I received a question about the picture of a chimpanzee above this weblog. It is Koto, who has been with us since October 2005. His mother was killed by a hunter in the area of Koto. Koto was kept in horrific conditions, tied by a rope, alone in a dirty room. He was confiscated and brought to the Limbe Wildlife Centre.

Koto is a very affectionate chimpanzee that likes to be hugged. After spending a year and a half in the infants group, he was moved to the group of young chimpanzees. From the first moment he has been doing well there. There is not as much physical contact with keepers and volunteers in this group as there was in the infants group, but Koto is playing a lot with the other chimpanzees and seems to enjoy being in the older group. He is now around three years old so he has grown a lot since the picture was taken.

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As Felix is on holiday it now my honour to keep you all up to date about the Limbe Wildlife Centre. I already received a message that says that we received donations from Lucky Press, Giuliano C., Lucia C. and Theresa S. It is really great that you are able to help us help the endangered primates of Cameroon! It is also heart warming to read the reactions to our weblog. Thank you all very much for your support.

Both gorilla Adjibolo and drill Ndokbagengue seem to be growing every day. Our volunteer Roseanna, who takes care of our baby drill, still cannot believe that Ndok’s face turned black over night. Ndok suddenly looks much older. Her arm is still in a cast, but maybe it will come off on Monday. Bolo doesn’t show any sudden changes, but she has gained more than a kilogram since she arrived here. The two of them together drink a lot of milk, but with all the donations we receive we can take care of that.

I wanted to include some recent pictures of the two, but I don’t get it to work.

Around the parrots everything is quiet at the moment. Their flight cages are in a secluded area of the LWC, where the visitors have no access. Their feathers are starting to regrow, but it will take months before they will be able to fly again. We are looking forward to that day, because we will than be able to release them back into the wild.

Simone de Vries

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