Dear Friends, The Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage was founded 25 years ago in Zambia , when a wildlife ranger brought a badly injured baby chimpanzee to the cattle farm of David and Sheila Siddle. That chimpanzee – nicknamed “Pal” – recovered as a result of the Siddles’ love...
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on Thu, Nov 13 2008
Filed under: David Siddle, Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage, Sheila Siddle, Pal, Chimfunshi, In My Family Tree
I have seen many strange sights in my travels around Africa. Once in Kenya’s Aberdare Mountains, I chanced across a pure black, melanistic leopard. It melted into the mist before I could raise my camera. In the vast desert wastes that have to be traversed to get to Kenya’s Lake Turkana, we...
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on Wed, Sep 17 2008
Filed under: David Siddle, Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage, Sheila Siddle, Tony Weaver
The Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage will mark its 25th anniversary with a special logo and merchandise designed to commemorate a milestone of one of Africa’s most successful chimpanzee sanctuaries. Chimfunshi was founded in 1983 when a dying infant chimpanzee was brought to the cattle farm of David and...
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on Tue, Mar 25 2008
Filed under: David Siddle, Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage, Sheila Siddle, Pan African Sanctuary Alliance, Haley Newberg, Sylvia Jones
Seeking to honor Africa ’s next generation of wildlife leaders, the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) today announced the creation of the PASA Siddle-Marsden Award, which will be given annually to the PASA sanctuary staff member that best exemplifies a commitment to primates, a commitment to conservation...
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on Tue, Mar 4 2008
Filed under: David Siddle, PASA, Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage, Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Association in Gambia, Sheila Siddle, Stella Brewer Marsden, Pan African Sanctuary Alliance