23-09-2022, 03:53 PM
By
Mary Papenfuss
Sep 23, 2022, 01:02 AM EDT
Three orphaned chimpanzees are being held in a heartbreaking scene for a six-figure ransom following their abduction from a sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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“You can see how terrified they are,” Franck Chantereau, the founder of the sanctuary, the J.A.C.K. Primate Rehabilitation Centre, told The Times of London.
Chantereau said in a tweet that the abductors have also threatened the life of his wife and to kidnap his children.
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https://twitter.com/i/status/1572268338516037638
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The abductors, who snatched the chimps early this month, have threatened to kill the animals, ages 2 to 5 years old, and send their heads to the center if their demands for the unspecified amount of money aren’t met.
Chantereau has vowed not to pay the ransom because he believes doing so would only encourage more abductions
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Chantereau is pessimistic about seeing the chimps again because they’re worth about US$11,000 each on the black market.
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The abducted chimps had been orphaned by the illegal traffic in wildlife, according to Chantereau, which involves the murder of baby chimps’ families.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chimps-ab...2b54036926
Mary Papenfuss
Sep 23, 2022, 01:02 AM EDT
Three orphaned chimpanzees are being held in a heartbreaking scene for a six-figure ransom following their abduction from a sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
......
“You can see how terrified they are,” Franck Chantereau, the founder of the sanctuary, the J.A.C.K. Primate Rehabilitation Centre, told The Times of London.
Chantereau said in a tweet that the abductors have also threatened the life of his wife and to kidnap his children.
......
https://twitter.com/i/status/1572268338516037638
......
The abductors, who snatched the chimps early this month, have threatened to kill the animals, ages 2 to 5 years old, and send their heads to the center if their demands for the unspecified amount of money aren’t met.
Chantereau has vowed not to pay the ransom because he believes doing so would only encourage more abductions
......
Chantereau is pessimistic about seeing the chimps again because they’re worth about US$11,000 each on the black market.
......
The abducted chimps had been orphaned by the illegal traffic in wildlife, according to Chantereau, which involves the murder of baby chimps’ families.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chimps-ab...2b54036926