Nursery group: 8 chimpanzees from 1 ½ years old to 5 years old
Youngster group: 15 chimpanzees from 1 ½ years old to 8 years old
Bigger group: 12 chimpanzees from 8 years old to 15 years old
(Siala who was born in April 2007 is in reality the youngest chimp in the bigger group!)
Other group: Coco who is about 26 years old
Release chimpanzees:
Some chimpanzees were released without a collar. One adult female, one young male and one male can't be followed.
Nothing indicates that they aren't alive.
We are monitoring three adult males and four adult females.
New Chimpanzees In 2008:
Ama and Kirikou
Ama (female, 3 years old) and Kirikou (male, 5 years old) were dropped off at the wildlife protection
government office by a Guinean who didn't want to care for them anymore. Their captivity must have
been traumatic as
Ama has physical problems due to an imbalance of calcium/potassium and Kirikou was
really anemic and had psychological problems. Ama had her ear pierced.
They are now part of the nursery group.
The nursery males fight to have the chance to have Ama walk
with them! Kirikou still has some autistic behavior but he is good friends with Panza and this
friendship helps him with the rest of the group.
Siala
It is always difficult to insure that the adult females take their pill everyday since they live in
large electrified forest enclosure. Also, sometimes they take it (we crush it and add honey to it
and then give it in a syringe) but go away and spill it! Lola is one of the tricky ones and in
April 2008, she gave birth to a baby female. It was not a happy surprise since Lola was one of the
females who were supposed to be release in June. With her female infant to care for, we decided to
wait until the next release to let her go free, to give a chance to that baby. Siala is very
independent already and she still has clear colored eyes as when she was born. It makes her special.
Ama (female, 3 years old) and Kirikou (male, 5 years old) were dropped off at the wildlife protection
government office by a Guinean who didn't want to care for them anymore. Their captivity must have
been traumatic as 
Ama has physical problems due to an imbalance of calcium/potassium and Kirikou was
really anemic and had psychological problems. Ama had her ear pierced.
They are now part of the nursery group.
The nursery males fight to have the chance to have Ama walk
with them! Kirikou still has some autistic behavior but he is good friends with Panza and this
friendship helps him with the rest of the group.
It is always difficult to insure that the adult females take their pill everyday since they live in
large electrified forest enclosure. Also, sometimes they take it (we crush it and add honey to it
and then give it in a syringe) but go away and spill it! Lola is one of the tricky ones and in
April 2008, she gave birth to a baby female. It was not a happy surprise since Lola was one of the
females who were supposed to be release in June. With her female infant to care for, we decided to
wait until the next release to let her go free, to give a chance to that baby. Siala is very
independent already and she still has clear colored eyes as when she was born. It makes her special.
