International charity Four Paws have put a video together to show their achievements in 2019!

Do take a look - it's an excellent example of how people can change animals' lives for the better.

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The African Wildlife Foundation is asking us all to sign their petition, telling Vietnam to stop the slaughter of lions. 

Poachers are targeting lions.

To satisfy demand in Vietnam, China and Southeast Asia, lions are being killed for their claws, teeth and bones.

These animal parts are turned into jewellery, medicine and even wine.

There was a horrific event last November.  Vietnamese poachers killed 40 lions in 48 hours. 

CITES say that in the last 5 years, about 150 lion claws and teeth have left South Africa to go to China and Vietnam.  And that’s a number that’s hardly scratching the surface.

The African Wildlife Foundation has a petition asking Vietnam to enforce wildlife laws to STOP the lion bone trade and renounce the use of lions’ bones in traditional medicine and wine.

They are after 50,000 signatures and so far have 80% of that number – let’s join them and get the full 100%.

TAKE ACTION:  SIGN HERE

Care2.com have a petition asking the Indonesian government to save Sumatran Rhinos from extinction and they need your voice to add strength to their cause.  

Sumatran rhinos are extinct - all except for in Indonesia.  80 of them are left there and the species urgently needs your voice.  Poachers, habitat loss and their own low birth rate has reduced their numbers to such an extent that it will be nearly impossible for them to find a mate and breed, experts believe.

If the rhinos are to survive in Indonesia, the government there must make saving them a priority, and in so doing, they need to work with the Malaysian government.  

The Indonesian government must make a public commitment to save the Sumatran Rhino and work with Malaysia to help save these wonderful animals.

Please sign the petition and tell Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and the Ministry of the Environment to take action now.

PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION HERE

Saving wildlife starts with people.

ZSL have established a project to help both people and wildlife on the edges of national parks in Nepal and Kenya.

Life is very difficult here. Elephants trample crops; tigers attack livestock.   Families risk their lives as they enter the forest to gather firewood and graze their cattle.  These activities damage wildlife habitats.

Unfortunately, some people become involved in wildlife crime, such as hunting bushmeat, to feed their families.  Worse, they can be exploited by the international illegal wildlife trade.

For People For Wildlife

So ZSL are tackling the problem with a project to help people – and so help wildlife – with a project For People For Wildlife

ZSL are teaming up with communities to help them establish sustainable livelihoods.  They will help with start-up costs e.g. training nature guides, fencing to safeguard crops, starting a salon – and also develop ways to live alongside wildlife peacefully.

The plan is that families will then have a reliable, sustainable income and escape poverty, and thus be better placed to help protect the forest and its wildlife, and indeed to help it survive and thrive.

The donations will help tackle various threats to people and wildlife.  And they will help wildlife through science, education and conservation.

£1 really does = £2 if you donate by 31 December 2019!
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You can help by making a donation - and for every £1 donated by 31 December 2019, the UK Government will MATCH your donation, up to £2 million. 

Find out more and DONATE here

There’s a match funder going on until 20 December for the African Wildlife Foundation.  In other words, your gift will double if you donate by 20 December 2019.

This could be a great gift for anyone who loves elephants, lions, giraffes, rhinos etc.

The AWF protects nearly 40% of Africa’s elephants, and your gift can support their programmes to stop elephant poaching and ivory trafficking, for instance.

The need to help is more urgent than ever:  if they haven't got enough threatening their survival through poachers and the demand for their skin and ivory, Africa's elephants are facing a devastating natural disaster. 200 elephants recently died due to a horrific drought in Zimbabwe.  Giraffes, hippos, rhinos, and other  species are at risk too. 


 

To double your impact, donate by 20 December 2019

AWF can continue providing incentives to locals to prevent hunting cheetahs whose numbers have declined by 90% - there are about 9,000 left compared to the 100,000 in 1901.  

Lion populations once stood at over 100,000 but there are now less than 25,000 of them AWF protects large carnivores and the communities that live near them.


What does the African Wildlife Foundation do?

The Foundation "provides conservation solutions that balance the needs of people and wildlife" and they do this by (and I quote from their website): 

• Equipping wildlife rangers, deploying sniffer dogs, and training law enforcement officers to stop wildlife crime.
• Enabling wildlife conservation-friendly community empowerment.
• Enabling wildlife conservation-friendly community empowerment.
• Building conservation partnerships and spreading awareness across the continent — and the world.
• Applying research to our wildlife conservation strategies.
  
  
  
  CLICK HERE to join the herd and donate to make it a million by 20 December 2019