Chimpanzee & Wildlife Orphan Care Project Detail
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- £899
- €1170
- $1620
Chimpanzee & Wildlife Orphan Care Project
A LITTLE EXTRA INFORMATION ABOUT THE WILDLIFE ORPHANAGE:
Live in close contact with over 100 chimpanzees and other animals in need of care and attention, including bush babies, monkeys and squirrels. Witness incredible animal relationships in the close knit chimpanzee family structure and be part of the day to day care of the orphanages inhabitants.
Live in close contact with over 100 chimpanzees and other animals in need of care and attention, including bush babies, monkeys and squirrels. Witness incredible animal relationships in the close knit chimpanzee family structure and be part of the day to day care of the orphanages inhabitants.
The Siddles' work has won them a steady stream of honors and awards, including the United Nations Environment Programme's Global 500 Award (2000), the Audi / Terra Nova nomination (2001), a special commendation from the Nedbank / mail & Guardian Green Trust Awards (2000), and the Jane Goodall Award (1995). In 2001, the Siddles were granted MBEs by Queen Elizabeth II in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
In 2002, an Education Centre was built to provide a facility to teach the youth of Zambia about ecology and wildlife conservation. It is also used by local and international students researching group behavior and ethnic studies. The Trust bears the cost of bringing groups of under privileged children to the Orphanage, while those from affluent societies are charged a moderate fee to cover expenses.
Although chimpanzee rehabilitation is the primary focus of the orphanage, other animals benefit from the care and attention received at the orphanage as well. Antelopes, baboons, monkeys, tortoises, squirrels, bush babies, dogs and birds have all been nursed back to health at the orphanage, including the biggest resident of all - Billy the hippo.
Be part of the day to day care of animals in a Wildlife Orphanage whose main focus is Chimpanzee Rehabilitation The help received from volunteers at the Orphanage is truly needed and much appreciated.
VOLUNTEER RESPONSIBILITIES
The Orphanage:
SOME CHIMPANZEE INFORMATION
The chimpanzee is the animal kingdom's closest relative to humans. In fact, chimpanzees are more similar to man than they are other apes, and research indicates that chimpanzees are over 99 percent genetically identical to humans. Baby chimpanzees, for instance, mature at roughly the same rate as humans, often staying close to their mothers until the age of eight.
Sadly, only limited legislation exists in a few nations to protect them, and it is estimated that chimpanzees and Africa's two other great apes' gorillas and bonobos' could cease to exist in the wild within the next 30-50 years.
Hunted for meat or captured for sale to foreign zoos and animal testing labs, chimpanzees are disappearing at a rate of 6,000 per year. The illegal hunting and subsequent sale of primate meat, known as "bushmeat", is a thriving commercial enterprise and is on the increase with the depletion of forests. Sadly, it is believed that the killer human viruses such as Ebola and AIDS are directly related to the consumption of this ape meat, yet the practice shows no signs of abating.
Chimpanzee babies who survive the hunting ordeal are often sold as pets, zoo animals, or circus performers, while some wind up in medical research.
VOLUNTEER RESPONSIBILITIES
The Orphanage:
- Prepare chimpanzee and monkey/ baboon food
- Feedings, and to assist feeding
- General support within the orphanage
- Animal interactions and care
- Assist orphanage manager in other duties
- Conservation work of the Wildlife Trust project land
SOME CHIMPANZEE INFORMATION
The chimpanzee is the animal kingdom's closest relative to humans. In fact, chimpanzees are more similar to man than they are other apes, and research indicates that chimpanzees are over 99 percent genetically identical to humans. Baby chimpanzees, for instance, mature at roughly the same rate as humans, often staying close to their mothers until the age of eight.
Sadly, only limited legislation exists in a few nations to protect them, and it is estimated that chimpanzees and Africa's two other great apes' gorillas and bonobos' could cease to exist in the wild within the next 30-50 years.
Hunted for meat or captured for sale to foreign zoos and animal testing labs, chimpanzees are disappearing at a rate of 6,000 per year. The illegal hunting and subsequent sale of primate meat, known as "bushmeat", is a thriving commercial enterprise and is on the increase with the depletion of forests. Sadly, it is believed that the killer human viruses such as Ebola and AIDS are directly related to the consumption of this ape meat, yet the practice shows no signs of abating.
Chimpanzee babies who survive the hunting ordeal are often sold as pets, zoo animals, or circus performers, while some wind up in medical research.
