Getaway (South Africa)

Doing it for the animals

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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.

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