Before considering cub petting or volunteering in a facility that allows close interactions with cubs, pause, research and think about the consequences… Many animal lovers choose to ‘volunteer’ at cat parks and sanctuaries that are nothing but big cat breeding & cub petting facilities posing as conservation enterprises. This includes lions, tigers, cheetahs, leopards, and even jaguars in […]
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Biodiversity Extinction Rates on Steroid
Extinction is a natural process, but it’s happening at 1,000 times the normal speed When Sudan the white rhino was put down by his carers earlier this year, it confirmed the extinction of one of the savannah’s most iconic subspecies. Despite decades of effort from conservationists, including a fake Tinder profile for the animal dubbed […]
The Plight of the Great Green
The Plight of the Great Green Many species are facing rapidly declining numbers for a variety of different reasons. Habitat loss, climate change, and poaching are a few of the issues that many species are facing on a daily basis. Bringing these issues to light, working to create awareness, and educating communities to inspire change […]
Why The Habit Of Wanting To Own A Piece ...
Why the habit of wanting to own a piece of nature’s beauty needs to be broken When thinking about wildlife, what image first comes to mind? Elephants rubbing up against trees, or perhaps tigers stalking deer through the jungle? Unfortunately, humans’ love affair of wildlife is also associated with a darker side: the desire to […]
Why Men Trophy Hunt
Why Men Trophy Hunt The killing of Cecil the lion (Panthera leo) ignited enduring and increasingly global discussion about trophy hunting [1]. Yet, policy debate about its benefits and costs (e.g. [2,3]) focuses only on the hunted species and biodiversity, not the unique behaviour of hunters. Some contemporary recreational hunters from the developed world behave […]
The Rescues of Jogja
The weeks I stayed there watching the consequences that we as humans can have in an animal’s life made me think a lot about how selfish we can be, and how much more we have to learn and understand about how harmful our behavior can be. After an unforgettable experience wandering in the Sumatran jungle tracking and […]
My Profits from Trading Elephant Ivory
With 96 elephants killed by poachers every day for ivory and parts, the world needs to support Africa in curbing and eradicating the demand. It’s a slow process but a campaign of more stringent penalties for poachers and enforcing those penalties should help stop the supply. Can an international ban on ivory trade help? Or […]
The Travelling Giraffe – Protecting a Sp
Did you know that there are 9 subspecies of giraffes existing in Africa? Did you know that giraffes have become extinct in 7 African countries? Whilst traveling in January 2016 in Uganda, I had the privilege of meeting some of the UWA (Uganda Wildlife Authority) team who were part of the conservation efforts to translocate […]
Kindness for a Lost Soul…
Hard rule to follow: Always keep a safe distance between yourself and a wild animal. Always be on your guard. Respect their needed space. Don’t move fast. And please be quiet – the human species is so loud and does not grasp how disturbing and detrimental it is for an animal ([2], [3], [4]). All rules apply as […]
The Fight for Saving Hope…
People around have asked me to explain this drawing that I tweeted on May 25th. What animal is this? what is that pink and blue patch? what is this sketch about?… Who is she? First let me introduce you to Hope. She is female rhino around 4 years of age. She was poached, her horn hacked off and left for dead.She […]