Chimp Eden

The Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden, commonly referred to as Chimp Eden, is situated within a 1,000 ha (2, 500 acres) game reserve and animal sanctuary for rescued chimpanzees, in the Umhloti Nature Reserve, near Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Opened in 2006 by founder and director Eugene Cussons, in collaboration with the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), its purpose is to provide a permanent and safe home for chimpanzees who are rescued from abusive and unfortunate circumstances from areas where these great apes are being constantly exploited by humans through the bushmeat trade, pet trade and entertainment industries. At the sanctuary, the chimpanzees are rehabilitated with the help of their care takers in being re-introduced back into chimpanzee social skills and live in a social group with others of their own kind. Chimp Eden is the only sanctuary for chimpanzees within South Africa. The rest of the reserve it is home to game animals such as giraffes, zebras etc, which are also managed and conserved by the land owners (JGI rents approximately 23 hectares of the total 1000 hectares). Chimp Eden has rescued chimpanzees from Angola, Sudan, Mozambique, Italy, Central African Republic, Ghana, and Dubai Chimp Eden is a member of the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance.

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