Rita Miljo, the Founder of C.A.R.E South Africa recently featured in the Washington Post. You can read the newspaper article here, or read on for a short introduction. The Great Primate Handshake supports C.A.R.E during our South African expeditions.
Sunday, October 19, 2008; Page W1
It’s less than 24 hours since my twin-engine plane touched down on the runway in Phalaborwa, South Africa, and I am crouched on a plastic food crate in a wire mesh cage, surrounded by 17 roughly year-old orphaned baboons, known here as “the mediums.” Some of them have begun mounting my knees and shoulders, others are starting to groom my hair. Suddenly, one who goes by the name of Dennis lets out a rather high-pitched squeal, apparently inspired by some threatening gesture on my part…
