A Zambian sanctuary finds caring for chimps is a lifetime commitment

Mongabay
Dec 13, 2018, 7:42 am53 pts
COPPERBELT, Zambia — Thirty-five years ago, a game ranger in Zambia confiscated a baby chimpanzee from poachers who had smuggled it from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It was Oct. 18, 1983, when Pierre Faber took the animal to the farm owned by his in-laws, Sheila and David Siddle, and asked them to…

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