Gearing up 4 Gorillas

The three confiscated chimpanzee youngsters have safely arrived at the sanctuary J.A.C.K.

Thierry can be seen here trying to get them used to the crates they have to travel in. Earlier, Mavivi and Udongo stuck like glue to Thierry whilst Etaito plays happily in the background.

Thanks to PASA (Pan African Sanctuary Alliance) faustin will be staying at JACK for a while to help them settle in and to help out at J.A.C.K. who are woefully under resourced.

Huge thanks and much luck to everyone who have pulled together for the sake of these chimps. They are the lucky ones…..many more have - and will - suffer the fate of little Maiko.

Little Maiko died a few hours after yesterdays post. The vets had got his temperature back to normal but the dehydration and malnutrition was too much for him.

The other three chimps are being got ready for the trip to JACK, the chimpanzee sanctuary, where they will receive the care they need.

Maikos family would have been slaughtered so that he could be sold as a pet, and now he is dead too. Such an utterly pointless waste of life - and such suffering too.

Vets will now do an autopsy to determine exactly what caused his death.

The Congolese Wildlife Authority (ICCN) rangers have confiscated four chimps recently - all from different areas. They are now all in Goma being cared for. Three are doing well but Maiko is very, very ill and he may not make it.

Preparations are being made to fly them to the chimp sanctuary JACK further south. There are already 19 chimps being cared for there and JACK is badly under resourced. If you feel you can help, please donate via www.jack.wildlifedirect.org    Little Maiko, below, is getting all the help the vets can give him…..