Learn about the chimpanzee, as well as the threats this species faces, what WWF is doing to protect its future, and how you can help. The eastern chimpanzee ranges from the Ubangi River/Congo River in Central African Republic and DRC, to western Uganda, Rwanda and western Tanzania. 2. Scientists investigated cooperation dynamics in wild chimpanzees (Tai, Ivory Coast) and bonobos (LuiKotale, DCR) using a snake model. While chimpanzees cooperate to … The Wild Chimpanzee Foundation is leading an awareness campaign with theater plays and discussion rounds around the Cavally Classified Forest in Côte d'Ivoire. This forest is home to the critically endangered western chimpanzees and in huge danger of deforestation for illegal cocoa plantations. Additional information came from 15 years of demographic and behavioural data accumulated by Jane Goodall and members of the Gombe Stream Research Centre.
The mating system of the Gombe chimpanzees is flexible and comprises three distinct mating … The old, young, sick and weak are vulnerable to some predators, though as can be an individual chimp caught off guard. chimpanzee in the forest image by Xavier MARCHANT from Fotolia.com. Chimpanzees are nearing extinction in many countries, due to deforestation and commercial hunting for bushmeat. The total population is thought to be about 21,000-55,000 individuals.

Wild Chimpanzee Foundation Director African Representation www.wildchimps.org 01 BP 1303 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire Tél: +225 23 51 99 33 . 1. Only relict populations are found in Mali, Ghana, and Senegal, and the subspecies is extinct in the wild in Gambia, Burkina Faso, Benin, and possibly Togo. WCF / FDA N’Goran Kouamé Paul, Kouakou Yao Célestin, Herbinger Ilka (WCF) ii SUMMARY A chimpanzee and elephant survey was conducted in the Sapo National Park (Liberia) from June to December 2009. Chimpanzees are relatively large, tremendously powerful animals that dwell in troops of 30 to 80 individuals. The sexual behaviour of a chimpanzee community in the Gombe National Park, Tanzania, was studied intensively for 16 months. They're thereby relatively safe in their natural African habitat of rainforest and wet savanna. In honor of humankind’s closest living relative, World Chimpanzee Day is a celebration of chimpanzees and an opportunity to raise awareness about the vital need for worldwide participation in their care, protection, and conservation in the wild and in captivity.