By Alicia van den Abeele | Project Leader
Thank you for donating to our Protecting Pangolin project. Your support is helping David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSFWF) fund ground-based conservation partners, who work to protect this shy scaly anteater.
The year 2020 has been fraught with challenges, in light of the global pandemic, which has forced us all to adapt, one way or another. Despite the difficulties we are now faced with, we are proud to say that our relationship is as strong as ever with our ground-based conservation partners and that our combined efforts are continuing to make a difference to some of the most world’s most vulnerable wildlife populations and communities living alongside them. We are incredibly grateful to the brave wildlife rangers, who even amid the current crisis, are risking their lives on the frontline of wildlife crime and working tirelessly to maintain their vital conservation efforts.
Since deciding to partake in pangolin conservation projects, DSWF has funded pangolin protection work in Zambia, Uganda and across Asia, where there has been a dramatic increase in the number of pangolin confiscated from people arrested. These programmes have supported awareness and educational campaigns, specialist pangolin rehabilitation units and fund ongoing wildlife crime prevention and demand reduction campaigns.
Your generosity, your impact:
As a result of the incredible on-going support we have received from our supporters, the DSWF team are delighted to share with you our upcoming plans for the growth of our pangolin conservation project portfolio. Now widely recognised as the most trafficked mammal in the world, pangolins have never before had such global recognition due to their association with the global CV-19 pandemic.
In Asia we are delighted to be partnering with the world renowned organisation, Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW) who are based in Vietnam. SVW are at the cutting edge of pangolin rehabilitation, giving a huge number of individuals saved from the illegal wildlife trade a second chance at survival. We will also be partnering with their team on genetic research into pangolin subspecies distribution and the impacts of trafficking on localised populations.
Finally, in Africa we will be supporting a new grass roots programme in Kenya, The Pangolin Project (TPP), run by Dr Claire Okell. TPP ensures and delivers on better ranger support and understanding of key pangolin populations across the Mara heartlands. Dr Okells research is based and rooted in science, but the practical solutions and applications are founded in impact driven conservation with communities at the centre.
From everyone here at David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, thank you for your kind on-going support to pangolins. Your donations are helping protect the iconic pangolin, giving them a second chance at life in the wild.
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