Prime CREW Wildlife NPC

Prime Crew Wildlife NPC was established in 2013, but our journey began in 2011 with a young orphaned chacma baboon named Smeegal. His mother was tragically shot in a strawberry field, and we were contacted by the farm owner to collect him. Caring for Smeegal revealed the urgent need for specialized care and rehabilitation of injured and orphaned primates. What started as a single rescue soon became our life mission. We collaborated with wildlife rehab centres, learning everything we could, and eventually opened our own facility focused on giving chacma baboons and vervet monkeys a second chance at life in the wild.

Our goal is simple but powerful: to rehabilitate primates and release them back into their natural environment. We restore their health, rebuild social bonds, and prepare them for life in the wild-free and thriving, as nature intended.

We run a full rehabilitation program including rescue, medical care, socialization, troop formation, pre-release conditioning, and release into protected wilderness areas. Volunteers are vital to every stage, helping with feeding, cleaning, enrichment, and observation.

We’re proud to have released 2 troops of baboons and 3 troops of vervets. They are now living wild and free, proof of what compassion, dedication, and teamwork can achieve.