elephant | Nikela: Helping People Saving Wildlife

VIDEO: Another 36 Beehives to Protect Farms and Save Elephants, Provide Honey

Mar 2, 2021 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: elephant, Human Wildlife Conflict, Nikela Blog, wildlife conservation Tagged: bees save elephants, elephant conflict, human-wildlife conflict, Moses Ryakitimbo, saving elephants

< “That brings the total to 92 beehives to protect farms and save elephants!” Wow! Was this ever good news from Moses Ryakitimbo in Tanzania. This is a dream coming true for this Wildlife Hero who began with an idea, a heart full of hope, and a huge dose of tenacity back in early 2019. A Village in trouble When wildlife and humans live in close proximity conflict happens. Lendoiya is a small village near Arusha, Tanzania. Arusha and surrounding area has a population of 739,000 people. (Arusha is Tanzania’s third largest city, with 416,000 people, plus another 323,000 more…

Saving Elephants: How a Dream Became Reality in Tanzania

Nov 11, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: elephant, Human Wildlife Conflict, Human Wildlife Conflict, Nikela Blog, wildlife conservation Tagged: bee hives, bees save elephants, human-wildlife conflict, Moses Ryakitimbo, saving elephants

“I am a youth aged 29 years, deeply passionate with saving elephants, wildlife conservation and rescuing all animals. How can I get support from Nikela?” We get numerous requests for funds throughout the year. However, this email from Moses Ryakitimbo was somehow different. Sadly we’d missed meeting Moses while we were in Tanzania in early 2017, but that didn’t deter him. When he was ready to put his plan into action he reached out. Unlike many others his plan was simple, practical, doable and within Nikela’s reach of providing assistance. Moses himself was young, dedicated, strategic and tenacious. Where others…

Alternative Livelihoods: The Key to Stop Wildlife Poaching

Oct 27, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Poaching, elephant, Illegal trade, Moses, Nikela Blog, Pangolin, Poaching, wildlife conservation, Wildlife Trafficking Tagged: alternative livelihood, animal poaching, Moses Arineitwe, Uganda, wildlife poaching

It’s easy to tell someone to stop wildlife poaching. But its much harder to provide alternative livelihoods to make it really happen. Wildlife poaching has been around forever. Snaring, spearing and shooting wildlife for both the wildlife trafficking syndicates and the bush meat trade are not new. However, what is new is the scale at which wildlife is being poached. Many species, including the iconic rhino, the little known pangolin, the mighty elephant, and even the ‘king of the jungle’ the lion, are being poached at alarming rates for their body parts. Three Ways to Stop Wildlife Poaching There are…

What Nikela can and cannot do to help people saving African wildlife

Oct 13, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: #NikelaAfrica, Animal Poaching, Bearded Vulture, elephant, Human Wildlife Conflict, lion, News, Nikela, Nikela Blog, Pangolin, rhino, rhino poaching, Vervet monkeys, Wildlife, wildlife conservation, Wildlife Trafficking Tagged: human-wildlife conflict, rhino poaching, wildlife heroes

Saving African wildlife has touched the hearts (and pocket books) of people from all around the world. Nonprofits and foundations of all kinds do research, anti-poaching and rescue rehabilitation work. Some of these organizations are huge with mega funding, others are small grass roots efforts with tiny budgets. Large or small, each of these organizations has saving African wildlife as their mission. Exactly what each does and how they do it varies greatly. For the donor, and wanna-be donor, this can be quite confusing. Some large organizations have equally large administrative costs. Some organizations are restricted by the wishes of…

Would You Measure Success Like This Brave Woman Does?

Sep 30, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Poaching, elephant, Human Wildlife Conflict, Nikela Blog, wildlife conservation Tagged: Lynn Clifford, ranger scouts, saving elephants

How do you measure success? By how much money you earn? By the car you drive? By the clothes you wear? One woman measures success by how many elephants she saves! It’s been four years now that we met Lynn in Malawi. She was recovering from a gyro-copter crash. She’d been flying over the Thuma forest counting elephants when things went wrong and the small helicopter went down. However, Lynn is not one to let ‘minor’ setbacks hold her up! Over the ten years Lynn has been at the helm saving elephants in the Thuma Forest in Malawi she has…