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Grave threat to chimps population in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN - Local wildlife experts in Sierra Leone on Thursday
highlighted what they called a "grave threat to the chimps population"
in the west African state.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gWRKDrfE_dpjAQPhenglKjeZ7dVw
16/09/2010
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Abstract: Following the invasion of the Bili-Uéré Domaine de Chasse by illegal gold miners in June 2007 and the subsequent abandonment of a long-term community conservation and research project there, the first author conducted a survey of chimpanzees and other large mammals on the south side of the Uele River, in the forests around the cities of Buta, Aketi, and Bambesa. This survey confirmed the presence of a large population of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in these forests, consistent with findings from surveys north of the Uele between 2004 and 2007. We also documented an expansion of the bushmeat trade to the south of the Uele River, linked to the artisanal diamond and gold mining industries and centered on Buta. Over an 18-month period from September 2007 to March 2009, we observed 42 chimpanzee orphans and 34 chimpanzee carcasses in markets, houses, and by the roadsides. This encounter rate of orphans and carcasses to the south of the Uele River was 20-30 times higher than that of the Bili area to the north. Interviews with local villagers and hunters indicate that there has been a major increase in bushmeat hunting, and the hunting of chimpanzees in particular, over the past 15 years. This wave of killing is currently expanding rapidly across the region. Given that the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo is home to one of the largest continuous populations of chimpanzees remaining in Africa, it is crucial that this region be accorded the highest conservation priority. We recommend four lines of intervention to respond to this major and urgent threat: 1) Bring an end to the slaughter, 2) Establish formal protection for key chimpanzee populations and their habitats, 3) Begin educational campaigns via films and radio, and 4) Ensure the care of existing orphans.
http://journals.sfu.ca/afrprims/index.php/AfricanPrimates/article/view/10
10/09/2010
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Abstract: Following the invasion of the Bili-Uéré Domaine de Chasse by illegal gold miners in June 2007 and the subsequent abandonment of a long-term community conservation and research project there, the first author conducted a survey of chimpanzees and other large mammals on the south side of the Uele River, in the forests around the cities of Buta, Aketi, and Bambesa. This survey confirmed the presence of a large population of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in these forests, consistent with findings from surveys north of the Uele between 2004 and 2007. We also documented an expansion of the bushmeat trade to the south of the Uele River, linked to the artisanal diamond and gold mining industries and centered on Buta. Over an 18-month period from September 2007 to March 2009, we observed 42 chimpanzee orphans and 34 chimpanzee carcasses in markets, houses, and by the roadsides. This encounter rate of orphans and carcasses to the south of the Uele River was 20-30 times higher than that of the Bili area to the north. Interviews with local villagers and hunters indicate that there has been a major increase in bushmeat hunting, and the hunting of chimpanzees in particular, over the past 15 years. This wave of killing is currently expanding rapidly across the region. Given that the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo is home to one of the largest continuous populations of chimpanzees remaining in Africa, it is crucial that this region be accorded the highest conservation priority. We recommend four lines of intervention to respond to this major and urgent threat: 1) Bring an end to the slaughter, 2) Establish formal protection for key chimpanzee populations and their habitats, 3) Begin educational campaigns via films and radio, and 4) Ensure the care of existing orphans.
http://journals.sfu.ca/afrprims/index.php/AfricanPrimates/article/view/10
10/09/2010
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Nearly 150 orangutans remain at the Nyaru Menteng rehabilitation center in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, despite being deemed ready for release back into the wild.
The 141 orangutans are among 611 being housed in cages measuring 2-by-2 meters at Nyaru Menteng, which was founded by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation in 1999.
The BOS Foundation has already released 300 orangutans from its different rehabilitation centers in Kalimantan, but says it is running out of suitable habitat.
To qualify for release, orangutans must first enter a quarantine phase, in which they are given a health check and tested for a variety of human diseases that the species is vulnerable to, including hepatitis, tuberculosis and HIV.
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/orangutans-running-out-of-jungle/395285
08/09/2010
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Nearly 150 orangutans remain at the Nyaru Menteng rehabilitation center in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, despite being deemed ready for release back into the wild.
The 141 orangutans are among 611 being housed in cages measuring 2-by-2 meters at Nyaru Menteng, which was founded by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation in 1999.
The BOS Foundation has already released 300 orangutans from its different rehabilitation centers in Kalimantan, but says it is running out of suitable habitat.
To qualify for release, orangutans must first enter a quarantine phase, in which they are given a health check and tested for a variety of human diseases that the species is vulnerable to, including hepatitis, tuberculosis and HIV.
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/orangutans-running-out-of-jungle/395285
08/09/2010
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guardian.co.uk
An 18-month study of remote human settlements deep in the Congolese jungle warns that chimpanzees are are being subjected to a 'wave of killing' by hunters pursuing them for bushmeat.
One consequence is the continual growth in the number of 'bushmeat orphans' - those infants who are too small to be killed for meat, and are often put on the black market for sale as pets.
Pictures from the link below tell the story of just a few orphaned Eastern chimpanzees that researchers encountered
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/sep/07/orphaned-chimpanzees-congo
07/09/2010
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