The past month of Octo­ber, an SOS Pri­ma­tes’ colla­bo­ra­tor, the pri­ma­to­lo­gist Rosa Garri­ga, tra­ve­led to the Tacu­ga­ma Chim­pan­zee Sanc­tuary (TCS), in Sie­rra Leo­na, whe­re she works on research tasks for chim­pan­zee conservation.

TCS shel­ters more than 100 chim­pan­zees that beca­me orphans due to bush­meat con­sum­ption and offs­pring traf­fic­king as pets, inclu­ding Tom, in the photo.

Addi­tio­nally, the cen­ter plays an impor­tant role in the edu­ca­tion and awa­re­ness of the local com­mu­nity, the­re­fo­re it has orga­ni­zed dif­fe­rent cen­su­ses about the chim­pan­zee popu­la­tion and plenty of other actions. Tha­t’s why their role is key in the pro­tec­tion of this species.

You already know that from SOS Pri­ma­tes we mana­ge the deli­very of work mate­rial from the Bar­ce­lo­na Zoo, which dona­tes disu­sed uni­forms to the wild­li­fe reco­very cen­ters. It’s the reason why Rosa could carry 23 kg of work equip­ment offe­red by this zoo to the TCS staff.

In the pho­tos, you can see some of the wor­kers with uni­forms per­for­ming tasks like fee­ding chimps.

Thank you to all of the indi­vi­duals invol­ved ( Bar­ce­lo­na Zoo, TCS, and of cour­se, Rosa) and espe­cially the volun­teers of SOS Pri­ma­tes who are dedi­ca­ted every day to hel­ping pri­ma­tes in an altruis­tic way.

If you tra­vel to one of the coun­tries whe­re the­re are pri­ma­te or other ani­mal cen­ters and would like to assist, plea­se don’t hesi­ta­te to con­tact us so we can orga­ni­ze a deli­very. If you’d like to know more about this pro­ject and colla­bo­ra­te with us, wri­te us at info@sosprimates.org