DRC authorities directive triggers panic in ape sanctuaries amid ongoing battle

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DRC authorities directive triggers panic in ape sanctuaries amid ongoing battle

In January, the Congolese nationwide authority accountable for the nation’s protected areas issued a controversial directive asking its accomplice primate sanctuary to ship juvenile chimpanzees to the Kinshasa zoo for a breeding program. Critics say the five-year program deliberate on the Kinshasa and Kisangani zoos, lacks the required infrastructure and a concrete plan, elevating suspicions concerning the true intent of the chimpanzee transfers…