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Category Archives: Wildlife
Recounting My Time Helping as a Community Educator in Botswana
Recounting My Time Helping as a Community Educator in Botswana Much of the work that goes into conservation awareness has to do with educating the youth of tomorrow. Doing so allows for those future conservation heroes that we are very much in need of to have a proper base to stand on for their futureContinue reading “Recounting My Time Helping as a Community Educator in Botswana”
I am Cecil. I am Africa
I am Cecil. I am Africa I am Cecil. I am Africa. I am a lion. I battle to grasp man’s relentless exploitation and injury to this beautiful world, the manipulation over centuries, with no end in sight. I have to ask, probe, and dissect; yet I fail to understand.
Conservation and Capitalism: A Love Story
Conservation and Capitalism: A Love Story parallax WcMgcq Conservation and Capitalism: A Love Story parallax WcMgcq Conservation; “The protection, preservation, management, or restoration of wildlife and of natural resources such as forests, soil, and water” The intentions of conservation look good on paper, but we must ask ourselves if conservation is becoming more neoliberal inContinue reading “Conservation and Capitalism: A Love Story”
Non- Profits in the New Age: Changes that must be made
Non- Profits in the New Age: Changes that must be made By Olivia Goldring (Y4AW 2015 intern) It’s so hard to attract a person’s attention. It is even harder to make a person care. Ask ad agencies trying to market their newest product or even your friend whose eyes are glued to his smart phoneContinue reading “Non- Profits in the New Age: Changes that must be made”
Collateral Damage: The Effects of Poaching on Local Communities
Collateral Damage: The Effects of Poaching on Local Communities Poaching has become a pandemic in Africa. Across the continent, many animals are killed or removed from their home environment mainly due to human greed. Endangered animals’ numbers are dwindling, and conservation groups around the world are focusing on how best to save these beautiful creaturesContinue reading “Collateral Damage: The Effects of Poaching on Local Communities”
Collaring Elephants: Inside their social circles and movement patterns, we learn how to better protect them
Collaring Elephants: Inside their social circles and movement patterns, we learn how to better protect them written by Victoria Baldwin, Y4AW intern of July, 2015 It takes twenty-six of my hands to palm the girth of an average elephant collar. Harnessing an animal that size isn’t tangible until you hold the leather and buckles, passContinue reading “Collaring Elephants: Inside their social circles and movement patterns, we learn how to better protect them”
A day as an intern with Youth 4 African Wildlife
A day as an intern with Youth 4 African Wildlife This short video shows a typical day in the bush with Youth4AfricanWildlife. video WcMgcq
Wildebeests – what’s with all the hate?
Wildebeests – what’s with all the hate? After spending several weeks in the bush, I have become more and more aware of how unappreciated gnus, or “wildebeests” are. Everyone calls them dumb and ugly, and safari vehicles do not bother to stop for pictures. So what is with all the hate? Is it just becauseContinue reading “Wildebeests – what’s with all the hate?”
Combatting Elephant Poaching: An Overview
Combatting Elephant Poaching: An Overview On safari in South Africa, I was able to witness firsthand several elephants in their natural habitat playing by a watering hole. Sitting there, I was overwhelmed by their presence; they had a certain air about them, an overpowering calmness that radiated towards our Jeep. I watched as one ofContinue reading “Combatting Elephant Poaching: An Overview”