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Thank you to everyone that helped make our Give Peace A Chance Benefit a success! From our guests to the volunteers, each and every one of you helped make it a magical evening that raised much needed funds for the chimpanzees of Sanaga-Yong Rescue Center! The festivities included a cocktail hour, silent and live auction, catered dinner and presentation by Dr. Sheri Speede! Many of our guests even dress 60's chic!
Thank you too to the delightful Laura Michalek, Fundraising Auctioneer! All donations raised will go directly to the care of the chimpanzees of Sanaga-Yong Rescue Center! Coming soon will be photos from the event posted to our Give Peace A Chance Event Page.
"All we are saying is give peace a chance." - John Lennon
(Friends Moabi, Bikol, Jacky, Mowgli, Simon and Njabeya, orphaned by the illegal ape meat trade, are now safe at Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center - Photo courtesy of Jacques Gillon) In the forests of Cameroon, habitat destruction and the illegal, commercial ape meat trade are driving chimpanzees rapidly toward extinction. While vulnerable populations dwindle, individual chimpanzees suffer unimaginably. The chimpanzees who die violently in the forest at the hands of poachers are not the only victims of the illegal ape meat trade. Infants who survive the hunt can be sold as pets in Cameroon or smuggled out of the country into North Africa and Asia, ultimately condemned to malnutrition, disease, loneliness and misery. In Defense of Animals-Africa is giving orphans a second chance to live with dignity and joy in the enclosed tracts of habitat forest at our Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center. We currently care for 74 chimpanzees, ranging in age from two to over fifty years. Working in collaboration with Cameroon's Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, we have rescued many of our residents while they were still infants. Others have languished years, sometimes decades, on chains or in tiny cages before we could change their lives. IDA-Africa is working to solve the root of the problem through national and international awareness and by working with Cameroon's government to support law enforcement.
Grant funding and corporate donations are an incredible part of our success. Thank you to the following foundations and corporations ~ |
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All donations to IDA-Africa are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. In Defense of Animals-Africa is a division of In Defense of Animals, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
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In a powerful PSA, Cameroon's national celebrities lend their voices to chimpanzee conservation and speak against the illegal ape meat trade. WatchHelp spread the word! |
Published in the November 2009 edition of National Geographic, this photo of Dorothy's funeral awakened the world to the emotional lives of chimpanzees. Learn more |
Experience Sanaga-Yong Center, as our Founder, Dr. Sheri Speede shares our vision and promise for the future. Watch | |
