The Chimpanzee Conservation Center (CCC) is the only chimpanzee sanctuary in Guinea, West Africa, and has three primary goals:
1) to protect the critically endangered wild chimpanzee populations and their habitat in Guinea through lobbying, law enforcement, education and promoting sustainable activities in surrounding communities;
2) to rescue, rehabilitate and provide a safe haven for orphaned chimpanzees; and
3) to release fully rehabilitated chimpanzees back into the wild.
The CCC rescues and rehabilitates orphaned chimpanzees confiscated by the authorities, collaborates with the authorities to protect the Parc National du Haut Niger (PNHN) and promotes environmental education of local populations to enhance chimpanzee conservation.
The CCC’s ultimate goal is to maintain a viable, self-sustaining chimpanzee population within the PNHN by ensuring long-term protection of the park, by enhancing the genetic diversity of the Pan troglodytes verus population within the park by releasing rehabilitated chimpanzees and by stimulating conservation awareness locally.
The CCC also contributes to the scientific community by collecting behavioral data to help understand and improve the rehabilitation process.
The CCC was created in 1997 and is a member of the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) and is certified by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS).
The CCC rescues and rehabilitates orphaned chimpanzees confiscated by the authorities, collaborates with the authorities to protect the Parc National du Haut Niger (PNHN) and promotes environmental education of local populations to enhance chimpanzee conservation.
The CCC’s ultimate goal is to maintain a viable, self-sustaining chimpanzee population within the PNHN by ensuring long-term protection of the park, by enhancing the genetic diversity of the Pan troglodytes verus population within the park by releasing rehabilitated chimpanzees and by stimulating conservation awareness locally.
The CCC also contributes to the scientific community by collecting behavioral data to help understand and improve the rehabilitation process.
The CCC was created in 1997 and is a member of the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) and is certified by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS).