Doing it for the animals
These are some of the amazing heand she-roes we met, who often put their own lives on the line to save our endangered wildlife.
Brent Stapelkamp and Laurie Simpson started a permaculture project with some of the local communities around Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. softfootalliance.org
Roger Perry and Melissa Wynn from Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust are installing mobile predatorproof bomas to protect cattle at night. vicfallswildlifetrust.org
Kelly Landen and Tempe Adams from Elephants without Borders, which was involved in the 2016 Great Elephant Census. Recently they’ve started the first elephant orphanage in Botswana. elephantswithoutborders.org
Graham McColloch and Anna Songhurst from Ecoexist in Botswana work to reduce conflict between elephants and humans. ecoexistproject.org
Rachel Harris from Elephant Human Relations Aid (EHRA) in Damaraland, a volunteer project involving desert elephants. desertelephant.org
Maria Diekmann from Rare & Endangered Species Trust (Rest) uses conservation and research as a platform to educate. restnamibia.org
Dr Michelle Henley from SA’s Elephants Alive, whose focus is to ensure survival of elephants by promoting harmonious co-existence with people. elephantsalive.org
Collette Ngobeni and Felicia Mogahane of the Black Mambas based in Balule Nature Reserve, near the Kruger National Park. blackmambas.org
Find out more about Carla Geyser and the Blue Sky Society’s work at blueskysociety.org.