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Trophy Hunters Become Donors to Preserve African Wildlife

Jun 18, 2014 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: All Posts, conservation, Elephants, leopard, Lions, Rhino, wild animals, wildlife conservation Tagged: Bradley Bergh, DEA, donors, givers, sport hunting, takers, trophy hunters, trophy hunting, what if, WWF

What if sport and trophy hunters spent their money on live instead of dead animals? I was inspired by Bradley’s Open Letter to WWF and the huge response from our readers. People who care about wildlife donate to organizations involved in conservation no strings attached. Hunters ‘give to’ wildlife conservation in exchange for a dead animal. What if we could change that, what if we could make givers out of takers? You might be saying, “That will never happen!” Hang with me for a bit as we look at some of the facts and then turn just one thing on…

Open Letter to the World Wildlife Fund about Sport Hunting

Jun 4, 2014 · by Nikela Volunteer/Guest blogger · In: Canned hunting, conservation, Elephants, endangered, Lions, Rhino, wildlife conservation Tagged: Bradley Bergh, elephant, giraffe, hunting, lion, rhino, sport hunting, trophy hunting, videos, World Wildlife Fund, WWF

A former WWF fan Bradley Bergh tries to understand the merits of trophy hunting as wildlife conservation. Part of Nikela’s mission is to share information that we deem important. What follows is the open letter of a concerned South African citizen. The author is solely responsible for the accuracy of its content. Dear World Wildlife Fund (WWF), It has just come to my attention that your organisation supports “sport” hunting as a viable means of wildlife conservation. I recently read one of your quotes: “WWF would not openly be supporting the sustainable use of wildlife for the hunting industry as…

Protecting Endangered Wildlife Species from the Sky with Drones (UAV)

Jan 31, 2013 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Poaching, Rhino Tagged: drone, endangered species, Google, military, Peter, Peter Milton, poaching, rhino, SPOTS, UAV, wildlife traffickiing, WWF

Empowering anti-poaching rangers with drones to stop the poachers before they kill rhino and other endangered wildlife species in South Africa. On December 4th, 2012 “WWF received a $5 million grant as part of Google’s new Global Impact Awards, which provides support to organizations using technology and innovative approaches to address some of the toughest human challenges.” Reportedly WWF (World Wildlife Fund) will use the funds to develop their already tested use of drones (in Nepal’s national parks) as a way to curb the wildlife trade globally. This grant “is going to have a huge impact,” says Ian Morrison, another WWF…

WAR Calls us to Arms for the Rhino

May 3, 2012 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: All Posts, Animal Poaching, endangered, Rhino, rhino calf, rhino poaching Tagged: AVAAZ petition, illegal trade, organized crime, President Zuma, rhino, rhino poaching, syndicates, WAR, wildlife trafficking, WWF

WAR, Warriors for African Rhino, initiates campaign to save the endangered rhino in South Africa, please sign the petition, get your SA embassy involved, send a letter and get President Zuma to lead the charge. This morning we received an urgent plea to arms from our friends at WAR [Warriors for African Rhino] to join the campaign to get signatures for the Avaaz petition to save the Rhino. What is AVAAZ? Avaaz is a global web movement to bring people-powered politics to decision-making everywhere. Basically to get those in power to take the action the people want to bring about the change needed for a…

Nikela asks: Save Rhino “A” by Killing Rhino “B”?

Jan 11, 2012 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: All Posts, Rhino, rhino poaching, wildlife conservation Tagged: Ian Player, illegal trafficking, poaching, rhino, WWF

Rhino trophy hunting continues in the name of funding conservation despite 778 rhinos killed in South Africa by poachers for the illegal wildlife trafficking trade in 2010 and 2011. Depending on who you listen to, around 445 rhino were lost last year (2011) in South Africa due to animal poaching. The horn’s brutally hacked off and sold for millions via illegal wildlife trafficking, primarily in the Asian market. These losses are a 35% increase over the previous year (2010 a then record breaking 333 were killed.) That’s 778 rhino lost to poaching in two years! According to World Wildlife Fund…