PASA Siddle-Marsden Award Will Honour African Staff
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Seeking to honor Africa’s next generation of wildlife leaders, the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) today announced the creation of the PASA Siddle-Marsden Award, which will be given annually to the PASA sanctuary staff member that best exemplifies a commitment to primates, a commitment to conservation, and a commitment to excellence. Only African national staff members at PASA sanctuaries are eligible for the award, which includes a plaque and a $250 USD prize. Each PASA sanctuary may nominate one staff member. The inaugural PASA Siddle-Marsden Award will be given at the PASA 2008 Management Workshop, which will be staged April 2-4 in Sierra Leone. The PASA award is named for sanctuary pioneers David Siddle and Stella Brewer Marsden, both of whom passed away in recent months. Siddle joined with his wife, Sheila Siddle, to create the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia in 1983, while Marsden established the Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Association in Gambia nine […]
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