Monthly Report
April 2021
Foreword
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | PROJECT MANAGER Chimp, Shark, and Sun
Dear Friends and Supporters,
rehabilitation process is especially complex when it concerns adults.
Over the past years, our team has made outstanding progress in socializing and resocializing individuals and integrating them into groups, where they belong. This is the basic social structure for all our primate species, and the foundation of our work is to guarantee their standard of welfare. If one species is known for presenting more challenges than others, it would be the chimpanzee. The socialization and
This month, our team accomplished a milestone by completing 4 individual integrations: 3 into two groups of chimps (Nanga, Papa and Koto) and 1 in the group of Olive baboons. Two individuals, Mboppi (an adult female Olive baboon) and Koto (an adult male chimpanzee) returned into their groups after months of intensive medical care. Because the hierarchy in their groups had changed in their absence, their return required careful thought.
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