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Nikela Volunteer to Deliver Check to Primate Project

Maggie Sergio to hand-deliver donation check to Karin Saks, primate expert who rescues and educates about vervet monkeys and baboons in South Africa.   “I am both honored and thrilled to be working as a volunteer for Nikela… My job for Nikela is pure fun.  I get to deliver a donation check to Karin.” There is

Nikela Volunteer to Deliver Check to Primate Project

Dear Dr. Mabunda & Ms. Molewa Please Stop the Rhino Poaching Now

A letter from Nikela’s Founder and Executive Director to SanParks CEO and the Minister of Environmental Affairs of South Africa regarding the continued escalation of rhino poaching. When reports came in that eight dehorned dead rhino where found in the Kruger National Park, bringing the total to 25 rhino lost already this year in that

Dear Dr. Mabunda & Ms. Molewa Please Stop the Rhino Poaching Now

Why I Want to Save Wildlife – Paul Michael Reynolds

Wildlife conservation! Animal poaching! Endangered species! Illegal trafficking! Habitat loss! “Working with nature rather than against it is the only way that mankind can combat some of our own threats to survival”, says Paul Reynolds.   “One of the greatest misconceptions facing the human world is one by which humans are separate from animals and

Why I Want to Save Wildlife – Paul Michael Reynolds

Lorinda Hern Speaks Out About Spencer the Rhino

The truth about what happened to Spencer the Rhino who died suddenly during a treatment to help protect him from animal poachers in South Africa. Why did Spencer die? Who’s to blame? Sadly as Lorinda Hern and others involved in the Rhino Rescue Project reel from the unexpected loss of their rhino named Spencer the

Lorinda Hern Speaks Out About Spencer the Rhino

VIDEO: Rhino Poaching Crisis 2012 – The Bad and The Hope

Margot Stewart created this informative, tastefully done video on the crisis of the endangered rhino in South Africa due to relentless poaching, the wildlife illegal trafficking, the anti-poaching rangers, CITES and black rhino, white rhino. With 50 already rhino dead in the first 40 days of 2012, the poaching for its horn continues to escalate. 

VIDEO: Rhino Poaching Crisis 2012 – The Bad and The Hope

How Photos Can Save Wildlife

Wildlife photography, conservation via photos in Africa, guest blogger Sofia Martinez Villapando Sofia hangs out quite a bit on Twitter. As she is an avid wildlife lover and amateur photographer who speaks her mind freely I invited her to tell us how she thinks wildlife photography can help save our planet’s animal, bird and plant

How Photos Can Save Wildlife

Rhino News: Poachers Get 75 Years

South African National Parks (SANParks) – three Rhino poachers from Mozambique were found guilty of illegal rhino hunting. This just in from our colleague Kevin Beswick in South Africa: South African National Parks (SANParks) announced today (31 January 2012) that three Rhino poachers from Mozambique were found guilty of illegal rhino hunting at Phalaborwa Regional Court

Rhino News: Poachers Get 75 Years

How Long Till South Africa’s Rhino Are Extinct?

At the current poaching rate in South Africa rhino females will not replace themselves this year (2012) and total extinction of Africa’s remaining rhino becomes probable in less than ten years. My husband is a numbers guy. I asked him to play with some of the figures surrounding the plight of Africa’s rhino and how

How Long Till South Africa’s Rhino Are Extinct?

Wonderful People Wednesday – Brandi Wilson

Wonderful People Wednesday is Brandi Wilson, architect, Nikela Volunteer extraordinaire. In May 2011 Brandi became a donor, shortly thereafter she offered to help. Since then Brandi has designed auto decals for Nikela (they’re not for sale, however, we’ll send you one when you make a donation), she posts and comments on the NikelaWildlife fan page,

Wonderful People Wednesday – Brandi Wilson

South Africa’s Wildlife Myth

South African wildlife, pristine jungle teeming with wild animals and birds… What a splendid morning! Thousands of birds including pelican, cormorant and seagulls lined the beach, flew overhead in formation, and bobbed on the gentle waves. A spectacular sight! It made me think of what it must have been like a mere 200 years ago

South Africa’s Wildlife Myth