Mefou Park, home to Ape Action Africa recently welcomed another new resident – a one year old chimpanzee named Mac. The little chimp was discovered by the Cameroonian authorities when they raided a hunter’s camp and found him alive and probably bound for the pet trade. Mac’s mother had been killed and butchered for her meat, which was being smoked to sell in the markets when Mac was found.

The little chimp suffered a difficult three day journey on the back of a truck to reach the safety of our sanctuary and bore terrible evidence of his family’s fate – bullet wounds in his elbow, mouth, hand, foot and chest and a pellet lodged behind his ear. At the moment Mac is too weak to undergo surgery, but is slowly recovering thanks to antibiotics and round-the-clock care from our dedicated team.

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