On the eastern edge of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near Lake Kivu and the border of Rwanda, there is a primate sanctuary called Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation Center. It is home to around a hundred rescued chimpanzees, saved from poachers who typically kill the adults for meat and sell the babies as pets on the black market. When authorities are able to intercept such sales, the orphans are sent to Lwiro Primates to recover from the trauma of losing their mothers and their homes
