For the western chimpanzee, sanctuaries are more than just a last resort

Mongabay
May 26, 2020, 12:39 pm204 pts
In the 1960s, there were an estimated 1 million wild chimpanzees in West Africa. Today, there are fewer than 300,000. With habitat loss, hunting and wildlife trafficking taking their toll, chimps have now disappeared completely from four countries in the region. That makes the western chimpanzee (Pan…

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