- Zimbabwe
- Harare
About Program
Gain hands-on wildlife experience with a variety of animal orphans, and assist in the rehabilitation and release process.
Work in Zimbabwe's only dedicated primate rehabilitation centre, with a mission for there to be no captive primates in Zimbabwe.
Join the sanctuary's team who have one goal in mind - the rehabilitation and release of Zimbabwe's wildlife.
Baboons and monkeys are the often-overlooked victims of the human-wildlife conflict, losing their natural habitat to over-grazing, agricultural expansion and the growth in human settlements. Their biggest predators are humans and are often treated as vermin, being shot or poisoned for eating crops and small livestock.
No animal is ever turned away from the centre, and every volunteer assists with their daily care, from Klipie the Klipsringer, Yoda and Marley the bushbabies, Kuda, Lucy and Umfazi the baboons and Peck the ostrich.
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Program Highlights
- Animal care: Work hands-on with wildlife orphans
- Help raise baby monkeys and baboons - from bottle-feeding to bush walks, all the way to reintroduction and release
- Behaviour enrichment: Go on bush walks with primates (and whichever other animals are keen to join in!), stimulating them to explore their natural habitat
- Understand the rehabilition process as it applies to all animals at the sanctuary and be part of individual animals release strategies
- Join the veterinary team when releases are carried out (usually from September to April)
Program Impact
The sanctuary was founded in 2014 when Umfazi the orphaned baby baboon was given to the team to raise. It remains the only dedicated primate rehabilitation and release facility in Zimbabwe. Since 2014, when the sanctuary was purpose-built to house primates, the centre has grown and has an open door
