This week #World­Chim­pan­zee­Day was cele­bra­ted, a date pro­po­sed by the Jane Goo­dall Ins­ti­tu­te to rai­se awa­re­ness and pro­mo­te pro­tec­tion for this remar­ka­ble species.

At SOS Pri­ma­tes, we sup­port the 129 chim­pan­zees living at the Lwi­ro Pri­ma­te Reha­bi­li­ta­tion Cen­ter (CRPL), Lwi­ro Pri­ma­tes, in the Demo­cra­tic Repu­blic of Con­go, whe­re each ani­mal has a dif­fi­cult story. Felix and Mara, for exam­ple, were res­cued from poa­chers and arri­ved at the cen­ter after being trans­por­ted in a car. You can see how frigh­te­ned and sad they loo­ked in the photo.

Today we were at Bar­ce­lo­na Zoo with an infor­ma­tion stand whe­re visi­tors could also con­tri­bu­te dona­tions to help pro­vi­de food for the chim­pan­zees at CRPL.

We would like to thank ever­yo­ne who came to sup­port us, the zoo staff from many depart­ments, inclu­ding Mar­ke­ting, Mana­ge­ment, Admi­nis­tra­tion, Con­ser­va­tion, and Main­te­nan­ce, and espe­cially our won­der­ful volun­teer team who made the day pos­si­ble: Núria, David, Estel, Mòni­ca, Auro­ra, and Raúl.