A penny for your thoughts

Meet a wild chimpanzee called Jeje who lives in Bossou, Guinea (West Africa). I first met Jeje when he was 6 years old, and I have seen him grow into the impressive adult male he is today. Over the 20 years that I have known him, his community has decreased from 19 to only 3 individuals. Human population growth and habitat loss have isolated his group from neighbouring chimpanzees in the Nimba Mountains. Unfortunately, this is the fate facing many wild chimpanzees across Africa. Urgent conservation action is needed to safe our closest living relatives from extinction.
by Kathelijne Koops