Claudine André

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| name = Claudine André

| image = Claudine André, 2012 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Claudine André at Lola ya Bonobo, Kinshasa, 2012

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|11|6}}

| birth_place = La Hestre, Hainaut, Belgium

| work_institution = Lola ya Bonobo, Kinshasa, Congo

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| known_for = Study of bonobos, conservation, animal welfare

| prizes = {{ubl|Prince Laurent Prize (Belgium),{{cite web |url=http://www.friendsofbonobos.org/sanctuary.htm |title=Friends of Bonobos website: The story of Lola ya Bonobo |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216161912/http://friendsofbonobos.org/sanctuary.htm |archivedate=16 February 2014}}|National Order of Merit (France),{{cite web|url=http://homobonoboproject.com/colleagues.php |title=Claudine Andre - Founder of Lola Ya Bonobo |publisher=The Homo Bonobo Project |date= |accessdate=1 August 2014}}|Badham-Evans Award for Women's Commitment to Wildlife (Twycross Zoo, England){{cite web |url=http://www.zandavisitor.com/newsarticle-683-Susannah_York,_Stefanie_Powers_and_Miranda_Richardson_Embrace_Zoo_Award_To_Claudine_Andr%C3%A9 |title=Zoo and Aquarium Visitor's Web Site: Susannah York, Stefanie Powers and Miranda Richardson Embrace Zoo Award To Claudine André |publisher=Zandavisitor.com |date= |accessdate=1 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327021204/http://www.zandavisitor.com/newsarticle-683-Susannah_York,_Stefanie_Powers_and_Miranda_Richardson_Embrace_Zoo_Award_To_Claudine_Andr%C3%A9 |archive-date=27 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7755921.stm |title=BBC website: Expert honoured for bonobo work - 28 November 2008 |publisher=BBC News |date=28 November 2008 |accessdate=1 August 2014}}}}

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Claudine André (born 6 November 1946), is a Belgian conservationist. She founded Lola ya bonobo in 1994, which is a bonobo sanctuary, just south of Kinshasa, at Mont Ngafula, in the Lukaya Valley, Democratic Republic of Congo.{{cite web|title=The story of Lola ya Bonobo|url=http://www.friendsofbonobos.org/sanctuary.htm|publisher=Lola ya Bonobo|accessdate=12 March 2011|archive-date=5 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605173930/http://www.friendsofbonobos.org/sanctuary.htm|url-status=dead}}

The aim of the sanctuary is to collect young bonobos, most having been orphaned due to the actions of poachers, and eventually reintroduce them into a forest reserve. During the same year, Claudine André started the Friends of Animals in the Congo, of which she is still president.