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Ian Redmond - Global Great Ape Conservation
Page creator: Will Travers
Event: Flora London Marathon 2004
Event Date: 18th Apr 2004
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With my friend Gentil in Congo
About my charity : Born Free Foundation Born Free Foundation
The Born Free Foundation is a dynamic international wildlife charity working throughout the wild to save lives, stop suffering, conserve species, protect wild animals and keep wildlife in the wild.
Charity Registration No 1070906
Fundraising target:  £10,000.00
Donations so far:  £ 6,931.58
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My personal message:

Dear Ape Friends

I've promised to remove the chain from Gentil's neck - will you help me? Please sponsor my run in this April's London Marathon and help protect our great ape cousins. Using a Born Free Foundation (www.bornfree.org.uk) 'Golden Bond' place, I'm seeking sponsorship from ape-lovers everywhere.

**NEWS FLASH - carrying a gorilla placard with 'SAVE THE APES' across the top, I made the 26.2 miles in about 4 hours and 40 minutes, spurred on by enthusiastic crowds chanting 'GO APE-MAN GO' and 'WE WILL SAVE THEM'. Thank you to all who stood in the rain to support the runners - and do tell your friends it is not too late to sponsor me!

Funds raised will be divided between the Ape Alliance and Born Free ape projects great and small - from Gentil and other chimp orphans at Lwiro Sanctuary in Congo (see below), to the UN Great Apes Survival Project.

Apes are in crisis and there's no time to lose. Chimps, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans face imminent extinction due to human exploitation. We destroy their forest homes, hunt them for 'bushmeat' and steal their babies for pets.

The world must act together NOW to stop the slide to extinction. I've been hooked on great apes since working with Dian Fossey in the 1970's to protect the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. I'm determined to do everything I can to save our great ape cousins. Please help me.

To sponsor me please click the 'Sponsor me now' button and follow instructions. Thank you.
Yours, with hoots and chest beats, Ian Gentil's story: This young chimpanzee is cared for at Lwiro Primate Sanctuary in eastern DRC. He is kept permanently chained by the neck as the fledgling sanctuary has no other way to keep him from raiding neighbours' crops. Ian has made a personal promise to Gentil to get him off that chain (see pic above). Like the other primates at Lwiro, Gentil was born in a forest and cared for by his mother. But she was killed, probably for bushmeat, and Gentil was sold illegally as a pet. Luckily Congolese authorities confiscated him and brought him to the sanctuary. Now Born Free is raising money to remove Gentil's chain and build him a large enclosure. With enough funds Born Free could create a permanent forest sanctuary in DRC for all Lwiro's primates.

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Display Name Date Amount Tax Bonus  Comment
Tansy Jefferies 09/06/2004 £20.00 £5.64 HELP CONGO 
Lisa Newton 31/05/2004 £10.00 £2.82 Fantastic work - only wish more people were like you 
Baiju McCubbins 28/05/2004 £250.00 £70.51 HELP CONGO 
Debra Marinelli 27/05/2004 £50.00 n/a Help Congo 
David Johnston 24/05/2004 £50.00 n/a HELP CONGO 
Tim & Katy Aldred 19/05/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Sorry so late...hope this helps! With all that panting was there any time for hooting? 
derek flynn 17/05/2004 £20.00 £5.64  
Gabrielle Street 16/05/2004 £40.00 £11.28 HELP CONGO 
Judy Pluto 15/05/2004 £15.00 n/a HELP CONGO 
Anonymous 15/05/2004 £20.00 £5.64  
Kelly Compton 15/05/2004 £50.00 n/a Help Congo - Baiju 
Steve Garnett 10/05/2004 £100.00 £28.21 Help Congo 
Anonymous 10/05/2004 £30.00 £8.46  
Elizabeth Owen 09/05/2004 £6.00 n/a  
vassili papastavrou 06/05/2004 £50.00 £14.10 well done Ian - this includes Doug's sponsorship too 
Anonymous 05/05/2004 £20.00 £5.64  
Anonymous 05/05/2004 £25.00 £7.05  
Claire Gallier 04/05/2004 £50.00 £14.10 What a wonderful cause! 
Nathan Wyld 04/05/2004 £20.00 £5.64 "Help Congo" - Well Done Baiju !  
Louise Tate 02/05/2004 £15.00 n/a "HELP CONGO" 
Anonymous 01/05/2004 £20.00 n/a  
Shelly Dee 01/05/2004 £200.00 n/a Help Congo - this is for Baiju's run. Good going, girl! 
Judith Baird 30/04/2004 £10.00 £2.82 Wishing you all the luck in the world with your ape-saving plans. 
james stratford 29/04/2004 £50.00 £14.10 Help Congo  
Deborah Cooper 28/04/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Keep up the good work 
Anonymous 28/04/2004 £5.00 £1.41  
Sian Mills 28/04/2004 £50.00 £14.10 Well done Ian, please help undue the terrible cruelty we inflict on these beautiful creatures 
Diana Cheng 27/04/2004 £26.20 £7.39 Well Done Ian! Good Luck with the rest of the campaign. 
Anonymous 27/04/2004 £10.00 n/a  
Christine Hampton 27/04/2004 £20.00 £5.64 We need more people like you keep up the excellent work 
Christine Lambe 27/04/2004 £10.00 £2.82 keep up the fantastic work 
Sharon McWhirter 27/04/2004 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck! 
Michelle Pettifer 26/04/2004 £20.00 n/a Continue to promote this great cause until Gentil and others like him have a life worth living. 
Alastair Walker 26/04/2004 £10.00 £2.82  
Michele Pannell 26/04/2004 £10.00 n/a well done. keep up the good work!!!! 
michelle roberts 26/04/2004 £5.00 £1.41 we need far more people like you in this world 
Anonymous 26/04/2004 £20.00 £5.64  
Wendy Snowdon 26/04/2004 £10.00 £2.82  
Anonymous 26/04/2004 £20.00 £5.64  
Alison Mullan 24/04/2004 £72.00 £20.31 HELP CONGO 
Anonymous 20/04/2004 £10.00 £2.82  
Tim Redmond 20/04/2004 £100.00 £28.21  
Anne Thomas 19/04/2004 £250.00 £70.51 Hope you enjoyed the marathon...cheers 
Anonymous 19/04/2004 £20.00 £5.64  
Anonymous 19/04/2004 £10.00 n/a  
Tom Redmond 18/04/2004 £10.00 £2.82 good luck bruv 
Richard Wrangham 17/04/2004 £25.00 n/a Congratulations! Remember to quadrupedal clamber as well as knucklewalk 
Juliet Wright 17/04/2004 £10.00 n/a I really admire what you're doing and would love to one day follow in your footsteps! 
Chris Martin 16/04/2004 £50.00 £14.10 That Guinness is going to taste good when you've finished! 
Paul Appleby 16/04/2004 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck Ian! 
Carol Keys 16/04/2004 £50.00 n/a Ian, you are my hero. Thank you!  
Anonymous 16/04/2004 £10.00 £2.82  
Nathalie Nickson 16/04/2004 £10.00 £2.82 I wish I could give you more. I really hope you enjoy it and best of luck. 
Bekki Westlake 16/04/2004 £15.00 £4.23 Help Congo 
Joanna Bush 16/04/2004 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck Ian! I know you will make it. All good wishes. 
dawn febo 14/04/2004 £20.00 n/a This is for Help Congo for Baiju McCubbin. 
Peter Speakman 14/04/2004 £10.00 £2.82 Well done - have a good run for the apes! 
Clive Milam 13/04/2004 £25.00 £7.05 Good luck and keep up the good work! 
David Jay 13/04/2004 £25.00 £7.05 I'll be there to cheer you on ... for the apes ... 
Anonymous 13/04/2004 £50.00 £14.10  
Antonia Gilks 13/04/2004 £100.00 £28.21  
Kevin McCoy 12/04/2004 £110.00 n/a Help Congo 
David Burnby 11/04/2004 £50.00 £14.10 Think you should run in that old fur coat - remember? 
Deen Kokatnur 08/04/2004 £10.00 n/a Best of luck Baiju! 
Claire Wallerstein Claire Wallerstein 08/04/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Hope you make it to the finish line - even if you have to resort to knuckle walking! 
Anonymous 08/04/2004 £25.00 £7.05  
Anonymous 07/04/2004 £40.00 £11.28  
Anonymous 06/04/2004 £25.00 £7.05  
Sylvia Nolan 05/04/2004 £20.00 n/a HELP CONGO 
paula marshall 05/04/2004 £20.00 £5.64 I hope you fulfil your promise to Gentil soon 
John Fellabaum 05/04/2004 £20.00 n/a HELP CONGO Go Baiju! 
Matthew Addis 02/04/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Best of luck Ian and may your luck with injuries imporve 
sarah clayton 02/04/2004 £40.00 £11.28 we can't let the apes die without doing everything we can 
Colin Engel 01/04/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck with the rehab., whatever the sponsorship says.  
Leigh Ashworth 31/03/2004 £25.00 £7.05 HELP CONGO - Good luck Baiju! xx  
Diane Glick 30/03/2004 £50.00 n/a You are truly a compassionate and selfless human being. Gentil WILL be chain-free!! 
Ed Chessman 30/03/2004 £50.00 £14.10 Help Congo 
Dominique Mamula 29/03/2004 £20.00 n/a  
Nicola Beynon 29/03/2004 £20.00 n/a A dollar a blister 
Chritine Prowse 28/03/2004 £20.00 £5.64 HELP Congo- here's to a beaut Baiju 
Mindy Mashburn 28/03/2004 £15.00 n/a Help Congo 
Amanda Ward 27/03/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck! Such a great cause. 
Andrew Krauss 27/03/2004 £50.00 n/a Help Congo 
Wayne Duffey 26/03/2004 £20.00 n/a Help Congo - Good luck Baiju! 
Bernard Jezercak 26/03/2004 £20.00 n/a Help Congo 
Anonymous 26/03/2004 £30.00 £8.46  
richard lloyd 25/03/2004 £50.00 £14.10 Help Congo 
Lynn Southan 24/03/2004 £20.00 n/a Help Congo - Run for it Baiju!! 
Anonymous 24/03/2004 £50.00 n/a  
Diane Houston 21/03/2004 £50.00 £14.10 Help Congo 
Chris Powles 19/03/2004 £20.00 £5.64  
Judith Ressinger 18/03/2004 £26.30 n/a Help Congo 
Anonymous 18/03/2004 £50.00 £14.10  
sarah stonard 16/03/2004 £10.00 £2.82 Best of luck with the marathon and keep up the good work! 
Anonymous 16/03/2004 £50.00 n/a  
Cal Webb 15/03/2004 £100.00 n/a Help Congo 
Anonymous 15/03/2004 £26.00 £7.33  
Linda McAdams 15/03/2004 £25.00 n/a Help Congo Contribution 
Ellen Brennan 14/03/2004 £80.00 n/a Help Congo 
Anonymous 13/03/2004 £10.00 £2.82  
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