In 1974, Stella Brewer released the chimpanzees into Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park. However, after an incident with a wild community, in 1979 they relocated the survivor chimpanzees in the River Gambia National Park. In 1979, the Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Project was founded with a group of nine chimps on an island, included a chimpanzee raised as a human called Lucy. From the beginning, the chimpanzees were temporary housed in the Abuko Nature Reserve, in The Gambia, where none chimpanzee was released. Posteriorly , the primatologists Stella Brewer and Janis Carter moved to the Baboon Islands in the River Gambia National Park, located 280 km from Banjul. In the beginning, the primatologist Janis Carter was with the group. She taught the chimpanzees how to recognizes food sources and deprators . After an incident with a young male chimp, she leaves the island. In 1982, the rehabilitation center counted with 26 chimpanzees distributed in three different islands. In January 2006, founder-director Stella Brewer died at the age of 56 years old. She was buried at the Project's Camp. Janis Carter remained as Project Manager. Nowadays , there is no contact between humans and chimps. The centre is focused on four areas: education, research, eco-tourism, and development. The centre reports 100 chimpanzees living in three islands.
In 1974, Stella Brewer released the chimpanzees into Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park. However, after an incident with a wild community, in 1979 they relocated the survivor chimpanzees to the River Gambia National Park. In 1979, the Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Project was founded with a group of nine chimps on an island, including a chimpanzee raised as a human called Lucy. From the beginning, the chimpanzees were temporarily housed in the Abuko Nature Reserve, in The Gambia, where no chimpanzees were released. Later , the primatologists Stella Brewer and Janis Carter moved to the Baboon Islands in the River Gambia National Park, located 280 km from Banjul. In the beginning, the primatologist Janis Carter was with the group. She taught the chimpanzees how to recognize food sources and predators . After an incident with a young male chimp, she left the island. In 1982, the rehabilitation center counted 26 chimpanzees distributed across three different islands. In January 2006, founder-director Stella Brewer died at the age of 56. She was buried at the Project's Camp. Janis Carter remained as Project Manager. Now , there is no contact between humans and chimps. The center is focused on four areas: education, research, eco-tourism, and development. The center reports 100 chimpanzees living on three islands.
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