Dear friends,
This may be the hardest email I’ve ever had to write. It’s also one of the most important.
I need to tell you the shocking story of Tita – the baby chimpanzee who was saved from a violent death by her brave mother, sister, and a heroic crew of rescuers and caregivers. Please note, this email contains graphic details and images of animal abuse.
Last month, just before Christmas, the EAGLE network in Guinea received a call about a chimpanzee in grave danger. When they arrived, they discovered a scene more gruesome than they could have imagined.
Three wild chimpanzees had been captured and tortured. Only one was still alive - a baby girl, of only about 10 months old.
The bodies of her mother and sister lay limp on the floor, where they were brutally murdered moments before.
Rescuers learned that two wildlife traffickers had tortured the chimp family, and that the mother and sister fought with everything they had to save the life of the baby chimp. The older sister, also a young chimpanzee, defended her baby sister for hours. Eventually the poachers set their dogs on the older sister, tied her up and beat her to death.
The baby chimp was alive, but just barely.
Along with witnessing the murder of her mother and sister, she suffered from an infection in her eyes and a broken arm, and her fingernails had been viciously torn out. We don’t know why or how this happened to her, and I can’t comprehend how a person could commit such atrocities. But rescuers knew they had to save her life.
The members of the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance provide lifelong homes to rescued orphans like Tita. There are over 3,000 primates in the care of our members who were saved from hunters and smugglers.
The Long Road to Recovery
The baby chimp was swiftly taken to PASA member Chimpanzee Conservation Center (CCC). The staff were incredibly relieved when she ate, drank, and showed signs of life.
They decided to name the little orphan Tita. It means “sister” in the local language, in memory of Tita’s older sister who gave her life protecting her.
Tita is deeply traumatized by being tortured and from the shock of watching her mother and sister brutally murdered. Now CCC staff is caring for her night and day, and providing her with medical treatment and nutritious food to build back her strength.
They’re doing everything possible to save her life, and every day she’s growing a little bit stronger.
But Tita is very fragile and we aren’t sure if she’ll make it.
Tita’s road to recovery will take a long time, and the costs of her extensive veterinary care will be tremendous. CCC is dedicated to doing everything they can for her, but they have limited resources. They can’t save her without you.
Please donate to give her the medical care she desperately needs.
We can’t give Tita her mother and sister back. We can’t undo the trauma she has seen and felt. But with your support, we can help Tita survive.
Her mother and sister died for her to live -- don't let them die in vain. Give now to save Tita.
Very best wishes,
Gregg Tully
Executive Director
Pan African Sanctuary Alliance
PS: You have the ability to do something amazing. Please donate today to give life-saving medical care to a little chimp who suffered through unthinkable cruelty.
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