‘The legal and illegal trade are inseparable’: The drain of Africa’s chimpanzees for foreign zoos

LOUISE BOYLE: Chimpanzees are being illegally shipped out of Africa to foreign zoos under the guise of the legal wildlife trade, according to conservation groups… Chimps are an endangered species with only around 200,000 left in the wild. Their numbers are projected to decline by 80 per cent by 2050, according to the Jane Goodall … Continue reading ‘The legal and illegal trade are inseparable’: The drain of Africa’s chimpanzees for foreign zoos