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Meet The Bonobos

More than 70 bonobos live at Lola ya Bonobo!

After being rescued from wildlife traffickers, orphaned bonobos come to Lola for physical and psychological healing and a second chance at life.

They start off in the nursery with a surrogate human mama to care for them.
Click a photo to Meet a Bonobo!

A young bonobo sits in the grass at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in DR Congo

A young bonobo sits on the lap of a caregiver at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in DR Congo

Bonobo Matriarch Semendwa at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in DR Congo

A young bonobo sits in the grass at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary

A young bonobo eats fruit at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary

A young bonobo at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in DR Congo

A young bonobo swings from the trees at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in DR Congo

A young bonobo on the back of a caregiver at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in DR Congo

A bonobo at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in DR Congo

A young bonobo with a caregiver at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary

A young bonobo drinks from a bottle at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in DR Congo

A young bonobo at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in DR Congo

A young bonobo at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in DR Congo

A bonobo mother and baby sit in the grass at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in DR Congo

ELIKYA & MOLENDE

A baby bonobo sleeps on a caregiver at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary

A young bonobo eats sugarcane at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary

A young bonobo at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary

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