Mefou National Park
| Mefou Park | |
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| French: Parc de la Méfou Mefou Wildlife Sanctuary Mfou Reserve | |
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| Location | Méfou-et-Afamba, Centre Region, Cameroon |
| Nearest town | Mfou |
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Mefou Park (French: Parc de la Méfou), also known as Mefou Wildlife Sanctuary and Mfou Reserve, is a primate sanctuary in the forested area of Mfou in Cameroon. Within it, Mefou Primate Park[1] is used as a shelter for primates that are native to Africa such as various Old World monkeys, chimpanzees and Western lowland gorillas.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]Ape Action Africa established the sanctuary to house primates which were housed at the Mvog-Betsi Zoo at Yaoundé. Eventually, it would act to protect primates that were affected by illegal pet and bushmeat trades in the country.[2]
In 2010, the sanctuary's director, Colonel Avi Sivan, was killed in a helicopter crash.[3]
Gallery
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Mandril
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Adult Mandril
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Adult gorilla with silverback
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Female gorilla
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Entrance to the park
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Trees at the park
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Confined Chimpanzees at Mefou
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Adult female Gorilla
See also
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Martin Cheek, Yvette Harvey, Jean-Michel Onana (dir.), Phyllanthus kidna Challen & Petra Hoffm., in The Plants of Mefou Proposed National Park, Central Province, Cameroon: A Conservation Checklist, Kew Publishing, 2010, p. 92 ; 151 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Mefou Primate Sanctuary
- Mefou National Park, Yaounde, Cameroon: Primate Park (YouTube)
- Cameroon Wildlife Sanctuary and Wildlife Refuge: Mefou and Ape Action Africa
- Mefou National Park Gorilla
- Parc de la Méfou Cameroun (in the French language)
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