A baby chimp rescued and a wildlife trafficker arrested

A baby chimp rescued and a wildlife trafficker arrested in the south of the country at a police checkpoint when he trafficked the animal concealed in a handbag placed inside a large plastic sack. He was also trafficking 35 kg of pangolin scales. He has been trafficking several protected species, including primates, and pangolin scales which he was getting from an organized ring of poachers in the area, across the border in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. A taxi carrying the LAGA coordinator of the operation that was on surveillance of the trafficker got into a serious accident just before the arrest. Exemplifying the EAGLE spirit, from the broken vehicle and his head covered in blood, Serge Ania’s words to the team were - "Arrest him for me!". He is recovering after hospital treatment. The one-month-old orphaned baby chimpanzee was found in a state of trauma and malnourished and immediately rushed to the Mefou National Park, where caregivers of the Ape Action Africa quickly provided the appropriate treatment and care.