameroon
Limbe Wildlife Centre is a collaborative effort between the Pandrillus Foundation and the Republic of Cameroon, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, MINFOF Pandrillus Foundation is a non-profit making NGO specialized in the protection, rehabilitation and reintroduction of primates, as well as management and sustainable financing of conservation projects in Africa. Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife is in charge of implementing the national forest policy for ensuring sustainable management and conservation of wildlife and biodiversity over the national territory as enacted by forestry law No. 01/94 of 20 January which regulates all forestry, wildlife and fisheries activities
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FOREWORD OCTOBER 2018 HIGHLIGHTS ACHIEVEMENTS OCTOBER 2018 & OBJECTIVES NOVEMBER 2018 1. LWC-RoC Partnership 2. Basic documents 3. Administration, Human Resources & Finance 4. Infrastructures and development 5. Material & Equipment 6. Capacity building 7. Conservation and Environmental Education 8. Constituency for conservation 9. Conservation ecotourism 10. Management of animal population and well-being 11. Rehabilitation and release programme 12. Research, Monitoring & Health Safety rules 13. Communication & Visibility 14. Revenues generated
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Dear Friends and Supporters, In October 2018 the socio-political and economic crisis in Cameroon reached an unprecedented level. The situation affected our activities in the first half of the month, during which we focused our attention and efforts towards the well-being and safety of our wildlife in rehabilitation. Even though the climate has been very tense, the LWC team pulled together to ensure their daily routines, which are key to maintaining the health and well-being of our animals, were prioritised. We are very proud of our committed team. This is what it takes and what the LWC stands for: to be here no matter the situation, as far as it is possible, and beyond! The second half of the month we managed to increase productivity: we continued with the maintenance and renovation of our Chimp Nursery and quarantine area (p. 7-8) and kept working towards emptying our quarantine. We are pleased to say that Aggie, our oldest red-eared monkey was
integrated into our multispecies group of forest-dwelling guenons, and Malende, an adult male Tantalus monkey, was transferred to the satellite cage of the savannah-dwelling guenon enclosure for possible future integration (p. 12-13). With our quarantine facilities being renovated and almost empty, we seized the opportunity to assist the Delegation of Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife in Littoral region in Douala in their mission to secure the survival of three monkeys living in three separate locations across the city. Based on the stories we have collected, these monkeys have been stealing food, entering homes and creating disturbance and damage. It is very likely that these monkeys were formerly kept as pets, and that they escaped or were released as they grew up. We had to rescue these animals to prevent the community members from catching and killing them. We successfully rescued one subadult male Mona monkey, after darting him and tracking him to a swampy area nearby (p.
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6). It was a difficult rescue, but the community, as well as MINFOF agents, were impressed by our professionalism. Sadly we could not locate one of the other monkeys and fear he may have been killed. And the final individual did not show up the day of the rescue, but we worked together with the local neighbourhood to set a trap to capture him, and they are committed not to injure him. We hope to secure his rescue soon. Bringing these individuals to the Limbe Wildlife Centre is not an ideal solution. Whilst we provide the best professional care, social stimulation and health care to these animals, we do not want to capture animals that are living free, even though it is in a human and hostile environment. But they could not survive there and would have inevitably been killed. This situation underlines that monkeys should not be kept as pets as problems will always arise as they grow up. They belong in the wilds of Cameroon. Not living in an urban environment and stealing food from humans to survive. We all need to work
together to safeguard habitats and the animals within them. We will integrate these individuals with a species-specific group following their quarantine period and begin monitoring them. Ideally, along with all of our animals, we would release them into a protected area. Our relationship with the local community was also an important activity this month, as our education team has been busy starting 2018/19 education outreach program (p. 10-11) and preparing for our first session of the Family Nature Club in Batoke, involving the members of our Green project and their families. We wish to bring environmental issues to the families and the first session, scheduled on 3rd November, promises to be as interesting and enriching as exciting and fun. If you wish to support our new arrival, please contact us directly. Thank you for your unfailing support,
With very best wishes,
Limbe, 31 October 2018
Guillaume LE FLOHIC LWC Manager, Pandrillus Foundation
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October 2018 highlights □ MINFOF-Pandrillus joint field operation to rescue 1 Mona monkey in Douala □ Completed the maintenance of Quarantine cages and chimp Nursery □ Started the 2018-2019 Saturday Nature Club program □ Started the 2017-2018 School outreach program □ Integrated Aggie (Senescent adult female Red-eared monkey) into the multispecies forest-dwelling guenon group
Achievements October 2018 & Objectives November 2018 1. LWC-RoC Partnership □ MINFOF-Pandrillus joint field operation to rescue 1 Mona monkey in Douala, with the support of the Programme for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (PSMNR-SWR) (Images 1-2)
Image 1. KILLI MATUTE, our Head of quarantine (grey t-shirt)and ENEIGHO Kenneth (left) securing the Mona monkey rescued in Akwa North, Douala.
Image 2. The subadult male Mona monkey that was successfully captured and brought back safely to the Limbe Wildlife Centre.
November 2018 objectives: □ None
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2. Basic documents □ None
November 2018 objectives: □ Validate internal rules and regulations
3. Administration, Human Resources & Finance □ None
November 2018 objectives: □ None
4. Infrastructures and development □ Completed the maintenance of Quarantine cages and chimp Nursery (Images 3-5) □ Perform maintenance of wooden poles of the electric fence in the Chimp Island, and Olive baboon enclosures (Images 6-9) □ Crafted and replaced one sliding door in Gorilla Benito's night cage (Images 10-11) □ Started the biannual pressure washing of animal infrastructures (Images 12) □ Prepared material for the renovation of the drill two-level climbing structure
Image 3. Painting of Nursery night cage Image 4. Replacement of damaged metal
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beam and painting of antirust in small quarantine cage.
Image 5. Painting of small quarantine Image 6. Setting electrical insulators on the cage with, drilling and re-concreting of Baboon and Chimps Island wooden cage floor top surface to facilitate and support pillars poles. enhance daily cleaning.
Image 7. Removal of old wooden poles Image 8. View of the fence of the Olive and replacement by the new one. baboon enclosure after arranging and tensioning wires.
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Image 9. Positioning of new wooden Image 10. Preparing the new sliding door poles, arrangement and fastening of for gorilla Benito’s night cage. fence electric wires in the chimp Island enclosure.
Image 11. Fitting the new sliding door in Image 12. 200L drum was set up as a gorilla Benito's night cage. reservoir to facilitate the cleaning of satellite cages using the water pressure machine. November 2018 objectives: □ Complete the re-enrichment Red-capped mangabey enclosures □ Perform maintenance of wooden poles of the electric fence in the Drill enclosure □ Start renovation and enrichment of the Drill enclosure: visual obstacles, renovation of the large platform, maintenance of the drill tree
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5. Material & Equipment □ None
November 2018 objectives: □ None
6. Capacity building Ongoing activities □ Professionalised & trained staff, students and volunteers on behavioural (quarantine & stage 1) and social (stage 2) rehabilitation □ Empowered our vet nurse at capturing veterinary records in our database
Specific activities □ None
November 2018 objectives: □ Continue with the above ongoing activities
7. Conservation and Environmental Education □ Nature's Club: Started the 2018-2019 programme: 111 kids registered; monthly effort: 111 children.days (Images 13-14) □ School outreach programme: Started the 2018-2019 programme: 18 men.hrs (2 weeks), covering 9 schools, 23 classes and 1,004 students □ Batoke’s Family Nature Club: Prepared the first session to be held on 3rd November
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Image 13. Our Head of Education, ATEH Wilson, explaining the personalities of our gorillas to the kids during the first Nature Club of the academic year.
Image 14. MUMA Alvin, one of our 5 educators, instructing the kids to remain calm while observing our Mainland chimps.
November 2018 objectives: □ Continue with ongoing programs □ Organise session 1 of the Family Nature Club
8. Constituency for conservation □ Community-based Green Economy: 15 ex-hunter members sustainably harvesting wild herbaceous plants: 799,5 kg of Aframomum stems and 551 kg of Costus stems; 37 women members harvesting crop by-product: 977 kg of cassava leaves, 951 kg of papaya leaves, 3,323 kg of potato leaves, 654 kg of invasive Trumpet wood shoots, corresponding to 146 trees hand cut; 787,600 XAF (€1,202) paid directly to the local community association this month; 8,735,025 XAF (€13,336) contributed to alleviate poverty in 2018.
November 2018 objectives: □ Continue with the ongoing programme
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9. Conservation ecotourism □ Continued with the ongoing activities
November 2018 objectives: □ Continue with the ongoing activities
10. Management of animal population and well-being Ongoing activities □ Maintained frequency and diversity of enrichment in each section □ Drill: Continued the reintegration of Jomio (adult male), Ossing (adult female) and their baby back to the group: transfer in satellite cage □ Drill: Temporarily suspended training of Chipo, young adult male and excellent escapee, to return to satellite cage using positive reinforcement training methodology
Specific activities □ Tantalus monkey: Transferred Malende (adult male) in a satellite cage of the savannah-dwelling guenon enclosure to assess the feasibility to re-integrate him into the group and introduce him into the enclosure (Image 15) □ Red-eared monkey: Integrated Aggie (Senescent adult female) into the multispecies forest-dwelling guenon group (Image 16)
□ Vet cares (October 2018): ◌ 15 Primate individuals treated; 2 anaesthesia performed; 14 individuals sampled (0 blood samples for haematology analysis, 0 blood samples for biochemistry analysis, 14 faecal samples for coprology analysis, 0 exudate sample for microbiology analysis); 0 identification with microchip; 0 minor surgery; 0 laceration repairs; 20 drug therapies: 30% dietary supplements, 25% antiparasitics, 20% arthritis supplements, 5% antibiotics, 5% insulin injections and
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other anti-diabetic treatments for diabetic individuals, 5% antifungals, 5% others; 0 health checks; 0 death; 0 euthanasia
Image 15. Malende will stay some time in the satellite cage of the savannahdwelling guenon enclosure and we will make a plan to integrated him in the group. Sadly, Malende canines were removed during his previous captivity and suffered such trauma that he still displays stereotypic behaviours.
Image 16. Aggie is well integrated into the multispecies group of forest-dwelling guenons, composed of our unique endangered Preuss's monkey, Muea, 2 Vulnerable Red-eared monkey and 1 moustached monkey.
November 2018 objectives: □ Continue with the ongoing activities □ Tantalus monkey: Continue Malende's (adult male) re-integration process □ Vet cares: General health checks: None; Contraception: None; Microchip identification: None
11. Rehabilitation and release programme Arrival & quarantine □ Rescued 1 baby large-spotted genet (Genetta maculata) (Images 17-18) □ Rescued 1 subadult male Mona monkey (Image 19a&b)
Behavioural rehabilitation □ Western lowland gorilla: Continued behavioural rehabilitation of Bobga
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Social rehabilitation □ Chimpanzee: Completed social rehabilitation of Ngambe (adult female) in the Chimp Nursery with Mayos (adult female)
Release (ecological & environmental rehabilitation) □ None
Image 17. This baby large-spotted genet is between 1 and 2 months old and is, despite some stress due to the change of environment and the loss of her mother), in good health.
Image 18. One of the most important care to provide to baby's genet is to help them to defecate and urinate. They must be stimulated as the mother would do by licking genital and anus.
Image 19a&b. At arrival, the subadult male Mona monkey was not very stressed as he was used to living in human vicinities, and his body condition is very good.
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November 2018 objectives: □ Western lowland gorilla: Continue Bobga's behavioural rehabilitation by introducing him into a forested area to stimulate foraging and locomotive behaviours
12. Research, Monitoring & Health Safety rules Ongoing activities □ Drill: Continued daily monitoring of Monday (diabetic adult male) glycaemia, continued training for insulin injection
Activity achievement □ None
Data analysis □ None
November 2018 objectives: □ Continue with above ongoing activities
13. Communication & Visibility □ Digital communication (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter): Facebook reach was up this month about 10% and our overall followers increased by 32%. 26,000 video views on our YouTube channel. The overall increase in followers across channels was 9% this month.
November 2018 objectives: □ Continue advocating the missions of the LWC within the Central African Conservation Landscape in Cameroon
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14. Revenues generated □ Entrance fees (October 2018): 239,800XAF (450 visitors; 95% adults, 5% children) 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18
Adult Nationals
Children Nationals
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Figure 1.Visitor statistics October 2017-October 2018
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