12 August 2020 is World Elephant Day
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IFAW have launched a 72 Hour Challenge to help stop the slaughter of elephants and protect animals around the world. Elephants love sweet, crunchy pumpkins – and if they spot a patch of them, they will eat them. They may even lead their family to share them
Sadly, these pumpkins can be laced with deadly cyanide – and that’s done by poachers. Parks are empty of tourists and budgets for patrols have decreased or stopped altogether so elephants are very exposed to poaching threats. The lack of tourists, reduced ranger patrols and closed parks have made it very easy for poachers to move in, to kill elephants and sell their ivory tusks. IFAW (that’s the International Fund for Animal Welfare) are asking us all to chip in and support their 72 Hour Challenge. They are hoping to raise £20,000 by 23 May. Donations could help establish and train rangers across landscapes where IFAW is working:
Please donate what you can to this urgent Elephant Challenge today. Please share as well. If we all donated £3 or £5, that would help a lot. Please donate today and support this 72 Hour Challenge
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Please, please take a look at this petition! The African Wildlife Foundation sent an email to say that the social distancing we are all doing has consequences for lions, elephants and other species in Africa’s 8,400 protected areas.
Well, tourism has plummeted. As a result, so has the revenue the safari industry receives. The industry budgets revenue to dedicate to wildlife protection and protected areas management. Wildlife and the people who protect it – rangers and community members who are employed in tourism and related businesses – will pay the price of this decline. Please, please sign this petition and show support for Africa’s critical areas. They are home to endangered species and they also drive economies that support wildlife. By signing this petition, the African Wildlife Foundation says that you are on the side of:
Visit the African Wildlife Foundation's website here to find out more about the work they are doing and how you can help |
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Sometimes you see something on the internet or on television that really hits you hard and makes a point extremely well. I saw this video, this afternoon, and I wanted to share it with you. Please share it with everyone you can. The ultimate message is that we SHARE this planet. It demonstrates how dominant the human race has become - and how selfish. I am not going to tell you anymore about it - please just watch it for yourself. Here it is:
Please vow to make a difference today.
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There’s a match funder going on until 20 December for the African Wildlife Foundation. In other words, your gift will double if you donate by 20 December 2019. This could be a great gift for anyone who loves elephants, lions, giraffes, rhinos etc. The AWF protects nearly 40% of Africa’s elephants, and your gift can support their programmes to stop elephant poaching and ivory trafficking, for instance. To double your impact, donate by 20 December 2019
Lion populations once stood at over 100,000 but there are now less than 25,000 of them AWF protects large carnivores and the communities that live near them.
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