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Chimpanzeez Falero and Lounama in their outdoor facility at Tchimpounga main sanctuary.

Falero

Falero continues to lead a simple, happy life alongside the adult female Lounama. They are inseparable and Falero even hugs and protects her when he senses danger. Despite how close they are, Falero is at the stage of his life where he needs to play with other chimps his age and be mischievous. Lounama sometimes plays with him, but she tires quickly. Now that it’s the wet season in Congo, it is extremely humid and hot.  Lounama prefers to rest in the shade that the roof casts from the platform until the sun starts to drop at around 2 p.m. Falero, however, prefers to move around all day long. His energy has driven him to cause a bit of a ruckus, and his strength is much greater than it used to be. Because of his playfulness, he is gradually destroying the wooden platform in the outer facility. He’s definitely no longer a baby. The maintenance team will have to repair the platform and find a way to rebuild it so that Falero can’t break it again. 

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Ashley Sullivan is the Director of Storytelling & Marketing for Communications & Partnerships at the Jane Goodall Institute USA, where she works to connect individuals with Dr. Jane Goodall's vision, and the JGI mission to create a better world for all by protecting the interconnections between people, other animals, and the environment. Ashley graduated Stony Brook University with a Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology and a minor in Biology, and is pursuing a Master's of Science in Environmental Science & Policy at Johns Hopkins University with a focus on Environmental Justice. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, now a D.C. resident, she has a varied background including 10+ years of expert communications and digital marketing in the social and environmental non-profit sector. Her intersectional approach to this work has been shaped by a holistic world-view, having traveled to Madagascar and Ecuador for conservation research projects, leading communications for youth social justice filmmaking organizations, and as a part of several professional groups advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in environmental spaces including Greens REALIGN. With skills ranging from conservation fieldwork, policy and advocacy campaigns, strategic communications, art, digital media, and design, Ashley believes in sharing information to empower and in the magic of storytelling to transform hearts and minds. Through growing understanding, empathy, and justice, she is igniting positive change to create that better, more equitable world, every day.

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