It’s outrageous that the penalty for inhumane treatment of priceless animals like bonobo’s are so mild…. just a fine! Thank you for saving Eleke!

Really? the only penalty for capturing and torturing an endangered animal is a FINE? She should go to prison for a very long time!

But, what about his teeth? How will he survive without teeth?

Thank you for working so hard to save Eleke. He’s gorgeous. I’m looking forward to more pictures and updates on his progress, along with updates on Lo and Kata.

s.

I know you cannot pay them for them because it would only make them capture more to sell but I just get heart and physically sick at what would have happened had she not given him up to you and it saddens me to no end how many don’t make it! They always seem to come to you in such horrible/horrific state and near death, just a total tragedy beyond words for me!

Poor little Eleke. Yes, I agree, this woman should go to jail. It’s a wonder she had a soft side considering she pulled his teeth out and kept him in conditions that would create such a sick and unhealthy little animal. I’m glad he was one of the lucky ones and made it to your loving sanctuary. Please let us know how he does and please give him, Lomela and Kata a big hug from me. Lisa

Thank you for saving Eleke!!! he is just too small and weak! he will need all the attention and care from you. I´m very happy to see that you are really helping in the conservation of this little angels. Please let us know all about Eleke and Lomela and Kata, and I´m with Lisa…give them all a very big hug from me too!

I found this while I was doing some research. Interesting. Lisa http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3892581

Good find, Lisa, that _is_ an interesting story. I see no mention of armed anti-poaching patrols and that concerns me. Does this have anything to do with the land that Claudine was looking at in an earlier post? Will Lola’s bonobos be released there?

s.

Welcome to Eleke, hopefully, like precious Lomela and Kata, he will find the spirit to live at Lola…Thank you Claudine and everyone at your Sanctuary…this story, like so many others just breaks my heart…could the woman not see what physical and emotional pain this poor baby was in…sores, no teeth…truly repulsive how “humans” can behave, toward anilamls and one another.

Another horrifying display of the total disregard so many people have for these beautiful animals. Can you tell us if there is an international investigation to track down the hateful smugglers who were involved in this particular case? Please give him lots of love and thank everyone at Yola involved in his care and anyone who helped to talk that women into handing him over. He is too beautiful for words.

Oops. Typo. Too upset. Meant to say Lola, not Yola.

I have been reading about the thousands of forest set aside for them and the US and Congo initiative -I am wondering if this is the forest Claudine scouted out also? Whatever the case I am thrilled and I think this website of Lola and the San Diego Zoo have awoken the people on bonobos thank God!!

Hey y’all, it’s the final poll for the month at SearchKindly and right now Friends of Bonobos is NOT in the lead. So get voting! Get everyone you know to vote every day as often as possible. All y’all WD people gotta vote, too! Remember, you can vote every 8 hours from different browsers on the same machine.

s.

It is 2pm on the west coast and we are a distant 3rd in the polls. Please vote on different computers, call friends and get everyone you know to vote for LYB on SearchKindly!!

I’m voting as much as I can. Lisa

Hi everyone. We are only lagging by 2% SearchKindly so PLEASE VOTE!! There is still time to win this month’s charity poll. Thanks!
FYI–If we don’t pull it off this month, I can nominate LYB for Fubruary.

We are ahead by 0.5%. It is critical that everyone vote as often as possible. The voting ends tomorrow.
For anyone who doesn’t know..it is SARCHKINDLY

We are ahead by 3%. The voting ends Sunday night. Please keep voting!
Every single vote counts.

Could we please get an update on Eleke? I sure hope he has managed to avoid falling into the depression that struck Lomela. Thanks.

I hope LYB can hold on. I’ve also been voting every day. I’m so angry that they pulled out Eleke’s teeth, thankfully, he looks to be eating okay.

We were ahead by 3$ in the polls but we are now down by 1%. It is 12:20pm in California. Not sure when the voting will end but it will come down to the wire. PLEASE, for anyone who hasn’t already done so, VOTE!!!!!!

Sorry to say we lost SearchKindly this month. I have contacted Syed and asked that we be allowed to run again–I have a feeling that the search engine is becoming more popular. I’ll let you know what the time frame is.

Cathy, if at all possible, I think we’ll have better luck AFTER the holidays. People are distracted and out of town for much of December and we want to win this time!

s.

Sheryl, I agree. I don’t expect that we will be back in the running until after January. December has already been spoken for and I’m not sure that it will even be before Feb. I get the sense that the word is out and more people know about this opportunity for fundraising. The charity we lost to had their act together. When we were ahead by 3% yesterday, they had people voting all day until the poll closed. However they did it, it was impressive.

I think that’s for the best, that we wait a couple more months. Hopefully by then, Vanessa will be back from vacation and posting regularly again to draw attention to the blog. I feel bad that we couldn’t pull off the win, so I started a campaign page (see the link on the Manioc blog) for Lola.

s.

Sheryl, I must be in a fog but I just don’t see the link on the Manioc blog.
Help!

Please, please please…updates on Kata and Lomela, and Eleke…post them in French, I am sure someone can translate for the rest of us!!!

SEARCHKINDLY UPDATE. Per my last exchange with Syed, we will probably be back in the running in FEB or MARCH. I will keep you posted.