Chimpanzee Adoption

Wild chimpanzees are on the verge of extinction. In order to be able to help from Hungary as well, the Hungarian Jane Goodall Institute created a chimpanzee adoption program, to which Pannon University also joined. You can vote on Facebook which chimpanzee you like best.

The Jane Goodall Institute is trying to help the residents of the Tchimpounga reserve in Congo. The grants are used to provide food and medical care for orphaned chimpanzees living in the reserve.

Presentation of the program

Logging companies are destroying chimpanzee habitats and forests at an enormous rate. And the depopulated areas are being occupied by the people who settle there at an ever-accelerating pace. Adult chimpanzees are killed for their meat and the surviving sobbing baby chimpanzees are sold as pets or for entertainment.

What happens next to these unfortunate little orphans?

Many of them die of shock, malnutrition or injuries before they even reach their destination. Those who survive the journey are often treated cruelly; they put clothes on them and make them drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes to entertain guests of hotels or bars. Many are brought into families as pets, but when they become too strong and dangerous, people chain them or keep them in small cages. Or sometimes they simply shoot the helpless animal.

To solve this problem, the Jane Goodall Institute, together with several African governments, created shelters to help the orphaned chimpanzees with a terrible fate. In the reserves, the animals can live their happy chimpanzee life with their peers in a more or less natural environment. With their knowledge and love, the caregivers and nurses give what they can to the little orphans. If you want to adopt, you can do so by clicking here.

Source: www.janegoodall.hu