Dear John, You will be shocked, but the conflict between the eight billion humans on our planet and its precious wildlife is growing at a devastating pace. Wild animals are being injured and tormented every day, and all too often it ends in tragedy on both sides, as our video (below) clearly shows *WARNING - contains distressing images*
But you can change that, by helping End Wildlife Conflict. |
Kenya’s brutal four-year-long drought threatens humans and wild animals alike - more elephants are moving towards settlements, farms and shambas (cultivated fields), where they can eat and destroy an entire crop in minutes, wiping out a poor farmer’s only source of food and income, and leading to deadly retaliations. In Amboseli, southern Kenya, the number of elephants being speared by angry villagers has risen sharply. Without action, the problem is only going to get worse. |
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A young elephant with its leg caught in a snare |
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Tigers, Giraffes and Lions are under threat |
In India, the tiger’s natural home is being cut down for wood, farms, roads and railways, and fewer forests mean less prey. Desperate tigers struggle to find food, people venture into forests to graze livestock or gather wood. This can lead to conflict and the consequences can be fatal. Tigers are snared, shot, poisoned, electrocuted. People are attacked and killed.
In Kenya, indiscriminate wire snares cause unbearable wounds, leading to slow, agonising deaths for any animal they catch – even a giraffe or a lion. I was elated when rare giraffe twins were recently born in Meru National Park but, because of illegal snaring each day, I fear for their safety. |
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£10 could buy a pair of strong pliers to help cut deadly,
illegal wire snares, saving giraffes, elephants, lions and other animals. . |
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£50 could buy five first aid kits to help look after our brave de-snaring teams while they are working long days in the field. . |
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£400 could enable farmers to
plant cash crops unpalatable to elephants such as turmeric, ginger, onions,
garlic, and sunflowers. |
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£40 could buy one beehive to help farmers deter elephants
from crops and save elephants from agonising deaths. Each farm needs 12
beehives. |
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£150 could fund a team of Tiger Ambassadors for one month to
stop local people persecuting tigers, promote conservation and keep cattle safe. |
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£1,500 could buy fuel and maintain the Twiga Team’s essential
patrol vehicle so they can scour Meru Park, destroy snares and rescue trapped
animals. |
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There are humane, often simple, but effective solutions to human wildlife conflict, which we have proven to work, but they cost money, and we must do so much more. Conflicts are escalating and spreading across the world. We urgently need your support to resolve more wildlife/community conflicts and transform more lives, so that people and animals can live together in peace.
Please, send a gift today – together we can ensure a brighter future for wild animals AND the communities who live alongside them.
Warm wishes and my personal thanks, |
Dame Virginia McKenna DBE Co-Founder & Trustee |
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