WildlifeDirect
Founded | 1 June 2006 |
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Founder | Conservation |
Location |
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Area served | Worldwide |
Method | Awareness, Fund raising, blogging |
Key people | Richard Leakey Harold Wackman Paula Kahumbu |
Website | wildlifedirect |
WildlifeDirect is a Kenya and US registered charitable organisation founded by African conservationist Richard Leakey. Its main office is located in Nairobi, Kenya.
WildlifeDirect was established in 2006 to provide support to conservationists in Africa directly on the ground via the use of blogs, which enables anybody, anywhere to play a direct and interactive role in the survival of some of the world's most precious species.
WildlifeDirect takes no administration fee for the funds that are transferred through their website so that the financial support can go to where it was intended in its entirety. Their core costs are provided for separately through grants, primarily from the European Union.[1]
The current CEO is
Work
In January 2007,
WildlifeDirect's intervention in the gorillas deaths led to a deal between Congo Rangers and the rebels on the
After worldwide publicity about the deaths was generated by WildlifeDirect and the Frankfurt Zoological Society, which works with the charity in the area, the rebel movement even went so far as to issue a press release denying any involvement.[3]
In December 2006, The
Only one significant group of Hippos now remains in Virunga National Park, in Ishango on the Northern shore of Lake Edward. To help secure the safety of these animals, WildlifeDirect set up a blog for Atamato Madrandele, the Park Ranger responsible for the Ishango Sector.
Lions
In Kenya for
Since the start of the project, there have very few cases of lion spearing and killings where the project has been rolled out, and the Lion Guardians have been documenting their work on their blog.[5]
References
- ^ "About Us".
- ^ "gorilla.wildlifedirect.org". wildlifedirect.org.
- ^ "The Independent, 26 January 2007". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 March 2007.
- ^ Rice, Xan (22 December 2006). "Elite rangers take on rebels to end the slaughter of Congo's hippos". The Guardian.
- ^ "Lionguardians WildlifeDirect Blog". wildlifedirect.org.