Chimpanzees ill
Category: Chimpanzee, Simone de Vries, endangered species | Date: Aug 16 2009 | By: limbewildlifecentre
Yesterday was my off day, but Sofie called me to say that Banyo was taken to quarantine because she was very sick. Like several other chimpanzees, she had been coughing and sneezing for a few days. Unfortunately, Banyo has now developed a pneumonia, which can be very dangerous. She is in intensive care, on a drip and getting medication. The whole night keepers have been sitting with her to make sure she was fine and doesn’t pull out the drip.
The rainy season in Limbe has been very tough this year, which resulted four times in flooded enclosures. The combination of rain and cold is very hard on the animals and every year a lot of animals get colds. But Banyo is really very ill now. She is just lying and sleeping, breathing fast and shallow. We are all very worried, but doing what we can to help her. I will keep you all informed.
Best wishes,
Simone
Tags: chimpanzee illness
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4 Responses to “Chimpanzees ill”
Susana P (Argentina), on 16 Aug 2009
Thank you Simone for the up dating and all the care and love you are giving to Banyo.In fact she looks very ill.
Some measures should be envisaged to assure a better enclosure to chimps given the weather conditions. But for the moment just think of Banyo.
Thank you so much.
Warm regards
Susana (Argentina)
Theresa, on 16 Aug 2009
Poor girl. I will be praying she recovers soon and back with her family. My thoughts are with you all.
Christine C., on 17 Aug 2009
This seems to have been a bad year for chimps and bonobos everywhere with all these colds and flu-like problems. Poor Banyo…hopefully she will have a speedy recovery…good luck and there are a ton of good thoughts coming your way.
Annie, on 18 Aug 2009
Ah poor baby..I am saying a prayer that this girl will get strong and recover!
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