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4. Infrastructures and development| Material & Equipment
4.Infrastructures and development| Material & Equipment
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Activities
□ Western lowland gorilla: Completion of the maintenance of the Gorilla Group 2 night dens (Images 16-27)
□ Quarantine: Installed rope in Tikar and Ntui den for the enrichment and replaced old palm roof on the main building (Images 28-30)
□ Raffia palm-mat roof: Maintenance of all roofs made with raffia palm-mat before the rainy season (Image 31)
□ Duiker enclosure: Started the refurbishing of the duiker enclosure (Images 32-35)
□ General: Damages induced by the heavy night storm of the 31st of May (Images 36-
39)
□ LWC Rivers: Cleaning of both streams inside the centre to reduce flooding on our island (Image 40)
Image 16. View of some damaged pipe caused by corrosion. Image 17. View of damaged drinking point.
Image 18. Cutting out the broken metal pipe. Image 19. Removed broken metal pipe.
Image 20. Scrubbing and first layer of pain of the rods. Image 21. Crafting metal board for the drinking point.
Image 22. Repairing drinking point. Image 23. View of the repaired drinking point.
Image 24. Second layer painting ongoing.
Image 26. View of finished rod mesh metal platform.
Image 28. Installing enrichment rope in the Quarantine den of Tikar and Ntui. Image 29. Securing the hanging of the rope to resist the weight and swing of the two chimpanzees Tikar and Ntui.
Image 25. Preparation for new rod mesh platform.
Image 27. Final view of the maintenance.
Image 30. Final view of the enrichment rope in the Quarantine den.
Image 32. State of the old duiker fence as the bamboo were falling and the poles rotting.
Image 34. Preparing and cutting bamboo for the duiker fence. Image 31. Replacement of old raffia palm mat to avoid leakage through the Quarantine roof.
Image 33. A solid line of blocks was used at the base of the new duiker fence to avoid escape by digging from the civet.
Image 35. View of ongoing installation of the duiker fence.
Image 36. Branches fell on the electric fence of the drill enclosure, bending it seriously. Image 37. A heavy branch fell on the python den during the storm, weakening the roof.
Image 38. The chimpanzee Rehabilitation Enclosure was affected by big fallen branches, fortunately without damage. Image 39. The roof of the Rehabilitation Enclosure night den was covered in heavy fallen branches after the storm.
Image 40 a&b. All the elephant stock in the river blocked the water of the stream and created flooding. The Front head loader cleaning both sides and opened the stream as much as possible to reduce flooding and protect animals and infrastructures during the rainy season
