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The new Tassi Quarantine Camp is built! After months of planning, transporting materials and construction work, the Ozouga team can now make use of a safe, healthy and comfortable space for the mandatory 5-day quarantine before entering the main camp. This is a crucial step to improve field living standards and reduce the likelihood of disease transmission.A lot of time, effort and teamwork went into making this project happen. We would like to thank everyone involved in this project for their hard work and support. A special thank you goes to our local workers, who played an important role in the construction, and our deepest gratitude to Deutsche Postcode Lotterie for funding this project and making the new Tassi Quarantine Camp possible.


For more details, see our News post “Healthcare in Chimpanzees”




Our heartfelt thanks go to the German Postcode Lottery, whose generous support has made the construction of the new quarantine camp possible.



 
 
 

Prof. Simone Pika

04/2026



On April 1st, a new research project, supported by the Sievert Foundation, Osnabrück, Germany started at Osnabrück University, which is led by SImone Pika and aims to investigate exactly this question. To do so, quantitative data on trust in social interactions — such as grooming — will be collected among the Rekambo chimpanzees.



 
 
 

Prof. Simone Pika

12/2025




Simone Pika and Claudio Tennie, University of Tübingen, Germany spent three weeks in 12-2025-01-2026  at Ozouga to study nut-cracking behaviour in the Rekambo chimpanzees and implications for chimpanzee and human culture. This reserach trip is part of a grant supported by The Leakey Foundation titled "Can wild chimpanzees innovate nut cracking independently? Combining experimental and behavioral observations.




 
 
 

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