Sad news to end the year… another orpha­ned baby arri­ved at Lwi­ro Pri­ma­te Reha­bi­li­ta­tion Cen­tre (CRPL), Lwi­ro Pri­ma­tes. Maka­si, mea­ning strong in the local lan­gua­ge (Lin­ga­la), has been given this name becau­se of her strength and resi­lien­ce demons­tra­ted prior to her res­cue. She was sei­zed from poa­chers in the Kisim­ba area, thanks to park ran­gers and seve­ral local associations.

She arri­ved at the CRPL inju­red, weak, very thin as you can see, and qui­te trau­ma­ti­sed, not trus­ting the team. We are sure that the care pro­vi­ded at the cen­tre will com­fort her after losing her mother and her family group.

From SOS Pri­ma­tes we would like to thank all tho­se invol­ved and of cour­se, tho­se of you who help us making this asso­cia­tion pos­si­ble, and the­re­fo­re, your help to the con­ser­va­tion of primates.

We hope that by 2021 this situa­tion will come to an end, and that human beings will find a balan­ce with a pla­net of which they are not lord and mas­ter, but simply another guest.