Mefou National Park

Mefou Park (), also known as Mefou Wildlife Sanctuary and Mfou Reserve, is a primate sanctuary in the forested area of Mfou in Cameroon. Within it, Mefou Primate Park is used as a shelter for primates that are native to Africa such as various Old World monkeys, chimpanzees and Western lowland gorillas.

History

Ape Action Africa established the sanctuary to house primates which were housed at the Mvog-Betsi Zoo at Yaoundé. Eventually, it would act to protect primates that were affected by illegal pet and bushmeat trades in the country.

In 2010, the sanctuary's director, Colonel Avi Sivan, was killed in a helicopter crash.

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See also

• Mpem and Djim National Park
• Tourism in Cameroon
• Wildlife of Cameroon

References

Further reading

• Martin Cheek, Yvette Harvey, Jean-Michel Onana (dir.), Phyllanthus kidna Challen & Petra Hoffm., in The Plants of Mefou Proposed National Park, Central Province, Cameroon: A Conservation Checklist, Kew Publishing, 2010,

External links

• Mefou Primate Sanctuary
• Mefou National Park, Yaounde, Cameroon: Primate Park (YouTube)
• Cameroon Wildlife Sanctuary and Wildlife Refuge: Mefou and Ape Action Africa
• Mefou National Park Gorilla
• Parc de la Méfou Cameroun (in the French language)