Spreading Awareness
Due to Bobo’s rise to internet fame, more people are now aware of the suffering these animals are in as well as the nonprofit organizations that are working tirelessly to protect Cameroon’s natural heritage. They do important work. One of the other main threats to the long-term survival of Cameroon’s primates, besides the bushmeat trade, is habitat loss. Tropical rainforest covers more than 20 million hectares in Cameroon, but due to illegal logging and poaching, it is rapidly vanishing. But not all is lost…