Toto celebrated the eighth anniversary of his freedom at the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage on January 29th. It was on this day in 2003 that Animal Defenders International (ADI) seized Toto from small circus in Chile, and with that his life of living in a packing crate, smoking cigarettes, traveling across South America by truck, and [...]
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Bobby’s Wounds Test Chimpanzee’s Faith in Keepers
The early morning radio call from Stemson sounded urgent: “Bobby is badly injured!” Knowing Innocent and Sheila had already headed for town, I told Stemson to have the keepers get the other chimpanzees inside. Meanwhile, loaded with veterinary drugs and bribing materials, I headed over to the Project from the Orphanage, an eight-kilometer drive. Upon [...]
Chimfunshi Names Innocent Chitalu Mulenga as Interim Manager
The Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia has promoted Innocent Chitalu Mulenga to the position of interim manager, making him the first Zambian to oversee daily operations of the chimpanzee sanctuary since it was founded in 1983. Mulenga fills the role vacated by Tony Rauch, who resigned after almost two years in the post on July 15. [...]
Eusebio Adjusts to Old Age, Americans Repair Old Roads
Eusebio is one of the oldest chimpanzees at the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage. He came to us in 2000 from Chile, where he had lived alone for years at a zoo in Santiago, and he was 24 years of age when he arrived. His release had been leveraged by Carlos and Elba Munoz, founders of the [...]
Chimfunshi Founder to Speak in U.S. in May
Sheila Siddle, whose fateful decision to save a badly injured chimpanzee in 1983 led to the creation of the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia, will conduct a brief speaking tour in the United States in May. Siddle, 78, will appear at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago on May 15, then make subsequent appearances at [...]
Chimfunshi Favorite Gets Indoor-Outdoor Enclosure
An adult male chimpanzee that had been kept indoors for almost a decade because of persistent escapes is now able to roam more freely thanks to a covered enclosure that is in place at the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia. Sandy is one of the most popular and beguiling of the 126 chimpanzees at Chimfunshi, [...]
