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| WHAT CAN YOU DO to help
a situation that is occurring thousands of miles away
from where you are right now?
Here are some ways in which individuals have answered
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Two
enterprising Montreal girls found a “sweet”
way to raise funds while raising awareness of
the plight of gorillas.
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A fiction
author in Alberta has loaded his second novel, Monkeywrench,
with factual information about the endangered bonobo
and encourages donations to the Canadian Ape Alliance
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Hearing
that an environmental school in DR Congo had few
books and no electricity, a Toronto woman sent them
a Viewmaster and 7 National Geographic photo cassettes,
including Animals of the Wild and Endangered Species,
so students could see pictures of animals they were
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| WHAT CAN YOU
DO?
GET INFORMED and help inform others.
Learn about the Bushmeat
Crisis. Order the Bushmeat
DVD and show it to a group, or donate it to a local
school.
GIVE to the Canadian
Ape Alliance Great Ape Fund. Donations are tax deductible
and since we are a volunteer organization all monies
raised go directly to our programs in Africa and North
America.
 BUY
A CARVING These original
carvings of gorillas are produced as part of an
alternative livelihood program, providing former poachers
with a better way to earn an income. Proceeds go back
in to the program to help more hunters leave the forests.
DONATE AIR MILES to the Canadian Ape
Alliance. You can cash
in your Air Miles for gift cards at Staples/Business
Depot and send the gift cards to us. We will use them
to purchase much needed printing and office supplies.
DONATE FREQUENT FLYER MILES It is
extremely expensive to fly to the Congo, but it is also
vitally important that we visit our programs at least
once a year. Our representatives travel at their own
expense and so are limited in the number of times they
are able to go. If your frequent flyer miles are transferable,
consider donating them to a Canadian Ape Alliance representative
for travel to the eastern Congo.
RECYCLE YOUR CELL PHONE Cellphone
production requires coltan, a metallic ore found almost
exclusively in endangered gorilla and elephant habitats
in eastern DR Congo. Recycling your phone reduces pressure
on these animals. Find a recycling outlet near you or
send your phone (working or not) to us at 199 Pearson
Ave. Toronto ON M6R 1G6. For each phone we collect,
$1 goes to gorilla conservation through the Toronto
Zoo Green Fund.
RAISE YOUR VOICE of concern about
this crisis. Encourage the media to increase its coverage
of threats to great ape populations. Start by getting
your local newspaper, radio or television station to
cover the bushmeat crisis. Contact us at
info@great-apes.com
for assistance with a media campaign.
JOIN an organization such as the Canadian Ape Alliance
that is working on these issues and help in their volunteer
efforts.
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