Belated addition: Tales from DRCongo

My friends Laura Darby and Adam Singh have been keeping up a blog that I've been unfortunately neglecting.  At present they've got limited net access, but there's a rich backlog telling of their work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  They've been working with orphaned chimpanzees whose mothers were often killed by hunters.  Here's the back story if you want to know more. 

Since I'm using a picture of her with a chimp, I'm throwing on the disclaimer she includes with such pictures:

Disclaimer: Chimpanzees shown here are not pets, nor should they be considered as such. Chimpanzees are wild animals that belong in the forest, and the pet trade fuels a vicious cycle of wild chimpanzee slaughter and abuse. Chimps shown here are orphans and must be taken care of in a sanctuary environment that mimics as best it can thenatural environment of chimpanzees and attempts to minimize the trauma already inflicted on the infants.

Chimpanzees do NOT make good pets. They are wild animals, unmanageable in a domestic setting, strong and willful and dangerous. For more information, please visit:

www.hsus.org/wildlife/issues_facing_wildlife/should_wild_...

Picture by Laura Darby used without permission but she's a close friend and this is to promote her blog, so I think she'll allow it.