Female chimp Pasa, is photographed eating leaves in the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Lake Victoria, Uganda. Pasa, who has been on Ngamba Island since 2000, was surrendered to UWEC by a man from Arua who realized that he had broken the law by buying the infant chimp from a Congolese trader two weeks earlier. Pasa was named after the 'Pan African Sanctuary Alliance' which was formed during a workshop held in Entebbe at the time of her confiscation. This Alliance is working together to try and stop the root cause of the chimpanzee-orphan-crisis (bush meat trade and habitat destruction) She was approximately 6 months old on arrival so she needed 24- hour human care until she was strong enough to join the juvenile group on Ngamba. Pasa is now very settled but she still enjoys contact with her human caregivers, especially during the walk in the forest. 03/15 Julia Cumes/IFAW
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