Martin was rescued by ZPP just 10 days ago. He was on sale for $100 and illegally kept since being a baby. During all his life he was only fed nshima 🌽 so it is not a surprise that Martin enjoyed trying all the different fruits, veggies and nuts given by the ZPP care team 💚

Queen 🐒, the highest female in the hierarchy of our release vervet troop in Kafue National Park, healthy and happy, enjoying a piece of corn as part of our supplementary feed protocol 🌿 📸 Caribou Siansundi/ZPP #wildlife #monkey #zambia #released

Orphans Moyo and George II, safe, under de loving and watchful eye of the ZPP Care Team, wishing you all a beautiful weekend 💚 Remember, monkeys are wild animals and it is illegal to keep, trade or kill them. Moyo and George II were victims of bushmeat in Zambia #wildlife

Tasila is a young female baboon who was confiscated by the ZPP Rescue Team the 13th of January of this year. She had been chained since baby. Tasila has finished her quarantine and she is being moved to the main baboon enclosure to start integrations 💚 Go Tasila! #wildlife

Orphan Astro enjoying her healthy breakfast after her milk. Astro was located and confiscated by the ZPP Rescue Team this January. She was a pet, illegally kept. Astro is growing under the best care, until one day she is ready to join the main vervet troop and be released in KNP

Our Infant Group of rescued orphans vervet getting used to the new milk bottle holders so all the infants can be fed at the same time, reducing little tensions between the infants and also easier for our Care Team as they only have 2 hands each 🌿🐒 #wildlife #primate #vervet

Baboon Bridget enjoying the lush green long grass in our facilities in Kafue National Park during this rainy season 🌿 All the primate rescues and the ZPP team wishes you a wonderful weekend! Stay safe, stay kind 💚

Kalumbila, George II and Moyo, growing healthy with other rescued orphans from the illegal trade in Zambia. Donate today and support the Zambian primates gofundme.com/f/help-zambian… 💚

Astro was confiscated by the ZPP Rescue Team this January in Zambia. She was only 4 months old. She had been illegally kept as pet since being a tiny baby after her mother was poached. Astro never drank milk until she was under our care and now it is her fave! 🎥 Cosmas Mumba/ZPP

Confiscated baboons Tasila & Boss start integrations in our facilities in Kafue National Park 🌿🐒 #wildlife #rehab #baboon #zambia #kafue

Over 780 Zambian primates rescued by ZPP from the illegal trade and returned to the wild 💚 Not only protecting our primates, but also our ecosystem 🌿 #WWD2022 #zambia #monekys #wildlifetrade

🚨 New Rescue 🚨 After months in illegal captivity in a Zambian rural compound in the Copperbelt, this young female has been surrendered and now safe under ZPP care #wildlifewarriors #zambia #vervet #wildliferescue

What an honor 🌟 This week we had the visit of the Department of National Parks & Wildlife vet Dr. Phiri from Mumbwa and ecologist Mr. Kaluka from Chunga North HQ at our Primate Pre-release Facilities (PTH) in Kafue National Park 🐒🇿🇲 #SavingZambianPrimates

What a difference ZPP makes! Paula was a juvenile vervet monkey chained for 2 years since being a baby, in a dark room, illegally kept, alone. ZPP rescued Paula, and after her rehab process, Paula was released this past October in Kafue National Park with our troop of vervets 💚

ROAR, a normal day at the ZPP office! Our team is so used to these encounters in Kafue National Park as we pursue with our dedicated work of protecting the Zambian primates. We love and respect all wildlife we encounter 🦛🐘🦁, a true honor for the team 📷 Cosmas Mumba/ZPP #lion

Our Infant Group in our primate pre-release facilities in #KafueNationalPark. All our orphans are healthy and growing confident & happy. The infant in the middle eating an apple is Kalumbila, the first orphan rescued of the season last October, with only 2 weeks of age #vervet

🔥This 2022, ZPP has rescued 11 primates from the illegal trade, being 37% of 2021 total rescues! A number that will significantly grow due to our Rescue Team confiscations during this 2022 until our vervet release at the end of the year. Consider supporting ZPP 💖🐒

Wild & Free 🌿🐒 Tembo and Simukoko living the life they deserve in #KafueNationalPark as part of our vervet release troop under the watchful and caring eye of our #Release Team 💚 Both victims of bushmeat in #Zambia #vervets

Good morning from John, one of the vervets of our release troop in #KafueNationalPark! John was rescued by the ZPP Rescue Team in Chingola in 2020 after all his life being tied to a tree illegally kept. Now John has his own family and he is wild and free 💚 #primate #monkey

#throwbackthursday to orphan #vervet Kalumbila learning to climb and balance under the specialized care and love of the #ZPP Care Team 🐒🌿 #zambia #primate #wildiferescue