It is estimated that each year around 30,000 elephants are killed worldwide as a result of poaching and It is thought that at current poaching rates elephants, rhinos and other iconic African wildlife may

They alerted Wildlife Works rangers, who collected the zebra and brought it to Wildlife Works Headquarters Dodson, Wildlife Works Vice-President, African Field Operations, and Joseph Safari, Wildlife Works Ranger

In other instances, the sampling team works hand in hand with the ranger department. logging or charcoal burning in a certain area they immediately report it to Mr Eric Sagwe, the Head Ranger His business could not sustain him and in 2010, he learnt of a ranger recruitment exercise at Wildlife “I applied for a ranger and a driver position to increase my chances,” he recalls.

On Sept 19th, a team of our rangers responded quickly to black smoke they saw rising from the bush far that they are hard to spot and it was only the hissing noise this one made that alerted one of our rangers

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Background CLIMATE CHANGE may be the greatest danger facing our planet today.  WWC’s ranger teams are lead by Mr. Eric Sagwe, who was born in the Maungu area. We would like to congratulate our new rangers who were recruited in 2010.Seventy people qualified to become WWC Rangers. We are still building new ranger camps, but already we have taken on the first thirty new recruits: 1

Return of the Elephants to Mai Ndombe When Wildlife Works' biodiversity lead for the DRC, Mathieu Bolaa , started in 2011, elephants and bonobos had fled due to logging and poaching. Read more about how Mathieu has worked to build community trust, and the successful return of the elephants

Sera Mwakazi Janet Wanjala Rebecca Mututa In 2011, Wildlife Works opened its first door to female rangers Constance Mwandaa, for example, was one of the first female rangers to join the team and has risen among the ranks to be the Head of Ranger training, thanks to a partnership program by Lead Ranger. 

communities and at the same time conserving the forest ecosystem, especially the threatened wildlife such as elephants

the Congo recently announced a historic new conservation area , and Kenya has recorded its third twin elephant birth in three years—a rare and promising sign for elephant populations.

He saw a cycle of violence between the rangers, poachers and wildlife that prevented any chance for long-term

Wild Hope is fierce and unyielding, like elephants steadfastly walking hundreds of miles to reach water had a doubt that community-led conservation works; we've seen it first-hand with the return of forest elephants