how we work

Changing the paradigm of "HOW" we give!

What makes us unique is that we film the funds we raise from a global community to the people and projects we know to be effective in the fight to prevent extinction. We use micro-funding (small donations from a global community) so everyone can participate in saving Africa's precious wildlife at any level. Our films allow you to SEE and EXPERIENCE the actual effect your contributions make to wildlife and the surrounding communities.

For $5.00 a month or a one time donation - you can support several different anti-poaching initiatives!

By joining our tribe, you are standing up for the voiceless. They are only in peril because of humans - so it’s only fair humans should be part of the solution to protecting them.

You can sign up as a member or just donate and track our progress through our videos, there are so many ways to support our initiatives.

We forge strong relationships with the people and organizations affected by this epidemic. You'll hear about their challenges in their own words through our interviews and videos.

OUR PARTNERS IN CONSERVATION

THE SOLUTION

Sadly, there is no one "Silver Bullet" that will end poaching and the human/animal conflict.  There are however, multiple effective initiatives that when used together, prove to be successful and offer hope.  Some of those initiatives are outlined below. 

Rangers First

Rangers are the last line of defense for Africa's endangered wildlife. They risk their lives every day to protect endangered animals and we want to continue to raise funds for their training and wellbeing so they feel better equipped in their work, acknowledged and appreciated for risking their lives for our wildlife.

We lose more rhinos and elephants in public parks than in private reserves and a lot of this comes down to lack of funding, not enough eyes on the wildlife, not enough funding to pay rangers and poverty in the regions where poaching occurs. Rangers are often targeted by poachers with bribes or threats to their safety and their family's safety, in exchange for giving up the location of rhino and elephants.  When rangers can't be bribed, or come across a poaching scene in real time, often they are harmed, or killed as has been the tragic case recently.

Sometimes, rangers don't receive a paycheck so can't feed their families - they become desperate.  The crime syndicates and wildlife traffickers know these rangers have families to provide for and are in a vulnerable position which they exploit.  Ultimately, we would like to introduce programs that supplement ranger salaries ($300 a year per ranger) and offer exciting incentives.  We want to fund programs that offer skills training, education around the importance of animals to the African tourism industry and help change how communities view their iconic wildlife such as lions, leopards, rhino and elephants.   We believe if we help to raise the living standards of rangers working national parks, bribes will become less appealing.  

Equipment: We also plan to equip rangers and reserves with the latest in technology to put them on equal footing with the poachers.

Orphaned Rhino and Elephant Calves

We help feed, home and care for more of the young rhino and elephant calves that the poachers leave behind after shooting their mothers through our many partners.  Rhino and elephant calves are completely dependent on their mothers for much longer than most animals and need care and attention if they are to be rehabilitated and placed back in the wild.  Transportation costs, veterinary fees, medicine, feed, housing and help with returning them to the wild.

Electric Fencing

Electric fencing around the reserves and parks to keep animals inside an area that can be more easily patrolled efficiency. Implementing innovative new solutions like introducing bee farmers to the regions most affected by rogue animals (elephants are afraid of bees and will avoid areas with bees so placed strategically, wont enter the village to eat or trample crops). Using bees will also provide a valuable commodity in honey, and a safe solution for both humans and animals - free of conflict.

Undercover Work

Organizations like Andrea Crosta’s EAL are vital. These criminals that fund poaching are often sophisticated organizations likened to the mafia. They need to be apprehended and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and those laws need to be enforced. Our Advisory Board member, Andrea Crosta has made remarkable strides in this area with his global team’s brave and stellar work following the money and contraband to the Kingpins. Andrea was featured prominently in "The Ivory Game" and “Sea of Cortez”.

Drone Technology

Drones are no longer the shiny new effective piece of equipment they were when first introduced, but they are no less effective in the multi-pronged efforts to combat commercial poaching and trafficking. We continue to support their efforts in reducing wildlife crime.