Claudine André
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Claudine André at Lola ya Bonobo, Kinshasa, 2012 | |
| Born | 6 November 1946 La Hestre, Hainaut, Belgium |
| Known for | Study of bonobos, conservation, animal welfare |
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| Institutions | Lola ya Bonobo, Kinshasa, Congo |
Claudine André (born 6 November 1946), is a Belgian conservationist. She founded Lola ya bonobo in 1994, which is a bonobo sanctuary, just south of Kinshasa, at Mont Ngafula, in the Lukaya Valley, Democratic Republic of Congo.
The aim of the sanctuary is to collect young bonobos, most having been orphaned due to the actions of poachers, and eventually reintroduce them into a forest reserve. During the same year, Claudine André started the Friends of Animals in the Congo, of which she is still president.