The Aspinall Foundation works in conjunction with Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks to protect rare and endangered animals, and return them to protected areas in the wild. You can help them continue their great work and also give someone a charity gift that shows you care. You can Adopt an Animal today from just £3 per month – it’s the perfect gift for the person who has everything!
You are adopting a named animal, many of them live at either Howletts or Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent, all of them are cared for by The Aspinall Foundation. Many of these animals are rare and endangered so your gift is making a real difference to their future survival. The benefits you receive are sent via email so cutting down on paper wastage. The package includes one ticket to visit either Howletts or Port Lympne.
Moanda gives birth in the Gabon Case Study – How Your Money Helps
In August 2008 The Aspinall Foundation celebrated the 7th birth for their projects in Africa since Téké was born in 2004. The mother, Moanda is a founder member of the group in Gabon, rescued in 1998 while still only a few months old and nearly 10 years after arrival she became a mum. Moanda arrived with Lekedi who gave birth to her first baby, Okeli, in October 2007 and became part of the group led by dominant male Marco.
The team in Gabon have named this new addition Ntsege which means “plain or savannah” in the local language of Teke. Moanda showed her joy at this baby by trying to show her off to staff members however the males in the group didn’t like this and displayed to the staff.
Since the projects in Congo and Gabon were set up over 19 years ago The Aspinall Foundation have successfully reintroduced over 50 western lowland gorilla, many of these were rescued from the bush-meat trade. The charity has also returned nine young gorillas born at our wild animal parks in Kent to the Gabon, where they are learning to adapt to the challenges of living in the wild.
