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The eco-lodges and tree-covered footpaths of West Africa's largest chimpanzee refuge have been devoid of tourists for more ...
July 15, 2025The doors of West Africa's largest chimpanzee refuge have been closed to tourists for more than two months.:: ...
The eco-lodges and tree-covered footpaths of West Africa's largest chimpanzee refuge have been devoid of tourists for more ...
In the forests of Sierra Leone, Bala Amarasekaran has spent three decades building a sanctuary, and a life, around orphaned ...
Bala Amarasekaran has never felt that running his world-renowned sanctuary for orphaned chimpanzees in the West African ...
Bala Amarasekaran has never felt like running his world-renowned sanctuary for orphaned chimpanzees in Sierra Leone was truly work, having come to his calling only after several unexpected twists of ...
He has become something of a legend in Sierra Leone. An immigrant from Sri Lanka who arrived with his family as a teenager, Amarasekaran and his wife rescued their first chimp in 1988 on a trip ...
Bala Amarasekaran and his wife, Sharmila, spotted the baby chimpanzee tied to a tree in a village in a rural part of Sierra Leone. He was for sale. The couple bought the animal and pledged to care ...
"They took medicines that could not be replaced and sadly that led to the death of three of our chimps that needed medical attention," said Bala Amarasekaran, the director of the sanctuary hidden ...
Established by Bala Amarasekaran in 1995, Tacugama now cares for over 100 chimpanzees under the work of nearly 30 staffs in several forested enclosures. (Xinhua/Lin Xiaowei) ...
Bala Amarasekaran is often torn between his human family and what he calls his "hairy family". That is because Bala runs a sanctuary for chimpanzees in Sierra Leone and regards the chimps as his ...
The three are among the lucky few orphaned and abused chimpanzees who have survived poachers, animal trappers and 10 years of warfare, thanks to a small group of people who, at personal risk and ...