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claudine - september 2012 . andré at lola ya bonobo , kinshasa , lola ya bonobo la hestre , hainaut , belgium kinshasa , democratic republic of congo , 6 november 1946 study of bonobos , conservation , animal welfare prince of merit -lrb- france -rrb- , badham-evans award for women laurent 's commitment to wildlife -lrb- twycross zoo , england -rrb- prize -lrb- belgium -rrb- , national order claudine andré 2012 by francis hannaway.jpg claudine andré
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claudine andré

claudine andré , -lrb- born 6 november 1946 in la hestre , hainaut province , belgium -rrb- , is a belgian conservationist .
she founded lola ya bonobo in 1994 , which is a bonobo sanctuary , just south of kinshasa , at mont ngafula , in the lukaya valley , democratic republic of congo .
the aim of the sanctuary is to collect young bonobos , most having been orphaned due to the actions of poachers , and eventually reintroduce them into a forest reserve .
during the same year , claudine andré started the friends of animals in the congo , of which she is still president .
