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4. Infrastructure and development
Quarterly Report
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First quarter 2022
New grants
Received funding from Association Francophone des Soigneurs-Animaliers for structural enrichment and partially towards the new portable welding machine (Image 30)
Activities
Gorilla (group 1) bamboo screen (Image 17 and 18) Mandrill drinking water point (Image 19) Tantalus enclosure roof (Image 20) Mangabey maintenance including bamboo screen (Image 21-26) Mandrill and baboon pole maintenance (Image 29) Veterinary clinic maintenance (Image 27) Guenon bamboo screen (Image 28) Gorilla (group 2) tunnel and sliding door installation (Image 31 and 32) Chimpanzee (island) tree basket (Image 33) Chimpanzee (island) sliding door maintenance (Image 34)
Image 17. Installing of two gates at the gorilla section Image 18. Final view of finished visual barrier in the gorilla section
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Image 19. Concreting of new pool/drinking point in mandrill enclosure Image 20. Replacing old palm leaves with new ones on the tantalus/patas enclosure
Image 21. View of some of the damage in the red-capped mangabey enclosure Image 22. View of some of the damage in the red-capped mangabey enclosure
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Image 23. Cutting and repair of damaged structures in the red-capped mangabey enclosure Image 24. Repainting of the newly maintained red-capped mangabey enclosure
Image 25. Installing new branch holders in the red-capped mangabey enclosure to increase enrichment diversity Image 26. Installing a bamboo screen on the red-capped mangabey enclosure to minimise stress from other species and the road
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Image 27. Maintenance in the veterinary clinic
Image 29. Installing new insulator poles in the mandrill enclosure Image 28. Installing a bamboo screen on the guenon enclosure to minimise stress from other species
Image 30. Construction team with their new portable welding machine
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Image 31. Building the new tunnel in the gorilla (group 2) night dens Image 32. Painting the completed tunnel and new sliding door in gorilla (group 2) night dens
Image 33. Repaired tree basket on chimp island after a storm brought the tree down Image 34. Maintenance and repair of sliding door on chimp island
Objectives for next quarter
Investigate options for solving our water crisis: much of Limbe endures a lack of regular clean municipal tap water these days. LWC rarely has Camwater available now, forcing us to send the vehicle to fetch water in drums on a regular basis - highly detrimental to both our staff resources and animals. Repair existing and develop more structural enrichment in our drill and tantalus/patas enclosures Construct the enclosure extension for our putty-nose group
