Projects by David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
In the last 100 years, tigers have lost 96% of their historical range with wild populations estimated to be as few as 3,500. By funding ground-based tiger conservation initiatives across Asia, David S
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Pangolins are currently the most illegally trafficked mammals on Earth. Our aim is to counter the wildlife trafficking of pangolins and to improve the long-term survival of the species in the wild. By
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Painted dogs are one of Africa's most endangered yet least understood animals. Hugely vulnerable to human encroachment and agricultural expansion, painted dog habitats have rapidly reduced, pushing th
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For thousands of years, snow leopards have been known as the ghosts of the mountains, surviving off an abundant habitat rich with prey. However, over the last 100 years the threats facing snow leopard
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Every year, tens of thousands of elephants are slaughtered for their tusks. DSWF adopts a holistic approach to conservation, working at all levels of the illegal wildlife chain, engaging in the intern
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Rhinos have lived on earth for over 40 million years. However, in less than a decade more than 7,000 have been lost to the poaching epidemic across Africa alone with their horn now rivalling the price
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Working in some of the planet's most extreme and dangerous environments, wildlife rangers do one of the toughest jobs in the world. These brave men and women work tirelessly day and night in often hos
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Chimpanzees, commonly referred to as chimps, share over 95% of the same DNA with humans. Every four hours, one chimp is being illegally taken from the wild to be traded as a pet or eaten as bushmeat.
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In just 20 years, African lion populations have fallen by 43% and as few as 20,000 remain in the wild today. Now extinct in 24 of their former range states, we urgently need to address the threats fac
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David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation's (DSWF) education programme provides free of charge talks, workshops and assemblies to children aged 4-18 years in schools and libraries. All of our visits are tail
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