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SUBMISSION: Rafiki. I Am Not a Pet. I Am a Bushmeat Orphan. © 2021 Robin Huffman

Rafiki. I Am Not a Pet. I Am a Bushmeat Orphan. © 2021 Robin Huffman | All Rights Reserved

ENDANGERED: Fine Art & Photography Contest 2021 Submission

While volunteering at Ape Action Africa primate sanctuary, I got to hand-raise this African Palm Civet (Nandinia binotata). So young his eyes weren't even open yet, he fit in the palm of my hand. His mom had likely ended up in a stewpot. Seeming cat-like, they're related to mongooses. Rafiki and another civet were eventually released into a protected forest.

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