AnnuAl RepoRt 2010 - the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada

protecting
chimpanzees
We stand on the threshold of a future without Great Apes in the wild.
Each species of African great ape – chimpanzees, gorillas and bonobos
– is critically endangered and could be extinct within a few generations.
Protecting them is at the heart of our work – a big task, and one that we
tackle from several different angles including significant efforts to protect
their rapidly diminishing habitat, chimpanzee rescue and rehabilitation
programs, and efforts to raise public awareness.
Jgi Canada
chimp rescue
At the end of June, JGI Uganda received a frantic call about a young chimpanzee whose
leg was caught in a 15kg trap in the Budongo forest. When the team arrived, they were
shocked to see that the chimp had managed to drag the trap, nearly half her weight,
about a kilometre through the dense forest. The situation was dire; her lower leg bones
were shattered so the doctors had no choice but to amputate.
After a month of hospitalization, the chimpanzee, named Amaanyi, was released back
into the wild and reintegrated into her troop. She was monitored carefully and amazingly
enough, seems able to survive as an amputee in the wild.
Deforestation is a serious threat to chimpanzee survival. As habitat is turned into farmland,
chimpanzees, in search of food, sometimes end up in traps set by people to protect their
crops and gardens from destruction. Approximately 25% of the chimpanzees in Budongo
have injuries caused by snares and man traps.
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