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Ghana’s Kumasi Zoo Chimps: Together at Last! For about two decades, the two female chimpanzees in Ghana’s Kumasi Zoo were kept far apart in small, barren cages. But thanks to the untiring efforts of animal lovers and IPPL members Valerie and Tim Buchanan, Afua and Cecelia were finally united in a single multi-part enclosure last August. According to Valeria and Tim, they appear to be healthy and greatly enjoy each other’s company. The Buchanans, who were residents of Ghana at the time, first met the chimps in 1999 and were distressed at the animals’ living conditions. The two mature chimps (Afua is probably in her 20s and Cecelia in her 30s) could see and hear each other but could never come into contact. Since relocating the animals to a sanctuary was unfortunately not an option, the Buchanans soon set about raising money to build a connecting passageway between the two separate cages and to provide the apes with greater stimulation. IPPL and Save the Chimps contributed funds to this effort. The uniting of these two animals, though timeconsuming, has been very rewarding. According to the Buchanans, Afua and Cecelia now “act as though they have been together for their entire lives, indicating their need for each other’s company. They are very comfortable with each other and the keepers say they sleep together in the night box. They also are not trying to break out anymore, which they were doing constantly for years.” The Buchanans hope to see about providing additional enrichment to Afua and Cecelia’s enclosure, as well. Sadly, Kumasi Zoo is a facility that is in need of considerable improvement in other respects. The baboons and other monkeys, for example, still live in small cages with no enrichment. But meanwhile, IPPL believes that improving the lives of some of its animals is a worthwhile endeavor and we appreciate Valerie and Tim’s tireless and ongoing efforts to make a difficult situation better. After all, the best primate enrichment is a fellow primate. Afua and Cecilia At last Sharing their lives Accra Zoo, Ghana, Upgrades Primate Housing Accra Zoo, in the capital city of the African nation of Ghana, has long had a reputation for keeping wildlife in sub-standard housing. In recent months a wide range of groups, including IPPL-UK, have assisted efforts by West African Primate Conservation Action (WAPCA) to improve the living conditions for the highly endangered white-naped mangabeys and Roloway guenons living at the zoo. On 28 February 2005 Julia Trillmich, who led the project until November 2004, informed IPPL and other supporting organizations that with your help WAPCA was able to construct three cages for these endangered primates and a visitor’s platform that is surrounded by educative signboards. Another signboard at the entrance of the “Centre for Endangered Primates” clearly portrays our sponsor’s engagement to the 80,000 annual zoo visitors. ——————————————————————— IPPL NEWS www.ippl.org ————————————————— April 2005 12
Third Grade Artists Create Primate Portraits Earlier this year, the third grade art students of Saint Rose Catholic School in Paso Robles, California, presented IPPL with a lovely gift: a colorful set of primate drawings. Their teacher, Maryan Infield, is an animal activist who is “always looking for ways to bring young people into the world of animal causes.” Her class has decided to sponsor IPPL’s little gibbon Courtney and, in her honor, included several pictures of gibbons. Here is a selection of their work. A is for Ape G is for Gibbon P is for Primate B is for Baboon ——————————————————————— IPPL NEWS www.ippl.org ————————————————— April 2005 13
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