Wildlife Rescue
Chipembele has a small rehabilitation centre for injured and orphaned animals. We are a member society of the World Society for Protection of Animals (WSPA) and all our work is authorised by ZAWA (Zambian Wildlife Authority). Human-Wildlife conflict (HWC) is increasing on the outskirts of the National Park - and this means Chipembele usually has several orphaned or injured animals to care for. Here is a gallery of the animals reared over the years by Anna and Steve. The aim is always to rehabilitate them back to the wild where they belong.
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Changa, Ebonina and Betty. October 2010
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Betty baboon asleep with Ellie squirrel.
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Baby wood owl.
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Wol almost grown up
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Tafika the orphaned elephant.
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Soongani, badly injured young civet.
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Chikowa, orphaned serval.
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Mates.
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Banded mongoose babies.
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Blossom, orphaned bushbuck with severed tendon.
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Milo scrub hare. Rescued as a baby on 16 June 2011.
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Betty Baboon in her bath. Licking her clean like Mum would wasn't an option.
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Changa. A bush baby.
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Changa the bushbaby and Ellie squirrel.
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Sophie squirrel.
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Archie and Alice the day they arrived.
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Ambassador Alice at work meeting and greeting.
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Alice, the very personable warthog
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Archie' is relocated into the park
The Interpretive and Class Rooms
Opened in 2001 our Wildlife Education Centre is the hub of our Conservation Education programmes. Young people from six local schools attend clases on rotation on Wednesdays and Saturdays. During classes at Chipembele the students have the opportunity to explore many aspects of environment and conservation. The displays include poached animal skulls, scat, footprints, seeds and much more to engage the students in lively discussions. Of note is the entire re-articulated juvenile wild dog skeleton. In context the displays spring great conversations and interest.
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Welcome
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The centre
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Who's been down to the 'waterhole?'
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in class
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Four teams seriously study
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Wildlife education!
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Lessons are fun
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Team's compete
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The library
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Chipembele Wildlife Education Centre
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Interpretive Room
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A natural history museum
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With current issues
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and displays from nature
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Inclusive of all who live in the environment
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Our skeletons died natural deaths
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Even tourists get a look in
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A fully articulated juvenile wild dog
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The puku lived for 18 months with this wire snare before succumbing
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Seeds of local trees
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Scat of local wildlife
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Whose tracks are these?
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Flights and feathers
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A line up of skulls. In front, a hippo.
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An elephant died for his tusks
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All exhibits have cultural notes
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Whose skull is this?
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Part of lessons. Identify the animals from their skulls.
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Scores are tallied...
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and the winners are...!