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Brent Stirton's Image
The director of the centre sits with a newly rescued chimp as she slowly introduces it to the others.
Young chimps are given one-to-one care to ease their psychological and physical trauma. These chimps are lucky. Less than one in ten are rescued after having seen the adults in their group killed for meat. Most have experienced starvation and suffering.
Read more about Brent's time at the Lwiro Chimpanzee Rescue Centre and the volunteers who dedicate their lives to caring for the chimps.
Behind the lens
Brent Stirton
South Africa
Brent is a Senior Correspondent for Getty Images. He does most of his work for National Geographic Magazine, focusing on the intersection of humans and the environment.
Image details
- Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
- 16–35mm lens
- 1/250 sec at f5.6 • ISO 400
- Lwiro, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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