Thursday, November 27, 2008
saving wildlife by helping people learn more and make a difference.....:D
Heyy guys,be green also.....In 1974, with nothing more than backpacks, $6,000 of their own money, and one-way air tickets, they headed off into the Kalahari Desert where they spent the next seven years studying the elusive brown hyena and black-maned lions. They made landmark discoveries about these species and helped conserve the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. (See The Kalahari Years)
In 1985, Delia and Mark wanted to continue their study of carnivores in the remote North Luangwa National Park of Zambia, an almost inaccessible wilderness. They soon found that gangs of commercial poachers were quickly sterilizing the park, killing as many as 1,000 elephants each year for their ivory. For the next 11 years, Delia and Mark developed the North Luangwa Conservation Project, which saved the park for the benefit of the wildlife and the people living near it.this is an example of the damage done by poachers per year....it's truly saddening......Credits:Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation....:D thanks loadz......:Dbye!!!:roro/coco
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