“The chimpanzee has been trained to use a sharp stick to cut posho in preparation for its birthday,’’ Ms Belinda Atim, the UWEC spokesperson, told Daily Monitor yesterday.
She said the keepers would first talk to invited guests on the importance of chimp conservation while focusing on Zakayo’s history and personality.
“Zakayo will first be let out of the holding facility into the island with Acan, the youngest member of the family and later cut his cake while children invited from various schools sing for him,” said Ms Atim.
She said a few members of the public will get an opportunity to feed Zakayo with fruits while other schools would be singing chimp conservation songs and reciting poems. A quiz competition has also been organised where winners will walk away with various prizes.
Zakayo has been a protective and fatherly primate to young chimps, especially Onapa, Aluma and Shaka. He is ‘married’ to Amina and Ruth and likes spending hours resting, grooming or being groomed by one of his two wives.
If you want to track chimpanzees in the wild click these links;
- chimp trekking
- chimp trekking in Ngamba Island
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