Help us protect chimpanzees by adopting from just £3 per month.
Chimpanzees are at very high risk of extinction in the near future, with all but one subspecies classed as endangered by the IUCN. In just six years, 14,000 chimps have been lost to the illegal wildlife trade, leaving their populations decimated and hanging in the balance.
David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation is fighting for chimp survival by combatting the challenges driving them towards extinction. Working with key partners, we’ve made it our mission to save this charismatic yet vulnerable species. And, as threats to chimps increase, animal adoption is vital in making this happen.
Adopting a chimpanzee helps support our wild chimpanzee projects and protect future generations of this wonderful species. With your support, our trained professionals can:
Kivili and a population of western chimpanzees live in Guinea’s High Niger National Park. Home to around 500 western chimps, it is one of seven top priority sites for chimpanzee conservation in West Africa.
Being omnivores, they spend much of their time feeding on a wide variety of food including; fruit, nuts, seeds, insects, and sometimes meat.
Chimps act as vital seed dispersers for Africa’s rainforests, assisting with tree germination by consuming fruits and nuts. If chimpanzees, like Kivili, go extinct, this will have dire consequences on Africa’s delicate forest ecosystems.
Chimpanzees can be found across the forests of Central Africa, where they spend most of their days in the treetops.
Kivili is lucky to live in an area where he is protected, and conservationists are working to safeguard his future, thanks to your adoption.
of the world’s wildlife has been wiped out in the last 50 years.
species of plants, insects, and mammals are at risk of extinction.
