Democratic Republic of Congo, Bukavu: Virunga National Park pilot Anthony Caere flies two rescued baby chimps to Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation center. These babies are survivors of the illegal bushmeat trade and were rescued by conservation forces. Their mothers were killed and eaten by hunters who tried to sell the babies as pets. Once at the center, the babies will be cared for like human children by keepers in a house, easing their trauma and preparing them to join the other rescued chimps in the santuary. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is one of two women currently running Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house with Itsaso and Lorena, raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is one of two women currently running Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house with Itsaso and Lorena, raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: One of the caregivers at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house and are raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: One of the caregivers at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house and are raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Caregivers Mireille Midero, 21, at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house and are raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Caregiver Mireille Midero, 21, at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering from their ordeal at the hands of poachers. Both of these young chimps live in the house and are raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is one of two women currently running Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house with Itsaso and Lorena, raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is one of two women currently running Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house with Itsaso and Lorena, raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is one of two women currently running Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house with Itsaso and Lorena, raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are strong enough and recovered sufficiently from their ordeal, they will be slowly intergrated into the groups of 90 other chimps at the sanctuary. The chimps here are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are strong enough and recovered sufficiently from their ordeal, they will be slowly intergrated into the groups of 90 other chimps at the sanctuary. The chimps here are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are strong enough and recovered sufficiently from their ordeal, they will be slowly intergrated into the groups of 90 other chimps at the sanctuary. The chimps here are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are strong enough and recovered sufficiently from their ordeal, they will be slowly intergrated into the groups of 90 other chimps at the sanctuary. The chimps here are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are strong enough and recovered sufficiently from their ordeal, they will be slowly intergrated into the groups of 90 other chimps at the sanctuary. The chimps here are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are strong enough and recovered sufficiently from their ordeal, they will be slowly intergrated into the groups of 90 other chimps at the sanctuary. The chimps here are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 26 NOVEMBER 2019: Nina Nturubika, 35, in green scrubs, is a Congolese vet working with the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Flores, in blue, is a recently employed care-giver who is learning to care for traumatized baby chimps that have been rescued. Lina has been with the center since 2014. While not practising her vetenary skills, she is seen looking after recent rescue, Mubaki, who’s name means suffering in Swahili. Mubaki was very close to death when he arrived at the sanctuary, having experienced great trauma and mistreatment at the hand of bushmeat poachers who killed his mother and wanted to sell him. Lina studied in Goma in South Kivu and was wounded in a grenade attack by M23 rebels while she was there. She recovered and is now doing the work she dreamed of. She is very tired however, looking after a baby chimp is a 24 hour experience as they require a similar amount of care to a human baby. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 26 NOVEMBER 2019: Nina Nturubika, 35, in green scrubs, is a Congolese vet working with the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Flores, in blue, is a recently employed care-giver who is learning to care for traumatized baby chimps that have been rescued. Lina has been with the center since 2014. While not practising her vetenary skills, she is seen looking after recent rescue, Mubaki, who’s name means suffering in Swahili. Mubaki was very close to death when he arrived at the sanctuary, having experienced great trauma and mistreatment at the hand of bushmeat poachers who killed his mother and wanted to sell him. Lina studied in Goma in South Kivu and was wounded in a grenade attack by M23 rebels while she was there. She recovered and is now doing the work she dreamed of. She is very tired however, looking after a baby chimp is a 24 hour experience as they require a similar amount of care to a human baby. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 26 NOVEMBER 2019: Nina Nturubika, 35, in green scrubs, is a Congolese vet working with the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Flores, in blue, is a recently employed care-giver who is learning to care for traumatized baby chimps that have been rescued. Lina has been with the center since 2014. While not practising her vetenary skills, she is seen looking after recent rescue, Mubaki, who’s name means suffering in Swahili. Mubaki was very close to death when he arrived at the sanctuary, having experienced great trauma and mistreatment at the hand of bushmeat poachers who killed his mother and wanted to sell him. Lina studied in Goma in South Kivu and was wounded in a grenade attack by M23 rebels while she was there. She recovered and is now doing the work she dreamed of. She is very tired however, looking after a baby chimp is a 24 hour experience as they require a similar amount of care to a human baby. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Flores runs after Felix, a new baby chimp arrival at Lwiro Chimpanzee center and sanctuary. In the background vet Lina looks after Mubaki and Mara. All three of these babies are recent survivors of the bushmeat trade. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Sawari is a keeper for the juvenile chimps at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She lives with the chimps and sleeps in their dormitory with them at night. Sawari was raped 3 times, experieincing horrific treatment at the hands of a Rwandan militia groups, then a Mai Mai group and finally while she was involved in treating child soldiers. She says that she is helping the chimps but they are also helping her. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. Besides Chimps, the sanctuary has many monkeys and baboons as well as parrots. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen feeding the chimps in their sleeping quarters after they have come in for the night from their large open enclosures. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo Velez del Burgo, director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary helps her keepers feed rescued chimpanzees inside their night dormitories at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. The chimps are fed with rice, fruit, vegetables and a special protein drink. They make fresh nests and sleep under cover every night and then are released into large enclosures during the day. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 28 NOVEMBER 2019: Scenes from the Gorilla and Chimpanzee room at the Center for Scientific Research into the Natural Sciences, Lwiro. This center was opened by the Belgians and has remained largely unchanged since the nineteen fifties. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 28 NOVEMBER 2019: Scenes from the Gorilla and Chimpanzee room at the Center for Scientific Research into the Natural Sciences, Lwiro. This center was opened by the Belgians and has remained largely unchanged since the nineteen fifties. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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Democratic Republic of Congo, Bukavu: Virunga National Park pilot Anthony Caere flies two rescued baby chimps to Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation center. These babies are survivors of the illegal bushmeat trade and were rescued by conservation forces.
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LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is one of two women currently running Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after bei
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is one of two women currently running Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after bei
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: One of the caregivers at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive he
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: One of the caregivers at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive he
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Caregivers Mireille Midero, 21, at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their compre
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Caregiver Mireille Midero, 21, at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering from their ordeal at the hands of poachers
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is one of two women currently running Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after bei
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is one of two women currently running Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after bei
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is one of two women currently running Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after bei
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 26 NOVEMBER 2019: Nina Nturubika, 35, in green scrubs, is a Congolese vet working with the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Flores, in blue, is a recently employed care-giver who is learning
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 26 NOVEMBER 2019: Nina Nturubika, 35, in green scrubs, is a Congolese vet working with the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Flores, in blue, is a recently employed care-giver who is learning
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 26 NOVEMBER 2019: Nina Nturubika, 35, in green scrubs, is a Congolese vet working with the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Flores, in blue, is a recently employed care-giver who is learning
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Flores runs after Felix, a new baby chimp arrival at Lwiro Chimpanzee center and sanctuary. In the background vet Lina looks after Mubaki and Mara. All three of these babies are recent s
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Sawari is a keeper for the juvenile chimps at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She lives with the chimps and sleeps in their dormitory with them at night. Sawari was raped 3
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen feeding the chimps in their sleeping quarters after they have come in for the night fr
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo Velez del Burgo, director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary helps her keepers feed rescued chimpanzees inside their night dormitories at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue cent
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after th
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after th
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after th
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after th
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after th
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after th
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 28 NOVEMBER 2019: Scenes from the Gorilla and Chimpanzee room at the Center for Scientific Research into the Natural Sciences, Lwiro. This center was opened by the Belgians and has remained largely unchan
LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 28 NOVEMBER 2019: Scenes from the Gorilla and Chimpanzee room at the Center for Scientific Research into the Natural Sciences, Lwiro. This center was opened by the Belgians and has remained largely unchan

Democratic Republic of Congo, Bukavu: Virunga National Park pilot Anthony Caere flies two rescued baby chimps to Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation center. These babies are survivors of the illegal bushmeat trade and were rescued by conservation forces. Their mothers were killed and eaten by hunters who tried to sell the babies as pets. Once at the center, the babies will be cared for like human children by keepers in a house, easing their trauma and preparing them to join the other rescued chimps in the santuary. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is one of two women currently running Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house with Itsaso and Lorena, raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is one of two women currently running Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house with Itsaso and Lorena, raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is seen with Luis Flores, a veterinarian for Gorilla Doctors and vets rom the Jane Goodall institute who are learning from Luis. They are performing health checks on Chimpanzees that have been rescued and are now in quarantine at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Itsazo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: One of the caregivers at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house and are raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: One of the caregivers at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house and are raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Caregivers Mireille Midero, 21, at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house and are raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Caregiver Mireille Midero, 21, at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering from their ordeal at the hands of poachers. Both of these young chimps live in the house and are raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is one of two women currently running Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house with Itsaso and Lorena, raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is one of two women currently running Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house with Itsaso and Lorena, raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is one of two women currently running Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen with two recently rescued baby chimps who are recovering after being anesthatized for their comprehensive health check. Both of these young chimps live in the house with Itsaso and Lorena, raised like children until they can be released into the large sanctuary cages with the other chimps. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are strong enough and recovered sufficiently from their ordeal, they will be slowly intergrated into the groups of 90 other chimps at the sanctuary. The chimps here are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are strong enough and recovered sufficiently from their ordeal, they will be slowly intergrated into the groups of 90 other chimps at the sanctuary. The chimps here are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are strong enough and recovered sufficiently from their ordeal, they will be slowly intergrated into the groups of 90 other chimps at the sanctuary. The chimps here are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are strong enough and recovered sufficiently from their ordeal, they will be slowly intergrated into the groups of 90 other chimps at the sanctuary. The chimps here are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are strong enough and recovered sufficiently from their ordeal, they will be slowly intergrated into the groups of 90 other chimps at the sanctuary. The chimps here are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued baby chimpanzees Mubaki, Felix and Mara are cared for by Itsazo, the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary, and her new caregiver Flores. When the babies are strong enough and recovered sufficiently from their ordeal, they will be slowly intergrated into the groups of 90 other chimps at the sanctuary. The chimps here are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 26 NOVEMBER 2019: Nina Nturubika, 35, in green scrubs, is a Congolese vet working with the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Flores, in blue, is a recently employed care-giver who is learning to care for traumatized baby chimps that have been rescued. Lina has been with the center since 2014. While not practising her vetenary skills, she is seen looking after recent rescue, Mubaki, who’s name means suffering in Swahili. Mubaki was very close to death when he arrived at the sanctuary, having experienced great trauma and mistreatment at the hand of bushmeat poachers who killed his mother and wanted to sell him. Lina studied in Goma in South Kivu and was wounded in a grenade attack by M23 rebels while she was there. She recovered and is now doing the work she dreamed of. She is very tired however, looking after a baby chimp is a 24 hour experience as they require a similar amount of care to a human baby. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 26 NOVEMBER 2019: Nina Nturubika, 35, in green scrubs, is a Congolese vet working with the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Flores, in blue, is a recently employed care-giver who is learning to care for traumatized baby chimps that have been rescued. Lina has been with the center since 2014. While not practising her vetenary skills, she is seen looking after recent rescue, Mubaki, who’s name means suffering in Swahili. Mubaki was very close to death when he arrived at the sanctuary, having experienced great trauma and mistreatment at the hand of bushmeat poachers who killed his mother and wanted to sell him. Lina studied in Goma in South Kivu and was wounded in a grenade attack by M23 rebels while she was there. She recovered and is now doing the work she dreamed of. She is very tired however, looking after a baby chimp is a 24 hour experience as they require a similar amount of care to a human baby. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 26 NOVEMBER 2019: Nina Nturubika, 35, in green scrubs, is a Congolese vet working with the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. Flores, in blue, is a recently employed care-giver who is learning to care for traumatized baby chimps that have been rescued. Lina has been with the center since 2014. While not practising her vetenary skills, she is seen looking after recent rescue, Mubaki, who’s name means suffering in Swahili. Mubaki was very close to death when he arrived at the sanctuary, having experienced great trauma and mistreatment at the hand of bushmeat poachers who killed his mother and wanted to sell him. Lina studied in Goma in South Kivu and was wounded in a grenade attack by M23 rebels while she was there. She recovered and is now doing the work she dreamed of. She is very tired however, looking after a baby chimp is a 24 hour experience as they require a similar amount of care to a human baby. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Flores runs after Felix, a new baby chimp arrival at Lwiro Chimpanzee center and sanctuary. In the background vet Lina looks after Mubaki and Mara. All three of these babies are recent survivors of the bushmeat trade. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Sawari is a keeper for the juvenile chimps at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She lives with the chimps and sleeps in their dormitory with them at night. Sawari was raped 3 times, experieincing horrific treatment at the hands of a Rwandan militia groups, then a Mai Mai group and finally while she was involved in treating child soldiers. She says that she is helping the chimps but they are also helping her. All 93 chimps at Lwiro are rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result, many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. Besides Chimps, the sanctuary has many monkeys and baboons as well as parrots. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo, the director at the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue and sanctuary center, introduce two new rescued baby chimps into the juvenile enclosure at the center. Itsazo is careful to introduce the new babies slowly, seperating the large juveniles first and slowly allowing the group to meet the two new arrivals. They will be closely monitored by the keepers who live with the juvenile and baby chimps 24/7 in their enclosure and at night in their night dormitory. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 22 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsaso Velez Del Burgo is the director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. She is seen feeding the chimps in their sleeping quarters after they have come in for the night from their large open enclosures. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Itsazo Velez del Burgo, director of Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary helps her keepers feed rescued chimpanzees inside their night dormitories at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. The chimps are fed with rice, fruit, vegetables and a special protein drink. They make fresh nests and sleep under cover every night and then are released into large enclosures during the day. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 25 NOVEMBER 2019: Rescued chimpanzees inside one of the large day enclosures at Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue center and sanctuary. These chimps are all rescues and come from the bushmeat trade in DRC after their mothers were killed for bushmeat. The babies are often taken for sale and sometimes for pets. As a result many of these chimps have lived lives of isolation, suffering and cruelty. The sanctuary is a place where they can learn to be chimps for the first time and interact with other chimps. They were brought to the sanctuary after being rescued either by the Congolese Conservation authority or the Lwiro staff. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 28 NOVEMBER 2019: Scenes from the Gorilla and Chimpanzee room at the Center for Scientific Research into the Natural Sciences, Lwiro. This center was opened by the Belgians and has remained largely unchanged since the nineteen fifties. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

LWIRO, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 28 NOVEMBER 2019: Scenes from the Gorilla and Chimpanzee room at the Center for Scientific Research into the Natural Sciences, Lwiro. This center was opened by the Belgians and has remained largely unchanged since the nineteen fifties. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for National Geographic Magazine.)

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