The life of an Ant-Poaching Ranger: One more Day: Diary of an Anti-Poaching Ranger in the Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Hello Anti-Poaching Enthusiasts,

I nominated Painted Dog Conservation in Zimbabwe for a Project for Awesome grant this year. Painted Dog Conservation has been protecting the painted dog (also referred to as the painted wolf or African wild dog) one of the most endangered in Africa, from poachers for over 25 years. Project for Awesome is a 48 hour virtual fundraiser the gives out grants to the top 30 charities voted on by the public.

There are 163 charities vying for 30 spots this year so every vote counts. Your help would be greatly appreciated! Voting is free and easy. If you don’t want to click the link below, you can put Project for Awesome in your search bar, select Painted Dog Conservation from the charity drop down menu and hit the orange Vote button. Voting will continue until 12pm EST on February 18th. So we still have another 16 hours.

Link to vote: https://www.projectforawesome.com/watch?v=hFm9rT9Ts_k

The amount of the grant depends on the total amount raised but in the past few years each charity has received between $20,000-$30,000 USD!

Please leave me any suggestions for other subreddits or places where I can post about this and share if you are so inclined. Thank you!

Hey All, I'm doing some research for a university conservation project I am working on! I would love it if you you could take a moment to fill out my survey 🙂

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I refer to this article posted here by another member -

https://www.reddit.com/r/antipoaching/comments/18ieziy/mass_poisoning_of_a_pack_of_african_painted_dogs/

It is highly unlikely that the guilty parties behind this heinous act will ever face any kind of justice. At the very worst they will receive a 'Smack on the Wrist'. In light of this, I therefore call on all members to join in a boycott of the 'Lekkeslaap Mountain Bush View Lodge' in the Waterberg, Limpopo Province of South Africa. Inform all your family members and friends of what these - I hesitate to call them people - have done, and that they should avoid going and spending any time/money there.

My other suggestion is that we start a petition, addressed to the local authority, insisting that they take whatever punitive action necessary to make sure that the perpetrators are brought to proper justice, and their establishment be closed down.

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https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-12-13-devastating-loss-to-conservation-as-six-endangered-african-wild-dogs-poisoned-in-the-waterberg/?fbclid=IwAR2kQT49LOZzFJPPq4EtBV6J9rZdDogaXDq2XL9B-ZWOiitue89ACtBfMLY

The property is Mountain View Bush Lodge, address Grootfontein 589 LQ, Waterberg. Combination game farm and tourist lodge. The owner promptly took down the website as this was made public.

The lodge is still on Lekkeslaap tourism site. https://www.lekkeslaap.co.za/accommodation/mountain-view-bush-lodge

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