They made it!

I am pleased to report that African Parks successfully completed the largest elephant translocation in history on Wednesday, 2nd August 2017.  In total, 520 elephants were successfully moved from Liwonde National Park and Majete Wildlife Reserve in Malawi, and were released in Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve.

Wooohooo!

The translocation had two objectives: to restock Nkhotakota and to relieve pressure from the elephant surplus in Liwonde and Majete. Given Malawi is a densely-populated, agro-based country, ecological corridors no longer exist to allow for natural movement for wildlife, therefore this ‘human-assisted migration’ was needed to provide the best chance of a long-term and sustainable future for these elephants.

Already there has been a reduction in human-wildlife conflict, with not one human or elephant fatality in Liwonde since July 2016, and tourism is already on the rise in Nkhotakota where new elephant calves were documented earlier this year - offspring from the 261 elephants translocated in 2016.

African Parks have released a short video documenting this massive move - Watch it here.

Let's hear it for the Lions!

Today is international Lion day.  In 1970 it was estimated the lion population was around 200,000+ but in 2016 it was estimated there are only 25,000 left in the wild.

Lets celebrate these beautiful creatures by showing Lions some love today (I'm a Leo by the way 😉)

It's not all animals - Humanitarian crisis in CAR

As you know, African Parks do much more than move elephants - and actually much more than just protect wildlife.  They have recently launched a request for donations to support a humanitarian crisis unfolding in the communities surrounding Chinko, a park under their management, in the Central African Republic.

Violence has displaced thousands of people around Chinko, many have sadly already lost their homes and loved ones.

African Parks are calling for donations that they will immediately put towards providing food, housing and safety for those trying to  find safe harbour within the park as well as the extended families of African Park employees in the neighboring communities.  Lets not forget that these employees are the ones risking their lives daily as rangers to protect the precious wildlife from poachers.

African Parks are aiming to raise $518,000 for these humanitarian efforts - any additional funds will be applied to overall operations in Chinko.

You know what to do....

My Kilimanjaro climb is less than six months away now, my little legs have a lot of work to do but it will be worth it if I can help with the campaigns above and more.  Please dig deep and sponsor me below.

My flights are all booked so there is no going back now!!