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19/11/2024

Sumatra Update: November 2024

The first rescued siamang entered our Siamang Rehabilitation Centre in January 2023. Now, in less than 12 months, we are approaching full capacity with sixteen siamang at the Centre and a further five currently at our Javan Primate Rehabilitation...

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08/11/2024

The First Releases of Siamang Back to the Wild

In this update on our siamang project in South Sumatra we would like to bring you up to date on the first releases of rehabilitated siamang. Regular followers of our work will be aware that in 2022 we built the first rehabilitation centre in South...

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07/11/2024

Entire rhino population at Loskop de-horned for their protection

When you think of rhinos, one of the first things you think of is probably their dramatic, scimitar-shaped horns. Growing at a rate of 3-4 inches per year and reaching a maximum length up to five feet, rhino horn is tragically one of the most...

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07/11/2024

World's largest translocation and rewilding of vultures aims to halt extinction

We are very happy to share that, thanks to your support, we recently translocated 163 disabled vultures within South Africa to help conservetwo species under threat - the Cape vulture and the white-backed vulture.

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24/10/2024

Madagascar Project Update - October 2024

We would like to share some updates with you as we reach the end of the 10th month of our year-long project in Maevatanana/Ambato-Boeni, a project made possible thanks to the support of Fondation Segré through IUCN Save Our Species. 

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18/10/2024

UK Captive-Born Lion Make Its First Kill In The Wild

In a world first, a lion which was captive born in the UK and subsequently rewilded to the South African wilderness by The Aspinall Foundation, has against all expert opinion, made his first successful kill in South Africa.In May 2022, two male...

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25/09/2024

CAZ West Project Update August 2024

Our multi-year project in CAZ West, Madagascar, made possible thanks to the support of The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), includes a wide variety of activities, one of which is forest restoration. The destruction of rainforest is...

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20/08/2024

Community Ranger Training Programme in Java Continues

Thanks to the support of Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong (OPCFHK) the training programme for Community Rangers in Mt. Tilu Nature Reserve is progressing well.

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05/08/2024

CAZ West Project Update August 2024

CAZ West Project Update August 2024As we approach the end of the first year of our multi-year project in CAZ West, Madagascar we want to share with you some of the progress that has been made. One of the main elements of this project, made possible...

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23/07/2024

DNA Sampling Activities are Underway in Gabon

Although later than originally planned one of the key activities is currently underway in our first demographic study of African forest elephants in the Batéké Plateau National Park and its periphery. It is an important element of the project, made...

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