CXLIII, No.69 dated 29 November 2012, Proclamation For the Constitution of the Western Area Peninsula National Park" (available in hardcopy only in the Government Bookshop Freetown) according to the boundaries defined by the WAPFoR Project.

[7] Despite its protected status, the reserve has suffered from continuous deforestation, predominantly due to urban encroachment and related activities, a trend only exacerbated by the civil war.

[8] A detailed deforestation study with a subsequent re-demarcation proposal has been conducted by the WAPFoR project.

The sanctuary cares for these abused, orphaned and abandoned animals and offers them a new home, and as capacity becomes stretched, also educates among Sierra Leoneans about protecting chimpanzees in the wild.

More than 2,000 local rural school children visit the 100 acres (40 ha) site every year.