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Three Reasons Small Donors are More Valuable than Large Funders

Dec 16, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: African elephant, Animal Poaching, Human Wildlife Conflict, lion, Nikela Blog, rhino, wildlife conservation Tagged: donations, donors, funding, Moses Arineitwe, Moses Ryakitimbo

Lately, we’ve had people say, “Go after the large funders, individuals are too strapped during this pandemic.” However, in good times and in bad it’s the small donors that are important to nonprofits like Nikela. Three Reasons Small Donors are more valuable than Large Funders It may seem counterintuitive at first, but over the years we’ve learned that for nonprofits like ours small donors are key. Here are three main reasons why… ONE Control When large funders give money there often are strings attached. Ever big organization has a mission. This mission is naturally going to be somewhat different from…

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…

Wildlife Poaching has it increased or decreased during the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Aug 27, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Poaching, elephant, Illegal trade, lion, Nikela Blog, Pangolin, rhino, snares, wildlife conservation, Wildlife Trafficking Tagged: drones, Moses Arineitwe, Peter Milton, stop poaching

With no immediate end to the pandemic in sight, getting a handle on wildlife poaching is crucial. Is it increasing or decreasing? Has the pandemic been a blessing or a curse to the ever present wildlife poaching struggle? It appears that it depends somewhat on the species and type of poaching. Wildlife poaching for bush meat This type of poaching is frequently referred to as ‘sustenance poaching’. Here large and small species, from the tiny Duiker to the large Elephant are killed for the pot. This type of poaching involves spearing and most commonly snaring the animal. The meat is…

Why do we have World Animal Days anyway?

Aug 18, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Welfare, elephant, lion, Nikela Blog, rhino, rhino poaching, wildlife conservation, Wildlife Trafficking Tagged: Marnus Roodbol, Moses Arineitwe, Peter Milton, World Elephant Day, World Lion Day, World Pangolin Day, world rhino day

From World Elephant Day to World Mosquito Day! You name the animal and it probably is one of the World Animal Days. Nope, not kidding! From the King of Beasts to the extinct Dinosaur and the highly endangered iconic Rhino to the common Frog…. A day is set aside on the calendar to celebrate and raise awareness for the species. Most World Animal Days appear to have sprung up in the last couple of decades. However, the first “World Animal Day” took place on March 24, 1925 in Germany. More than 5,000 people attended the event! It originated with Heinrich…

What do Trophy Hunting and COVID-19 have in common?

May 26, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: elephant, lion, Nikela Blog, trophy hunting Tagged: Cecil the lion, Coronavirus, Covid-19, pandemic, trophy hunting, Voortrekker

Both trophy hunting and COVID-19 are about death and preserving life… or are they? This morning, while on my walk through a city park outside of Dallas, Texas I was unexpectedly back in Africa. The familiar squawking of a fledgling bird on the path ahead. The twittering wings and wide beak with mother bird poised to deliver breakfast. I’d not stopped quickly enough, or maybe it was the dog at my side that spooked them. They flew off into the nearby tree. I continued to watch the magical scene. For some reason it threw me back to a confusing experience…