4. Infrastructures and development| Material & Equipment

4. Infrastructures and development| Material & Equipment

Funders

Activities

□ Western Lowland Gorillas: Completed the splitting of the group 1 enclosure: finished the design and fully re-enriched the two sub-units 1a and 1b (Images 13-26)

Image 13. Installing of the corridor safety cage of between the 2 new the Western lowland gorilla sub-enclosures.

Image 15. Scrubbing of the metal pillar with wire brush. Image 14. Final view from the corridor safety cage.

Image 16. Installation of electric fence lines.

Image 17. Wire mesh installation to give addition protection to the corridor. Image 18. Installing visual obstacle on the corridor wall.

Image 19. Final view from the outdoor enclosure. Image 20. Water pool preparation as a new enrichment in the split enclosure.

Image 21. Concreting of the water pool Image 22. Concrete platform preparation.

Image 23. Concrete platform final view. Image 24. Termite mount to stimulate foraging behaviours and increase welfare.

Image 25. Working late at night to install the enrichment rope and release the gorillas as soon as possible! Image 26. The enrichment rope

December 2021 objectives

□ Finish Mantum’s group maintenance (postponed) □ Start maintenance of the mangabey’s enclosures