OUR DONATIONS — WILDTHINGS WORLDWIDE

TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS PURCHASED WILDTHINGS WORLDWIDE MERCHANDISE AND IN RETURN HELPED US SPONSOR AND DONATE TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANISATIONS AND ANIMALS

AUSTRALIAN ORANGUTAN PROJECT

www.orangutan.org.au

Wildthings Worldwide has adopted a young male Orangutan called Carlos for a year through the Australian Orangutan Project.

The project’s money goes directly into helping infants in care for future re-introduction into the jungle. The care centres are in Borneo.

FRIENDS OF BONOBOS

www.friendsofbonobos.org

Lola ya Bonobo is the only bonobo sanctuary in the world, located outside of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was founded in 1994 by Claudine Andre and is home to 52 bonobos.

As well as caring for the bonobos, Claudine also helps to educate locals to their endangerment and presents at conferences worldwide, raising awareness for the bonobo.

CARE FOR THE WILD

www.careforthewild.com

Wildthings Worldwide has adopted 'Ping,' a yellow-eyed penguin from New Zealand for one year. This is helping Care for the Wild enhance the habitat that Ping and his friends need to survive and thrive.

His adoption will help Care for the Wild to continue the work they are doing with the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust to make sure New Zealand's unique yellow-eyed penguins continue to recover.

Devil Ark

www.aussieark.org.au

Wildthings Worldwide donates to Devil Ark to support their ‘Fences for Devils’ program.

Devil Ark is the largest conservation breeding program for the Tasmanian devil on mainland Australia. The iconic Tasmanian marsupial is at serious risk of extinction from the highly contagious ‘devil facial tumour disease’ (DFTD).

Devil Ark’s ambitious breeding program is helping ensure the Tasmanian Devil's survival.

BRISTOL ZOO GARDENS

www.bristolzoo.org.uk

In recognising the zoo’s efforts in research, conservation, education and breeding programmes, Bristol Zoo Gardens was awarded the Advances in Husbandry and Welfare Award at the 2005 BIAZA* Awards for the hand rearing of a rare aye-aye from birth.

This represents only the second time this has been achieved in the world. The aye-aye is listed in the zoo’s top 10 endangered species in support of International Year of Diversity, 2012.

There are 3 aye-ayes you can see at Bristol Zoo in the Twilight World Exhibit.

* British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Project numbat

www.numbat.org.au

Wildthings Worldwide donates to Project Numbat.

The endangered native Australian marsupial is only found in the south-west of the state of Western Australia. The donations go towards raising species awareness for the numbat and towards their on-the-ground programs.

Leadbeater’s Possum organisation

www.leadbeaters.org.au

Wildthings donates to the Leadbeater's Possum Organisation.

This small possum is only found in an extremely limited habitat range in the central highlands of Victoria, Australia. They nest in the hollows of tall mountain ash trees.

The donations go towards the organisation’s conservation, education and research programs.

Saving the survivors

www.savingthesurvivors.co.za

Wildthings donates to Saving the Survivors.

Their work includes protecting rhinos that have been wounded, who have had their horn hacked off, and victims of snaring and traumatic incidents.

Between 80 and 120 animals per year are estimated to benefit from this project. This number will increase as the amount of poached rhinos increases.

While a few of these animals are brought in to their hospital, most are treated in the bush in their normal environment, as transporting these injured animals is just not possible or feasible

get up

www.getup.org.au

Wildthings donates to Get Up to fight for the survival of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

The Australian Environmental Minister Greg Hunt, who moonlights as the Mining Minister has given approval for the disastrous Indian Adani Carmichael Mine to go ahead.

This coal mine will be the biggest in Australia. It will mean massive and continual dredging and dumping in the World heritage Area of the Great Barrier Reef with thousands of coal ships every year.

Adani has a shocking environmental record for cleaning up after itself. The donations go towards an online advertising campaign. Whenever a potential investor is researching Adani, the first thing they'll find is a Get Up video exposing the truth.

The International Anti-Poaching Foundation

www.iapf.org

Wildthings donates to The International Anti-Poaching Foundation.

IAPF was founded in 2009 by Damien Mander, a former sniper in the Australian Special Forces.

The IAPF is a direct action law enforcement organisation dedicated to decelerate the widespread poaching of elephants and rhinos until governments can intervene themselves with more resources, tougher regulations and penalties for poachers.

IAPF offers African rangers training, education and equipment to fight on the front line of poaching in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Virunga

www.virunga.org

Wildthings donates to Virunga in recognition of the fantastic work the wildlife rangers do to protect the endangered mountain Gorilla.

Virunga National Park is the oldest park in Africa and home to almost half the world’s remaining gorillas.

140 rangers have been killed in the line of duty over the last 20 years; armed poachers and roving militia outnumber the rangers ten to one.

KOALAS IN CARE

www.koalasincare.org.au

Wildthings donates to Koalas in Care following the devastating bushfires in 2019.

Based in Taree, mid coast of NSW, Koalas in Care is run solely by volunteers.

Founding members Paul and Christine McLeod have been working with wild koalas since 1995. They are licensed and operate a 24 hour rescue service for sick/injured/orphaned koalas and work 365 days a year. The McLeods receive no recurrent government funding and rely solely on the public for donations.

For another website that gives a comprehensive list of licensed wildlife cares in all Australian states go to: www.backyard buddies.org.au