CHIMFUNSHI - a documentary

At the end of 2023, we published the illustrated, large-format paperback"CHIMFUNSHI - 40 Years Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphange" with over 40 glossychimpanzee photos, historical documents, letters and diary excerpts from Chimfunshi's moving history.

We show how the unique commitment of Sheila and David Siddle is laying the foundations for the world's largest sanctuary for chimpanzees that no longer have a natural home. We document the fates of individual chimpanzees and the threats to which our closest relatives are still exposed today. The book vividly shows how the admission of the first injured baby chimpanzee in four decades turns into a comprehensive animal protection and education project.
 

The book invites you to browse, read and discover. Anyone who is interested in Chimfunshi, supports our commitment to chimpanzees, nature and wildlife and our care for the people of Zambia will be thrilled by this book!

Number of pages: 104 pages
Language: English
Price: € 22.90 (plus shipping)

 
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Interesting & unknown facts

Which ape species especially likes to pick its nose? How do apes mourn the loss of a group member? And what is an entire ape clan doing in a thermal bath? Holger and Rolando Grumt Suárez tell us all this and much more in their book "111 Dinge über Affen die man wissen muss", which also features Chimfunshi.

With their book, the two authors present an entertaining, informative and impressive compendium about apes - illustrated with many pictures. Even younger readers can understand the book, browse through it and expand their knowledge. It offers an amazing insight into the world of apes and its remarkable unknowns.

Read & donate

We have been to agree with Emons Verlag that 4.40€ of each book purchased through us (current retail price 16.95€) will go to the Chimfunshi projects as a donation. Give yourself or others a gift!

Number of pages: 240 pages
Language: German
Price: €16.95 (plus shipping)

 
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Tales from the monkey paradise

Sheila Siddle's life changed forever one fateful day in 1983 when a local game ranger brought a badly injured baby chimpanzee to her cattle ranch in northern Zambia and asked her to do everything she could to save it. Sheila and her husband nursed the animal day and night, treating the young chimpanzee, whom they named Pal, like a child, giving him medicine and bottled milk, sharing his bed at night and carrying him on their backs until he had the strength to survive on his own.

From these humble beginnings, Sheila and David Siddle founded the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage, which is now one of the largest sanctuaries for chimpanzees and is home to more than 150 chimpanzees. But they also took in other animals and gave them a home - like Billy the hippopotamus.

"Ein Garten voller Schimpansen" is the inspiring journey of a woman who has dedicated her life to protecting chimpanzees in Africa and the chimpanzees that have become part of her family.

Number of pages: 304 pages
Language: German
Published: 2003 (only a few copies left)
Original title: In My Family Tree
Price: €16.95 (plus shipping)

 
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