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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Authorities at Ngamba Chimpanzee Sanctuary are considering vasectomy for male chimps in order to reduce their growing population following failure of various family planning methods.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are considering two options; one is vasectomy for our male chimps, but the vasectomy for animals currently is still irreversible. We know that in humans there has been successful reversible contraception that is still experimental right now, but is something that\u2019s new and we haven\u2019t tried it in Apes. That\u2019s an avenue we shall explore later because currently it would mean that if we do vasectomy in our male chimps, then they will never be able to induce conception in females which isn\u2019t necessarily ideal,\u2019\u2019 said Dr Joshua Rukundo, the Executive Director of Ngamba Chimpanzee Sanctuary during the christening of the male baby chimp, Silver at the Island on February 23.<\/p>\n

He added that whereas they would ideally want to have some chimps taken back to the wild, there are still on-going discussions about the process.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the Sanctuary may consider selective vasectomy to some of the males while putting implants in the females.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason we use contraceptives at Ngamba is because it is an island with limited space and we want to maintain space in such a way that we can comfortably accommodate the existing chimps and still be able to accept and receive the rescued. We use contraception, which is reversible, so it is good for our population and health so as to revert back to normal recycling in case we need them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that Silver is the Sanctuary\u2019s newest baby chimp who was born on June 6, 2023 to one of the oldest Chimps called Cindy. \u201cWe were all surprised to see Cindy pregnant because she\u2019s one of our female chimps who had never gone through estrus [a recurring period of sexual receptivity and fertility in many female mammals]. It was a bit of a surprise to see her getting into swelling and she conceived immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Rukundo further noted that once the female tested pregnant, they did not intervene and Silver\u2019s mother Cindy was confirmed pregnant after about two months.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found that she had removed her implant because we implant all our female chimps that are of child bearing age and we change these implants every two years. We use Norplant, which is currently also very good for humans. We insert it in the skin and it’s very effective. We have had a recent uptake increase in the number of pregnancies in Ngamba after implant failures and so far there are seven chimps born in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that they had earlier changed from a more common contraceptive, implanon used for many years, but later changed to the local one, Zadel, which is available in Uganda and cheaper.<\/p>\n

\u201cImplants on average cost 180 US dollars [about Shs 648000] per implant. While this implant was working at some sanctuaries, it appeared not to work for our Ngamba chimps to the extent that every year, we had few of our chimps conceive yet they had the implants. In some previous incidents, you would find that the females have removed the implants so we had to revert back to implanon or Nexplanon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silver was adopted and named by Ms Silja Verhoeven from Silver HR in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2023, amidst the sanctuary\u2019s silver jubilee celebrations, Ms Verhoeven bestowed the name silver upon Cindy\u2019s son. This name not only pays homage to the first three letters of her firm\u2019s name but also symbolises the era of his birth. Silver is described as a curious soul and always eager to explore his surroundings and investigate anything that catches his eyes, Ms Verhoeven said.<\/p>\n

Ngamba Sanctuary currently has 53 orphaned and rescued chimps on 100 acres of rain forest situated on Lake Victoria. The seven chimps born on the island after implant failure include: Surprise, Eazy, Temba, Bolly, Tam-tam, Rupalleria and Silver.<\/p>\n

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