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Ape Action Africa offers a limited number of self-funded volunteer placements for one- to three-months in the Mefou
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1081:Environmental organizations based in Cameroon
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603:https://www.youtube.com/@ApeactionafricaOrg
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394:"Ex-IDF officer killed in Cameroon crash"
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981:Orangutan–human last common ancestor
325:. Ape Action Africa. Archived from
976:Gorilla–human last common ancestor
908:Kinshasa Declaration on Great Apes
426:. 22 November 2010. Archived from
110:Caroline McLaney – Chief Executive
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1086:Organizations established in 1996
986:Gibbon–human last common ancestor
588:"A Life in the Day: Rachel Hogan"
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1076:Nature conservation in Cameroon
918:Great Apes Survival Partnership
868:Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary
480:"Mendip Media – Bushmeat video"
456:. 29 April 2014. Archived from
372:"Letter from Chair of Trustees"
185:, Cross River gorilla, and the
1096:Wildlife sanctuaries of Africa
275:Pan African Sanctuary Alliance
273:Ape Action is a member of the
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323:"CWAF and Ape Action Africa"
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187:Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee
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873:Borneo Orangutan Survival
828:Chimpanzee genome project
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949:List of individual apes
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183:Western lowland gorilla
107:Rachel Hogan – Director
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289:Threats to primates
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760:P. pygmaeus
721:G. beringei
692:P. paniscus
654:ape species
349:"Going Ape"
265:Bristol Zoo
238:Kellan Lutz
159:chimpanzees
1060:Categories
1007:Monkey Day
997:Great apes
898:Personhood
731:G. gorilla
698:Chimpanzee
673:H. sapiens
526:2010-06-10
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309:References
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167:Great apes
152:endangered
145:non-profit
100:Key people
888:Legal and
750:P. abelii
740:Orangutan
454:Movies.ie
398:Ynet News
217:Going Ape
175:sanctuary
1045:Category
966:Bushmeat
596:Archived
294:Bushmeat
277:(PASA).
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171:Cameroon
155:gorillas
93:Cameroon
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69:Location
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261:charity
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244:History
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688:Bonobo
652:Extant
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