Animal traders had kept a ten - year - old in the box for two weeks . They 'd been trying to find a buyer for the chimp on lucrative black markets . traders stopped at checkpoint trying to cross into Sierra markets from Guinea . Guinea is a hub of wildlife trafficking , but crime rates are low .
Animal traders had kept terrified three-year-old in the box for two weeks . They 'd been trying to find a buyer for the chimp on lucrative black market . Men stopped at checkpoint trying to cross into Sierra Leone from Guinea . Guinea is a hub of wildlife trafficking , but prosecution rates are low .