The Mona Foundation Primate Rescue Centre
	In Spain, WSPA and the Mona Foundation reunited a family of chimps that had spend eight years languishing in the confines of a filthy trailer. The Mona Foundation Sanctuary near Girona in North Eastern Spain, was built with the aid of WSPA.

The Tacugama Chimp Sanctuary
	Amidst the clash of civil war in one of Africa's most politically unstable countries, is a haven for rescued chimpanzees. A new life there is creating a link between these captive animals and their wild counterparts.

Bonobo Sanctuary in Congo
	WSPA has been supporting the work of member society Les Amis des Bonobos de Congo (ABC) since 1995,at their unique sanctuary called Lola ya Bonobo, in Kinshasa, Congo. Lola ya Bonobo is currently home to 26 rare and endangered orphaned bonobos, and is the world's only sanctuary for these animals, which are the most intelligent of the four Great Apes.
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Make it the last dance
	WSPA's campaign has helped to end the tradition of forcing captive bears to perform tricks for street entertainment in parts of Europe and Turkey. Sadly, hundreds of bears are still being taken from the wild and abused as 'dancing bears' in Asia. WSPA is urging governments to enforce stricter laws and has set up rescue centres for bears in six countries.
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The Kund Park Bear Sanctuary
	In June 2001, the first bear to be confiscated from a bear baiting event arrived at the sanctuary built by WSPA in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province. Rustam, a male Himalayan black bear, believed to be about 15 years old, was confiscated after he was used in a savage bear-dog fight at Khan Bela, in the south of Pakistan, the year before.
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