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  1. Become a Fantastic Beast Guardian and help save animals

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    Care2.com have a really important campaign which we can all sign up to and get active with.  Care2 is campaigning to protect endangered species from extinction. 

    Animals are dying off at a very alarming rateOne million species are at the risk of extinction. The cause of the mass extinctions to come is us.

    As we are the cause, we have the power to stop it and change things around.  If we don’t do this, we may find many species confined to the history books.

    Will you help and sign their petition to protect endangered species?

    Will you become a Fantastic Beast Guardian?

    Sign the petition and you will become a Fantastic Beast Guardian.

    Your mission as a Fantastic Beast Guardian will be simple:  to help spread the word about some of the world's most endangered animals and support the work of groups dedicated to saving them.

    Care2 says you will receive emails with important petitions to sign to make a difference in the fight to save the last of these unique animals from disappearing forever.

    Become a Guardian, sign this petition and get to work helping to save our planet's fantastic beasts.

     

  2. Please see this video from Gravitas - how nature is reclaiming its spaces due to the Coronavirus

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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:



    Thank you, Gravitas.

    Please vow to make a difference today. 
    Find out how to reduce your impact on the earth's resources here.

     

     

     

     

  3. Double your money with a donation to ZSL by 31 December 2019

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    Saving wildlife starts with people.

    ZSL have established a project to help both people and wildlife on the edges of national parks in Nepal and Kenya.

    Life is very difficult here. Elephants trample crops; tigers attack livestock.   Families risk their lives as they enter the forest to gather firewood and graze their cattle.  These activities damage wildlife habitats.

    Unfortunately, some people become involved in wildlife crime, such as hunting bushmeat, to feed their families.  Worse, they can be exploited by the international illegal wildlife trade.

    For People For Wildlife

    So ZSL are tackling the problem with a project to help people – and so help wildlife – with a project For People For Wildlife



    ZSL are teaming up with communities to help them establish sustainable livelihoods.  They will help with start-up costs e.g. training nature guides, fencing to safeguard crops, starting a salon – and also develop ways to live alongside wildlife peacefully.

    The plan is that families will then have a reliable, sustainable income and escape poverty, and thus be better placed to help protect the forest and its wildlife, and indeed to help it survive and thrive.

    The donations will help tackle various threats to people and wildlife.  And they will help wildlife through science, education and conservation.

    Every donation will be doubled by the UK Government up to 31 December 2019 (up to £2 mililon)

    £1 really does = £2 if you donate by 31 December 2019!
    Donate here


    You can help by making a donation - and for every £1 donated by 31 December 2019, the UK Government will MATCH your donation, up to £2 million. 

    Find out more and DONATE here

     

  4. 3,100 respond to an appeal for Big Cats

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    Do you ever hear of an appeal and wonder how many people sign up to it?

    Well, National Geographic had a Big Cats Appeal in honour of World Lion Day on 10 August.  They asked people to help protect lions, cheetahs and other Big Cats.  Big Cats are in trouble because of habitat loss, degradation and conflict with humans.

    3,100 people responded to an appeal for Big Cats.

    And they raised an incredible $199,000.   That money will go straight to fund innovative solutions and technology protecting wildlife and wild places.

    Get involved in the Big Cats Initiative - here's how
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    National Geographic Society

    National Geographic has identified 20 populations across 18 countries as priority areas for lions.  These populations encompass almost 1.25 million square kilometres – it’s estimated they have 83% of Africa’s known lion population.

    And they help communities too, as they create conservation programmes which help protect wonderful Big Cats and employ local people too. 

    Find out more and support their work here

    Derek and Beverly Joubert are conservationists and film makers who have been working to help save big cats and other key wildlife species and their habitats for over 30 years.    The Jouberts and National Geographic founded the Big Cats Initiative in 2009 to try to halt the decline of big cats in the wild.

    The Big Cats Initiative supports scientists and conservationists who are working to save big cats.   They have built over 1,800 livestock enclosures to protect livestock and so save big cats from retaliatory killings. 

    The Big Cats Initiative takes a three pronged approach to big cat conservation:

    It assesses

    It assesses and maps big cat populations, and it analyses the success of measures put in place to help protect them – this knowledge helps guide the protection efforts the Big Cats Initiative chooses to fund.

    It protects

    The initiative supports protects designed and implemented by people living in areas where they are big cats, creating ways in which local communities and big cats can co-exist

    It communicates

    With Nat Geo WILD, the Big Cats Initiative spreads the word about the big cat decline, thus encouraging the public to find out more through free education initiatives and programming on Nat Geo WILD.

    Find out more about the Big Cats Initiative here

    3 ways to help and get involved:

    1. Donate
    2. Spread the word
    3. Sign up for the newsletter so that you can get updates from the field

     

     

  5. Durrell needs help with Himalayas appeal for pygmy hogs in India

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    Help Durrell rewild India's grasslands

    The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (founded by Gerald Durrell) have an appeal at the moment.

    Once, the southern foothills of the Himalayas were covered with lush grasslands.  These grasslands were homes to animals such as elephants, rhinos and tigers.

    Today, thanks to human activity, there’s less than 10% of the original grassland left.

    And there are less than 250 pygmy hogs left in the wild.  They rely on this ecosystem – and unless action is taken fast, the grasslands will vanish.  Their home will be gone forever.

    Pygmy hogs and other native wildlife can only thrive if these grasslands recover.

    And that’s where Durrell and you & I come in.

    To protect and restore the grasslands in and around the Manas National Park, Durrell need a 4WD vehicle.   They need to monitor wildlife and understand the threats that this ecosystem faces.  And they need to reach communities and reach important sites across 3 protected areas of grasslands – ensuring that the reintroductions of pygmy hogs goes successfully.

    There are all sorts of ways your donation can help. 

    Donate and you can help save the wildlife and communities who rely on the grasslands.

    Pygmy hogs need help - they need grasslands to recover

    Pygmy hogs are depending on you and I to help them.  I have made a donation – will you?

    Donate here and help Durrell rewild India's grasslands