Unusual confiscation in an ecolodge
A 2 year-old chimpanzee and a monkey (Agile Mangabey) of the same age have been confiscated in Kinshasa. Both had been kept in atrocious conditions …
Not a pet!
4 rescues in less than 2 weeks
The last few weeks have been very busy: 4 new monkeys were rescued and brought into quarantine at J.A.C.K. All are females. They are of …
Two monkey rescues in two days!
So many monkeys are being kept in horrible onditions in and arond our city of Lubumbashi and because our sanctuary has now facilities adapted to …
Kiki & Pola – 2 rescued Malbrouck/vervet monkeys in less than a week
Last February, the Minsitry of the Environment confiscted two baby vervet monkeys kept in a bird cage on the backyard of a Chinese Casino. These …
“Kipling”, the rescued monitor lizard put back into the wild
Some time ago, Franck and Roxane were contacted to rescue a monitor lizard. The animal had indeed been bought several years ago as it was …
SEKI from pet to leader
Seki was rescued in March 2008 and he is one of our big male chimpanzees. Bought to be a pet, he was raised like a …