A New Life For Bonobos

March 15, 2013

A New Life For Bonobos

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Bonobos are the lesser known cousins of chimpanzees and also a target of people who kill and sell them as bushmeat. Producer Phoebe Judge talks to Claudine Andre of the Democratic Republic of Congo, who helped establish a sanctuary, Lola ya Bonobo, for these animals in the midst of war, and still works with the sanctuary today.

Music:

"Yuki! Yuki! Yuki!" by Anathallo

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Animals

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