PAN AFRICAN SANCTUARY ALLIANCE 2005 MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP REPORT 4-8 June 2005 Mount Kenya Safari Lodge, Nanyuki, Kenya Hosted by Pan African Sanctuary Alliance / Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary Photos provided by Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary – Sierra Leone (cover), PASA member sanctuaries, and Doug Cress. A contribution of the World Conservation Union, Species Survival Commission, Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) and Primate Specialist Group (PSG). © Copyright 2005 by CBSG IUCN encourages meetings, workshops and other fora for the consideration and analysis of issues related to conservation, and believes that reports of these meetings are most useful when broadly disseminated. The opinions and views expressed by the authors may not necessarily reflect the formal policies of IUCN, its Commissions, its Secretariat or its members. The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Prepared by participants in the PASA 2005 Management Workshop, Mount Kenya, Kenya, 4th – 8th June 2005 W. Mills, D. Cress, & N. Rosen (Editors). Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (SSC/IUCN). 2005. Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) 2005 Workshop Report. Additional copies of the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) 2005 Workshop Report can be ordered through the IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, 12101 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, MN 55124, USA. www.cbsg.org. 2 3 Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) 2005 Management Workshop Sixth Meeting 4-8 June 2005 Mount Kenya Safari Lodge, Kenya Participating Sanctuaries: CERCOPAN, Nigeria Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage, Zambia Chimpanzee Conservation Centre, Guinea Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Association, Gambia HELP Congo, Congo Limbe Wildlife Center, Cameroon Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda Pandrillus, Nigeria Projet Protection des Gorilles (PPG) Congo, Congo Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center, Cameroon Lola ya Bonobo, Democratic Republic of Congo Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Kenya Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Sierra Leone Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Centre, Congo CWAF – Cameroon PASA Supporters: International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Arcus Foundation Columbus Zoo Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) - International Kenya Airways Dewar Wildlife Trust Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund Busch Gardens Conservation Fund Zoological Society of London Kenya Wildlife Service Oakland Zoo International Primate Protection League (IPPL) WILD Foundation Sierra Club Hosted By: Pan African Sanctuary Alliance / Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary 4 Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) 2005 Workshop Report TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1: History & Executive Summary.......................................................................................................7 Table 1. PASA Operations Budget 2005 PASA 2005 Management Workshop Summary Table 2. PASA 2005 Workshop Budget Table 3. Primates in Sanctuaries in Africa Section 2: Letters of Invitation......................................................................................................................21 Agenda Participants Contact List Section 3: PASA Advisory Board Meeting ...................................................................................................33 Managers Meeting Section 4: Guest Speaker Presentations .....................................................................................................37 -Ape “Subspecies”??? A Genetic Perspective -PASA Education Workshops -Environmental Education Tools -PASA Website Project -PASA Veterinary Workshops Overview & Future Direction -PASA, GAHMU and Disease Investigation -CITES Presentation -Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP) -The Bushmeat Crisis/WSPA Review - Projet Protection des Gorilles (PPG) – Congo: Gorilla Reintroduction -CERCOPAN Reintroduction Program -CBSG Workshop/PASA Reintroduction -PASA Reintroduction Summit -The Bili Chimpanzees: Latest Developments - Chimpanzee Smuggling - DRC gorilla advertising campaign 5 Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) 2005 Workshop Report TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Section 5: PASA 2005 Veterinary Healthcare Workshop Report...............................................................123 Section 6: PASA 2005 Education Workshop Report..................................................................................167 Section 7: PASA Activities 2004-2005 .......................................................................................................189 PASA News Articles Section 8: Appendices ...............................................................................................................................199 6 Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) 2005 Workshop Report Section 1 Executive Summary 7 8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY History and Executive Summary The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) consolidated its position as a leader among the international sanctuary community in 2004-05, helping its members enjoy an unprecedented level of support and influence. Fifteen of the 16 PASA member sanctuaries attended the PASA 2005 Management Workshop in Kenya, and the mutual respect and coordination shared by the organizations is a key to PASA’s overall strength. PASA was created five years ago to unite the African sanctuaries that had emerged as a response to the deforestation, bushmeat, human encroachment and disease that was decimating wild primate populations. Begun on purely welfare grounds as many as 35 years before, some of the sanctuaries are now far beyond capacity with no let-up in sight. PASA sanctuaries have seen staggering rises in the number of orphaned chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, drills and other endangered primates since 1990, and the sanctuaries are stretched well beyond their limits. Chimpanzees, for instance, have increased at PASA sanctuaries by 59 percent since 2000, while gorillas (a 36 percent rise) and bonobos (a 300 percent rise) continue to arrive in overwhelming numbers. With that in mind, PASA placed greater emphasis over the past 12 months on conservation education and outreach, and began to work more aggressively in regions and countries where member sanctuaries do not exist to stem the tide. PASA also worked to investigate and expose illegal trade routes from West Africa to the Middle East, create a conservation advertising campaign for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, strengthen relationships with zoos in the United States, lobby South Africa for the return of four infant gorillas to Cameroon, release a French-language version of the PASA Veterinary Healthcare manual, and attend conferences and workshops in the United States, Sweden, Taiwan, Italy, Germany and South Africa, and rescue primates in need throughout Africa. PASA maintained the schedule of international workshops begun in 2002, when the annual meeting was split into three disciplines: Education, Veterinary Healthcare, and Management. The PASA 2005 Education Workshop was staged March 7-12 in Entebbe, Uganda; the PASA 2005 Veterinary Healthcare Workshop was held April 3-9 in Limbe, Cameroon; and the PASA 2005 Management Workshop was staged June 4-8 in Mount Kenya. Although PASA committed in 2004 to professionalizing its day-to-day operations, the organization remains all-volunteer. However, the addition of a business operations director strengthened PASA’s financial accountability and permitted the secretariat and other officers to focus more on issues such as fund-raising, international relations, and long-range planning. 9 PASA maintained its focus on reintroduction programs for all eligible sanctuaries, believing that reintroduction is the best way for sanctuaries to actively promote conservation in range countries. PASA’s experience and commitment to primate reintroduction makes it a leader in the field, and more than half of the members are currently engaged in some aspect of reintroduction programs. In addition, PASA will stage a Reintroduction Summit in April 2006 in The Netherlands to assess and examine all aspects of the topic, in order that future reintroduction programs will have the latest technology, experience, and resources at their disposal. PASA considered applications for membership from two organizations in South Africa – The Vervet Foundation and the CARE baboon sanctuary – but decided to table both as “Applying Members” for one more year until PASA could undergo a management review process in 2006. PASA also voted to change its name to “Pan African Sanctuary Alliance” from the former “Sanctuaries,” a decision that has more to do with good grammar than anything else. While PASA’s rapid growth is encouraging, there is little doubt that it has evolved far from its original design. In fact, PASA’s transformation through its first five years has probably been too fast, and the workload now outstrips the capacity of the volunteers and advisors who handle the day-to-day operations. That is why the PASA managers voted in Kenya to use the PASA 2006 Management Workshop as a strategic retreat, and allow the key personnel to examine all aspects of the organizations – from the mission statement right through the chain of command – in order to produce a more effective organization that best reflects the accomplishments and the aspirations of the sanctuaries in the 21st century. 10 PASA OPERATIONS