MEDIA RELEASE: 3 NOVEMBER 2014 Rhino and elephant sanctuary faces closure leaving animals vulnerable! Initiated by the SanWild Wildlife Trust, South Africas only dedicated rhino and elephant sanctuary under the control of an animal welfare organization is facing closure unless urgent funding can be secured. For the past fourteen years the SanWild Wildlife Trust and its handful of donors and supporters have poured their hearts and souls into establishing a protected refuge for injured, orphaned and traumatized wild animals where they can live free and raise their young in South Africas Limpopo Province. The SanWild Wildlife Trust, a registered non-profit animal welfare organization was formed and registered in 2000 and has accumulated over 15 000 acres of Bushveldt with diverse habitat for the benefit or rescued wild animals. The trust provides protection for both the animals and the land and the only beneficiaries of the land are the animals themselves. SanWild is actively involved in rescue operations both locally and abroad. They are also one of the few organizations that set up sting operations to catch illegal wildlife traders and save highly endangered species such as pangolins, leopards, cheetah, African wild dogs and rhinos. Today, a large number of endangered species depend on the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary for their survival. Many of these animals face a serious threat from poaching, but the dedication at SanWild has seen these animals flourish under the trusts protection. With the exponential growth of illegal rhino poaching SanWild had to redirect a lot of their funding into a specialized counter poaching and K-9 units to protect rhinos and elephants at the sanctuary. While they had initially believed that they had secured sufficient funding for the increased costs of their operations through a new benefactor, he has defaulted leaving the small charity out of pocket and with huge financial debts. The financial blow to the SanWild Wildlife Trust has been enormous and now has them backed up against a wall fighting for their survival. Unless a new benefactor or sufficient donations are secured in the next couple of weeks SanWilds animals risk losing the only safe home they have. Two Crowd Funding Appeals have been setup to raise the $500 000 US needed to ensure that the project can continue. https://justgiving/Louise-Joubert2 https://indiegogo/pro…/wildlife-under-siege/x/879653 END Contact details: Louise Joubert, SanWild Wildlife Trust +27 (0) 15-3839959 or +27 (0) 83 310 3882, email [email protected] Website: sanwild.org PLEASE SHARE WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN! https://youtube/watch?v=_XBVgKmjsS0&list=UUh9BeO5FVoNRZ3gPHFdxokQ
Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 09:55:59 +0000
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