In the jungle of the Democratic Republic of Congo, discovery of a sanctuary created by a young French woman dedicated to primates. Your farm is helping to relocate and preserve monkey species in this country.
Lipipi is smiling again! Wounded and orphaned, this small chimpanzee victim of poachers, lost in the jungle of the Democratic Republic of Congo, regained shape and even a family within a sanctuary created by a young French woman who left everything to devote herself to primates.
How to relocate an endangered species
She is the founder of the association P-WAC and works to preserve chimpanzees, an endangered species, and small monkeys in the heart of the Mayombe forests in central Congo. A preserved place, to offer them a life as respectful as possible to their wild state and, above all, to free them for a day in nature. But it won’t be before five years, because before being free, the animals must form a “family”…
A report by Raphaëlle Schapira and Swanny Thiébaud in “Special Envoy” on September 16, 2021.
Guest: Jean-Marc Charpentier, director of the Attilly Wood Zoo.
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