Simon This little chimpanzee is now grown – his name is Simon. Simon was confiscated from a hunter who killed his mother, and brought to the sanctuary I managed in Cameroon in 2001. The sanctuary then housed 18 chimpanzees, but currently houses over 80. All are victims of the bush meat trade in Cameroon. Mothers and other adult family members are shot and sent to the market where their meat is processed and purchased by wealthy Africans. The infants are then usually taken home by the hunters and tied up in hopes of selling them for a high price. In this case, the young chimp was confiscated by ministry of the environment officials and given to the sanctuary. Simon was extremely lucky – he had no wounds when he arrived and followed us wherever we went prior to being introduced to others his age.

Simon This little chimpanzee is now grown – his name is Simon. Simon was confiscated from a hunter who killed his mother, and brought to the sanctuary I managed in Cameroon in 2001. The sanctuary then housed 18 chimpanzees, but currently houses over 80. All are victims of the bush meat trade in Cameroon. Mothers and other adult family members are shot and sent to the market where their meat is processed and purchased by wealthy Africans. The infants are then usually taken home by the hunters and tied up in hopes of selling them for a high price. In this case, the young chimp was confiscated by ministry of the environment officials and given to the sanctuary. Simon was extremely lucky – he had no wounds when he arrived and followed us wherever we went prior to being introduced to others his age.