Bonobos are humankind’s closest relatives, along with chimpanzees, yet most people don’t even know that bonobos exist! They live only in one country: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Bonobos were last great ape species to be discovered, and could be the first to go extinct if we do not act quickly to save them and their rainforest home
Their population, small to begin with, is fragmented and decreasing. Based on the best evidence available, bonobos now only exist in pockets throughout their original range and surveys point to a decline in their populations. At this point, no one knows how many bonobos remain. Estimates range from 5,000 to 50,000 bonobos left in the wild.
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