Over a 14-month period between September 2007 and November 2008, researcher Cleve Hicks and his Congolese assistants documented 34 chimpanzee orphans and 31 carcasses for sale in the nearby Buta – Aketi – Bambesa region (seven of the orphans have been confiscated and adopted).
从2007年七月到2008年十一月的14个月中，研究者希克斯及其刚果籍助手在附近的Buta - Aketi - Bambesa地区发现了34个猿类孤儿和31具待售的尸体（他们没收并收养了其中7个孤儿）。