Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Unclaimed

A Chimpanzee sanctuary in Zambia. Home to over 120 Chimpanzees. Chimfunshi was founded in 1983 when a game ranger brought a badly wounded infant chimpanzee to the cattle ranch of David and Sheila Siddle, a British couple who had lived in along the Zambian copperbelt since the 1950s. The Siddles nursed that chimp – named "Pal" – back to health, thereby establishing a tradition of care and respect that forms the legacy of the sanctuary.Sheila and David Siddles’ spirit, compassion and dedication have successfully established the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in northern Zambia as a groundbreaking haven for over 100 chimpanzees and a variety of other injured and unwanted animals. In recognition for their service to animal welfare and conservation the Siddles have been the recipients of numerous 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.Chimfunshi Wild Life Orphanage is a non-profit organization that does not receive any government funds. Chimfunshi depends entirely on Public generosity and donations for the means to continue its work.Adopt-a-Chimp & Become a friend scheme was launched in October 1996 by The Friends of Chimfunshi as a fundraising venture to help provide financial assistance to the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage. (Please ask Sylvia Jones for further details)Did you know:Chimpanzees are actually man’s closest living relative, and are genetically more similar to human beings than they are to other apes. Both man and chimpanzees are highly intelligent social animals that rely on extended families for comfort and support. Chimpanzees live to between 40 and 60 years. Young chimpanzees reach puberty at about 12 years of age, and infants remain with their mothers for about nine years.They live in large groups of 25 or more, and female chimpanzees are attentive mothers, often doting on their offspring for the first four or five years. Chimpanzees are also efficient hunters and tool makers, and exhibit many of the same emotions once thought exclusive to humans, such as jealousy, envy, compassion, greed, sloth, avarice, and malice.Chimpanzees continue to be hunted down and poached in their hundreds each 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 w

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