Action is needed to save West Africa's critically endangered chimpanzees: Camera trap image of adult female chimpanzee with her offspring in fallow area in Moyamba district of Sierra Leone foraging on oranges. Tacugama Chimpanzee SanctuaryIn 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed the western African subspecies of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) as … [Read more...] about Action is needed to save West Africa’s critically endangered chimpanzees | The Conversation
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Human viruses threaten the future of Uganda’s chimpanzees | The Conversation
Human viruses threaten the future of Uganda's chimpanzees: Humans can easily transmit viruses to chimpanzees and other primates. Robin Nieuwenkamp/ShutterstockRespiratory viruses of human origin infect wild apes across Africa, sometimes lethally. In Uganda, outbreaks of viruses of human origin have been discovered in two different chimpanzee groups. Moina Spooner from The … [Read more...] about Human viruses threaten the future of Uganda’s chimpanzees | The Conversation
