Claudine, a 5 year-old female baby chimpanzee, used to live in the diamond mine at Gem Diamon company camp, at River Mambere bank, south west of Central African Republic (CAR), since 2008. The company found her after her mother had been killed by hunters that sell primates meat.

Claudine arrived at Jane Goodall Institute Sanctuary, in South África, on June 15 and will be in quarantine for a while. But soon she will join the 31 orphan chimpanzees who live at the sanctuary. Other three young chimpanzees who are at Central African Republic were not able to be transported to the sanctuary due to bureaucracy problems and lack of transport cages. PASA is calling everyone in order to obtain the necessary resources to rescue these three chimpanzees.

According to Doug Cress, PASA’s director, “Claudine is a very lucky chimpanzee. The reality is that hundreds or thousands of chimpanzees become orphans and are not able to be rescued. The crisis of the great primates’ hunting for food continues very intense and it is necessary to reinforce the efforts to put an end in the massacre.”

Eugene Cussons, founder of Eden Sanctuary, in South Africa, was together with Claudine during the trip and commented she was a good behavior traveler.

Dr. Pedro A Ynterian
President, GAP Project International