wildlife4wildlife
As a passionate wildlife photographer with a huge love for (mostly African) wildlife, my interest in wildlife pro-tection increased following my various visits to this beautiful continent.
It is evident: if we want to still be able to admire the beauty of our planet's wildlife, we will have to do something. Poaching, trophy hunting, or simply humans encroaching on the animals' habitat are pushing our wild fauna towards extinction.
There are already some projects I personally support, but I think I can do more. That's why I decided to take the combination of my love for animals and my passion for photography to another level. Therefore, I created the initiative wildlife4wildlife to support projects dedicated to wildlife protection, especially in Africa.
And that is where you can get involved! The full profit of any sale of my artwork, be it fine art prints, canvases, greeting cards, or calendars, goes entirely to dedicated wildlife protection projects.
On a regular basis, I support a very important initiative, the Wild & Free Charity. Geraldine Morelli founded Wild & Free - Rehabilitation and Release in October 2014 to focus on a crucial aspect of wildlife conservation: rehabilitation and successful release back to the wild.
One of their recent campaigns, "Save Elephants with Bees" aims to protect elephants from human-wildlife conflict by using beehive fences to deter them from crops. This innovative approach not only helps safeguard farmers’ livelihoods but also reduces the risk of elephants being harmed. The campaign highlights the importance of coexistence between humans and wildlife, promoting sustainable solutions for wildlife conservation. Wild & Free is celebrating its 10th birthday this year!
For more info, visit her own website.
In 2018, I was appointed ambassador for the ZENWETRUST. They were in dire need of ffunds to fully rehabilitate the Cecil Kop Nature Reserve in Zimbabwe to a point where it could sustain itself through income from visitors, educational programmes, and volunteer programmes.
Some further projects that I supported on an ad hoc basis in the past:
Giant Otter Project in the Pantanal
Cheetah Forever
Giraffe Conservation Foundation
Naankuse Foundation Wildlife Sanctuary
NSW Wildlife Information and Rescue WIRES
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