As you know, SOS Pri­ma­tes mana­ges unu­sed uni­forms and other work mate­rials that the Zoo de Bar­ce­lo­na dona­tes to wild­li­fe reco­very cen­ters. Our most recent ship­ment was sent to the Chim­funshi Wild­li­fe Orpha­na­ge Trust(CWOT), one of the oldest and lar­gest chim­pan­zee sanc­tua­ries in Zambia.

Esta­blished in 1938 by David and Shei­la Sidd­le, Chim­funshi spans 10,000 hec­ta­res of stun­ning Miom­bo wood­lands and wetlands (locally known as dam­bos) along the Upper Kafue River, home to an incre­di­ble variety of wildlife.

Yet, no spe­cies is immu­ne to the threats cau­sed by human con­sum­ption and habi­tat des­truc­tion due to increa­sing human populations.

The cen­ter currently pro­vi­des a haven for 154 chim­pan­zees and 18 Afri­can grey parrots, which have been res­cued and are reha­bi­li­ta­ted in semi-free facilities.

As with all our ship­ments, we aim to mini­mi­ze ship­ping costs; the­re­fo­re, we wor­ked a lot for this endea­vor. We start by expres­sing our gra­ti­tu­de to Miguel Ángel Val­dés from Zoo­Trans­Wild (zootranswild@gmail.com), a com­pany dedi­ca­ted to carrying safely and pro­fes­sio­nally wild ani­mals bet­ween zoo­lo­gi­cal ins­ti­tu­tions. Miguel Ángel trans­por­ted 46kg of uni­forms to the Zoo of Les Sables d’O­lon­ne in Fran­ce, whe­re they were han­ded over to its direc­tor, San­dri­ne Sihol.

Peggy Motsch, the direc­tor of CWOT, pic­ked up the uni­forms during a trip to Fran­ce and brought them to Zambia

We want to thank ever­yo­ne invol­ved for their sel­fless con­tri­bu­tions, espe­cially María Lau­ra Cor­do­net Cas­tag­ne­to, a colla­bo­ra­tor with SOS Pri­ma­tes who com­ple­ted her stu­dies at CWOT and hel­ped to organize.

In the pho­tos, CWOT staff mem­bers, such as ani­mal care­gi­vers, pre­pa­re food and feed the pri­ma­tes hou­sed at the cen­ter, the farm, secu­rity, and other workers.
To learn more about CWOT, visit their site cono­cer mejor sobre CWOT en su web

https://www.chimfunshiwildlife.org/

f you tra­vel to coun­tries with ani­mal cen­ters and wish to help, con­tact us so we can arran­ge a ship­ment during your trip.

For more infor­ma­tion about this pro­ject and how you can colla­bo­ra­te with us, wri­te to info@sosprimates.org