Chimpanzees at LWC

LWC currently cares for 50 chimpanzees. Below are a selection of them.

 
Koto

Koto Male: Approximate Date of Birth 2004
Date of arrival:
October 2005

Koto is a male chimpanzee that came to our centre in October 2005. His mother was killed by a hunter in the area of Koto. The hunter sold his .......... Read full story

Ghaa

Ghaa Male: Aproximate Date of Birth
Date of arival:
2006

Since the arrival of Ghaa at the Limbe Wildlife Centre, early in 2006, it has been an uphill struggle for both Ghaa and his carers. Initially unable to ue any of his limbs, it ........... Read full story

Gabon

Gabon Female: Approximate Date of Birth
Date of arrival: 31st December 2005

Gabon was named so because the man who brought her to the LWC told us that he had smuggled her from Gabon. He also said that he bought her in the .......... Read full story

Kopongo

Kopongo Male: Approximate Date of Birth
Date of arrival: July 2006

Kopongo was seized at Kopongo village, thanks to the NGO Last Great Ape (LAGA) who informed the Divisional Delegation for wildlife in Sanaga Maritime about the .......... Read full story

Tinto

Tinto Mbu Female: Approximate Date of Birth
Date of arrival: 31st December 2005

Tinto Mbu, like all our orphans, is named after the village where she was found. In this case.......... Read full story

Sylvia

Sylvia Female: Approximate Date of Birth
Date of arrival: January 2004

A local expatriate, who works as a pilot informed us in November of this baby chimpanzee female who was kept at a Hotel in Loum for display and ......... Read full story

Kita

Kita Female: Approximate Date of Birth 1999
Date of arrival: 2004

One of the many infant apes whose mothers/families are killed and sold on the bush-meat market. Kita was discovered when her .......... Read full story

Nanga Eboko

Nango Eboko Male: Approximate Date of Birth March 2006
Date of arrival: 19th May 2007

The chimpanzee Nanga Eboko was brought to in the LWC on the 19th of May after being confiscated from a dealer in the village Nanga Eboko, through a combined.......... Read full story Nanga Eboko

Ilor

Ilor Male: Approximate Date of Birth March 2006
Date of arrival: 5th August 2007

Ilor, who is about the same age as Nanga, has only been in the LWC
since the 5th of August. He was confiscated in the village Ilor, close to Korup National
.......... Read full story Ilor

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