By Natalie Blachford | Project Leader
We are thrilled to announce that Zambia Primate Project – one of the vital monkey rescue programmes YOU support – has officially joined Zambian conservation organisation Game Rangers International (GRI) as one of their Wildlife Rescue Programmes.
The Zambia Primate Project has been supported by Born Free for more than 20 years. It is devoted to the rescue, rehabilitation, release and protection of vervet monkeys and baboons who are victims of the illegal wildlife trade or injured due to human intervention.
As you know, monkeys and other primates are completely ill-suited for private ownership. Each species has complex social, physical, behavioural, and environmental needs that are not possible to meet in a captive environment. Monkeys, like all primates, have a well-developed capacity to feel pain, suffering and distress. Yet, the illegal wildlife trade and keeping of primates as pets persists.
ZPP was originally set up in 2009 as a Born Free project operating in Kafue National Park in western Zambia. Its mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and release back to the wild orphaned and injured vervet monkeys and baboons who are victims of the illegal wildlife trade, or injured due to human intervention.
ZPP has evolved into a wholly Zambian-owned and registered not-for-profit animal welfare organisation. Born Free continues to provide valuable technical input and expertise.The project has become one of the world’s most successful primate rescue projects and has given more than 750 monkeys and baboons a second chance of freedom in the wild.
We are delighted that ZPP has joined the Zambian conservation organisation Game Rangers International (GRI) as one of their Wildlife Rescue Programmes.
The mission and values of ZPP align perfectly with GRI’s Wildlife Rescue Programme – rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing wild animals injured or displaced by human activity. GRI’s holistic approach to wildlife conservation aims to help all wildlife and the communities living alongside wildlife to coexist and, ideally, benefit one another.
Thank you once again for your support. Born Free, and our partners around the world, will continue to fight to rescue monkeys and other primates from lives of abuse, thanks to you.
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