Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Project
rehabilitation center in the Gambia
The Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Project (CRP) is a rehabilitation center associated with the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA), located at the River Gambia National Park (RGNP), established in 1979. It is the home of 100 chimpanzees living free in four separate groups spread in three islands.
The main mission of the rehabilitation center is the caring for chimpanzees. The center allows visits by boat to view the primates, but humans cannot have contact with them.
History
Background
Gambia’s Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Project started as an animal orphanage established in 1969 by the Director of the Gambia's Wildlife Department Eddie Brewer and his daughter Stella. From 1969 to 1974, they caretook several orphaned chimpanzees rescued from traffickers.
In 1974, Stella Brewer released the chimpanzees into Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park. However, after an incident with a wild community, in 1979 they relocated the survivor chimpanzees to the River Gambia National Park.
Foundation
In 1979, the Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Project was founded with a group of nine chimps on an island, including a chimpanzee raised as a human called Lucy. From the beginning, the chimpanzees were temporarily housed in the Abuko Nature Reserve, in The Gambia, where no chimpanzees were released.
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