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Aped Crusader
Sheri Speede, chimpanzee champion, answers readers' questions |
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14 Oct 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Sheri Speede, director of In Defense of Animals - Africa. Besides the chimpanzees, do you house any other primates (monkeys, prosimians)? -- Shirley McGreal, Summerville, S.C. Our residents are all chimpanzees. But gorillas and many species of monkeys are also being orphaned by the bushmeat trade. Two other important organizations, Pandrillus, which runs the Limbe Wildlife Center, and the Cameroon Wildlife ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, Cameroon, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Need for Speede
Sheri Speede, chimpanzee champion, answers Grist's questions |
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10 Oct 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Sheri Speede. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm a veterinarian who directs a conservation project in Cameroon, in west-central Africa -- In Defense of Animals - Africa. At the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center in the Mbargue forest of central Cameroon, we provide sanctuary to 48 chimpanzee orphans of the bushmeat trade, ranging in age from less than two years to over 40 years. W ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, Cameroon, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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