Woron was the last baby chimpanzee rescued by Tacugama before the Western chimpanzee (subspecies) was declared Sierra Leone's National Animal in 2018, becoming the first great ape in the world to be so recognized.

This segment was filmed at GLOBIO Programs Partner Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone. Visit https://globio.org/aboutglobio/where... to learn more about their amazing work rescuing, saving, and caring for chimpanzees, and their national education and conservation work.

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All footage for this video was created before the Covid19 pandemic forced new health & safety protocols. All footage was obtained through reputable, ethicallyrun wildlife sanctuaries dedicated to caring for their rescued primates and protecting their wild counterparts. Apes Like Us (under GLOBIO) and our partner programs in no way support the exploitation or trade of primates in any capacity (whether legal or illegal).

The sanctuary staff and caretakers shown in this video are experts at caring for these vulnerable, orphaned apes until they are strong enough to join larger primate families at these sanctuaries. Any human contact with these infants is for the babies' physical and mental benefit only.

Videography/Photography/Editing
Gerry Ellis

Programs Director
Meg Stark

Office Cat: Squirty

Music: Flight of the Inner Bird by Sivan Talmor
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Apes Like Us is an educational project of nonprofit GLOBIO.
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