Watching Forest Elephants with AndreaFotogalerie: Dzanga Bai, The Republic of Central AfricaPočet obrázků: 15 |
16.11.2009 Twiggs was born in the wild in Cameroon around the year 1997. She and another female gorilla, Brighter, was smuggled across the border to Nigeria as infants to be sold as pets on the locale pet marked.
09.11.2009 When Pitchou was very small, she was brought to Hotel Ilomba in Kribi to be sold, after her mother had been killed by hunters. She stayed there for three days, until the hotel owners could no longer bare to watch her suffer. The family donated her to the LWC.
02.11.2009 Chella came to Limbe Wildlife Centre when he was only two years old. He was found in the back of a bush-taxi sitting on his dead mother. Wildlife officials confiscated him and kept him three weeks before bringing him to the Wildlife Centre.
21.09.2009 Adjibolo came to Limbe Wildlife Centre when she was only about 6 months old. She was confiscated by senior civil servant in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Adjibolo, from a hunter who tried to sell her.
We have repeatedly supported the rescue station in Limbe, published a book of gorilla fairy tales for Cameroon's children, we finance an education campaign in schools on the borders of the biosphere reservation Dja etc.
You can support our efforts by purchasing an item with the logo The Revealed at our shop, or by making a contribution to the collection account for The Revealed, acc. no. 555 555 552/0800, IBAN: CZ35 0800 0000 0005 5555 5552
SWIFT (BIC): GIBACZPX
Thank you!
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