3. Wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release programme

December 2021 objectives:

□ Continue with the ongoing activities □ African grey parrots: Continue to provide special care for the last individuals with difficulties improving their body conditions □ Chimpanzee: continue ongoing social integrations/introductions □ Western Lowland gorilla: release two groups together in the recently split enclosure □ Vet cares: Contraception: Drills (4), Chimpanzees (1), Patas (1), Olive baboon (1); General Health Check: Drill (1), Mandrill (1)

3. Wildlife rescue, rehabilitation, and release programme

Funders

Arrival & quarantine □ Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus): 1 infant female rescued (Image 9)

□ Northern White-Faced owl (Ptilopsis leucotis): 1 immature rescued (Image 10)

Behavioural rehabilitation

□ Drill: Started behavioural rehabilitation □ Mandrill: Continued behavioural rehabilitation

□ Genet: Continued behavioural rehabilitation

Social rehabilitation

□ Drill/Mandrill: Introduce the two new babies to each other to facilitate their rehabilitation (Image 11) □ African grey parrot: Continued to maintain the care and enrichment to the 42 African grey parrots in the large aviary

□ Preuss’s Monkey: Started to introduce juvenile male Camfor to Red-eared Mbomoko in quarantine (Image 12)

□ Tantalus Monkey: Started to introduce juvenile male Noun into the savannahdwelling group

Release (ecological & environmental rehabilitation)

□ Northern White-Faced owl (Ptilopsis leucotis): 1 rescued immature released

Image 9. Following an operation carried out by MINFOF officers from Haut-Nkam, in collaboration with the national gendarmerie and technical assistance from LAGA, a female Drill aged around 3 months was seized near Bafang. Three poachers were arrested; they were trying to sell it when they were intercepted. She is now safe and starting her rehabilitation at the LWC. Image 10. This young Northern WhiteFaced owl arrived after being kept for few days by a young girl. After a health check, some food, he was released back to the wild!

Image 11. Baby male Mandrill, Ekema & baby female Drill, Malika, have been introduced together to help them in their social rehabilitation to play and support each other in absence of animal care staff. Image 12. Baby Preuss’s Monkey Camfor met his new group led by Red-eared monkey Idenau. Camfor started to play as soon as he was accepted by the group and is now interacting with all individuals.

December 2021 objectives:

□ Continue the ongoing rehabilitation activities □ Preuss’s Monkey: complete the introduction of Camfor into Idenau’s group □ Drill & Mandrill: start the social rehabilitation of infants Ekema (Mandrill) & Malika (Drill)