Thanks to the kindness and compassion of our supporters, June was another month of hope for wild animals facing enormous challenges. Together, we were able to respond to urgent crises, provide lifesaving care and support dedicated conservation partners working tirelessly to protect some of the world's most vulnerable species.
Here are just some of the ways your generosity helped make a difference throughout June.
South Africa – Northern Cape
Providing critical care to a tiny creature injured by a felled tree
Your support helped save this tiny orphaned genet. After a devastating leg fracture and major surgery, she and her rescued brother are slowly on the road to recovery. Source: Kalahari Wildlife Project
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we were able to help fund critical care for a tiny orphaned genet that suffered a devastating leg fracture after a tree was felled, killing her mother and sibling. Now in the care of our partner, Kalahari Wildlife Project (KWP), this infant has undergone major surgery and is slowly on the road to recovery. She is approaching a vital growth milestone of 2,2 pounds! (one kilogram). Both she and her brother, who was also rescued, are going strong but will require many more months of rehabilitation.
Every gift helped give this little genet and other wild animals in our partner’s care a fighting chance. We are deeply grateful to everyone who supported this appeal and helped our partner continue its vital work – rescuing, rehabilitating and, wherever possible, returning wild animals to the freedom of their natural habitats.
Madagascar – Antananarivo
Supporting the rehabilitation of critically endangered tortoises found bound, taped and stuffed into traffickers’ suitcases
The response to the plight of these critically endangered radiated tortoises was overwhelming. Thanks to your generosity, TSA can now give them the space they need to recover. Source: Turtle Survival Alliance
The heartbreaking story of critically endangered radiated tortoises found alive, crammed into suitcases, and with their legs taped inside their shells, touched the hearts of our supporters around the world.
Thanks to their outpouring of support, this appeal exceeded expectations, raising vital funds to help Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) relocate 1,000 of its rescued tortoises to a larger rehabilitation centre and covering their care costs for a year. TSA currently has approximately 19,000 tortoises in its care, and this relocation will ensure that each has the space it needs to recover and grow strong.
The overwhelming response to this appeal is a powerful reminder that every life matters – and that together, we can stand against the cruel wildlife trade. Every donation helped give these gentle animals a second chance at life, and brought hope to a species that has declined by around 80% in recent decades because of poaching and habitat loss. We are immensely grateful to every supporter who made this lifesaving work possible.
South Africa – Tzaneen
Support for a pangolin saved from cruel smugglers
Pingu narrowly escaped the illegal wildlife trade. Thanks to your generosity, she is now receiving the specialist care she needs to survive. Source: ASI/David Barritt
Our appeal to help little Pingu, a rescued pangolin who narrowly escaped the illegal wildlife trade in South Africa, highlighted the extraordinary level of care these critically endangered animals need to survive. Every donation helped support Pingu's round-the-clock protection, specialist rehabilitation and the dedicated care she needs before she can safely return to the wild. We are deeply grateful to everyone who supported Pingu's journey. Pangolins are among the world's most trafficked mammals, and every life saved gives hope to the species.
Tanzania – Arusha
Protecting super tusker elephants with powerful drones
We didn't reach our goal this time, but every donation brought us one step closer to protecting East Africa's last super tuskers.
Our matching gift appeal to help our partner, Conservation Through Tourism (CTT), purchase additional anti-poaching drones to protect East Africa's last remaining super tusker elephants received a wonderful response from our supporters. With fewer than 30 super tuskers remaining in East Africa, every effort to safeguard them from poachers, trophy hunters and human-wildlife conflict is vitally important.
Although we didn't reach our fundraising goal this time, every donation brought us one step closer to giving these magnificent elephants the protection they so desperately need.
We are grateful to everyone who donated and shared the appeal. We will continue fundraising for this critical project until our partner has the resources it needs to expand aerial protection across vulnerable wildlife corridors in Tanzania. Together, we can help ensure these extraordinary elephants, and the irreplaceable genetic legacy they carry, have a future.
Follow us on social media for heartwarming updates, important news and more.
One ‘ellie’ of a relocation! The rescued elephants of Somboon Legacy Foundation in Thailand have arrived safely at their new home. See it here.
Source: Somboon Legacy Foundation
World Giraffe Day: Giraffes may be experiencing a ‘silent extinction’. Listen up, here.
Did you know?
Your legacy can help protect wild animals long into the future.
Find out how leaving a gift in your will can make a lasting difference for animals around the world. Read more.
In the news
Wild animal consumption on the rise in Central Africa, study finds. Read more.
They’re back! Rhino orphans return to the shores of Lake Kariba. Read more.
Five reasons for hope in global wildlife conservation. Read more.
Visual AI tracks nearly 100 wildlife species to improve conservation. Read more.
Elephants return to Mount Elgon side of Uganda after four decades. Read more.
A rare and mysterious creature has just been detected in a remote Kenyan forest. Here’s why experts are so excited. Read more.
Every rescue, rehabilitation, and return to the wild is only possible because of compassionate people like you. Thank you for standing with us and our dedicated conservation partners as we fight to protect wildlife around the world. Together, we can continue giving vulnerable wild animals the second chance they deserve.
Banner source: Shutterstock
