Tomo­rrow, July 14th, marks #World­Chim­pan­zee­Day, a date pro­po­sed by the Jane Goo­dall Ins­ti­tu­te to rai­se awa­re­ness and pro­mo­te the pro­tec­tion of this remar­ka­ble species.

At SOS Pri­ma­tes, much of our work focu­ses on sup­por­ting chim­pan­zees, par­ti­cu­larly the 129 chim­pan­zees living at the Lwi­ro Pri­ma­te Reha­bi­li­ta­tion Cen­tre (CRPL), Lwi­ro Pri­ma­tes, in the Demo­cra­tic Repu­blic of Congo.

As in any hos­pi­tal or zoo­lo­gi­cal ins­ti­tu­tion, not all ani­mals that arri­ve in poor con­di­tion sur­vi­ve. Sadly, Dun­gu was one of tho­se who could not reco­ver from the inju­ries cau­sed by his cap­tu­re, ill­ness, and the trau­ma of losing his family. We honor his memory with this photograph.

To con­ti­nue sup­por­ting CRPL, we were at the Zoo-Aqua­rium Madrid yes­ter­day with an infor­ma­tion stand whe­re visi­tors could make dona­tions to help pro­vi­de food for the animals.

We would like to thank ever­yo­ne who came to sup­port us, as well as the Zoo-Aqua­rium staff from depart­ments inclu­ding Mar­ke­ting, Mana­ge­ment, Admi­nis­tra­tion and Con­ser­va­tion. We would also like to espe­cially thank our volun­teer team, who are our grea­test trea­su­re and made everything pos­si­ble: María, Nata­lia, Mar, and Jorge.