IDA In Defense of Animals
Africa
June 2017
The tiny one-year-old had been hit in the face by shotgun pellets and
suffered a painful broken jaw and gaping hole in the roof of her mouth.
After several surgeries, Margot recovered, but as a result of the terrible
early injury, her bite is off on the right side. She must place food
carefully on the left side where she can chew it well. Despite her
difficulties, Margot is now seven years old, one of Sanaga-Yong's sweetest
chimpanzees.
Seven-year-old Margot was confiscated during the arrest of her captor in
February of 2011. The tiny one-year-old had been hit in the face by shotgun
pellets and suffered a painful broken jaw and gaping hole in the roof of her
mouth.
After several surgeries, Margot recovered, but as a result of the terrible
early injury, her bite is off on the right side. She must place food
carefully on the left side where she can chew it well. Despite her
difficulties, Margot is one of Sanaga-Yong's sweetest chimpanzees. She lives
in a social group of nine, plays a lot, laughs easily, and is always ready
with a hug for a distressed friend.
Like Sanaga-Yong's 72 other residents, Margot was orphaned by poachers
supplying the illegal bushmeat and live infant trades. By providing
permanent sanctuary for confiscated orphans as well as information and
necessary technical assistance to authorities, In Defense of Animals -
Africa’s Sanaga Yong Chimpanzee Rescue provides an essential component for
law enforcement. Without a sanctuary for confiscated orphans there can be no
arrests, prosecutions or convictions of illegal traffickers.
You can make a difference for chimpanzees like Margot! Please donate now so
we may continue our life-saving work.
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