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Guinea Sanctuary Returns Chimpanzees to Forests in West Africa in Landmark Reintroduction Project

Dummy radio tracking collars provided by the Great Ape Trust of Iowa (pictured here) prepared 15 West African chimpanzees for their permanent return to the forest from their sanctuary home in Guinea. The chimpanzees had all been rescued from poachers and illegal traders.

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PASA Grieves Over Loss of Sanctuary Pioneer Marsden

The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) and its network of primate refuges across Africa is mourning the loss of sanctuary pioneer Stella Brewer Marsden, who died January 24 following a long battle with cancer.

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CERCOPAN Returns Monkeys to Wild in Nigeria

The CERCOPAN primate sanctuary has released three Mona monkeys back to the wild in Nigeria, the first step in a reintroduction program that has taken over five years to prepare.

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IPS 2008 Education Award Honors PASA Bonobo Advocate in DR Congo

Pierrot Mbonzo of the Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of Congo has won the 2008 Charles Southwick Conservation Education Commitment Award from the International Primatological Society (IPS), the third consecutive year a PASA educator has been honored.

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Taiping Four Gorilla Becomes Surrogate Mother

Bolo, an infant gorilla that arrived at the Limbe Wildlife Center in December, has been adopted by Abbey (center), one of the original "Tiaping Four" gorillas. Tinu (right) is another female that comprised the Taiping Four.

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PASA Posters, I.D. Cards Support CITES Task Force

The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) is supplying informational posters and I.D. cards to help the newly formed CITES Great Ape Enforcement Task Force be more effective.

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PASA Adds Jane Goodall Institute-Chimpanzee Eden Sanctuary As 18th Member

The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) has admitted the Jane Goodall-Chimpanzee Eden sanctuary in South Africa as its 18th member, extending its conservation network for ednagered primates.

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The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance

The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) is the unified voice of the rehabilitation centers in Africa that care for thousands of orphaned chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, drills and other endangered primates.

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Tagugama Keeper Braves War, Illness to Win PASA Siddle-Marsden Award

The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) has honored Tacugama keeper Moses Kapia with the inaugural PASA Siddle-Marsden Award, which is given annually to the PASA sanctuary staff member that best exemplifies a commitment to primates, a commitment to conservation, and a commitment to excellence.

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Uganda Chimpanzee Keeper’s Sacrifice Earns 2008 Disney Conservation Hero Award

Ngamba Island head caregiver Stany Nyandwi (pictured here with JGI-Uganda director Debby Cox) has spent almost two decades rescuing orphaned chimpanzees. He is the second consecutive PASA nominee to earn the Disney Conservation Hero award.

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