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Natures Treasures Photo Competition Week One Winners
Winners of Nature in Distress Wildlife Warriors Nature's Treasures Photo Competition. Each week will have a different theme. This week’s theme is Beauty of Biodiversity. Send your submissions (phone and camera photos) to info@wildlifedirect.org (3 images per person only). Junior category is age 15 and below. Entries close on Sunday 29th March at midnight.
Meet the Judges
Let us introduce you to our independent judges.
Nature’s Treasures Photo Competition
Amateur photographers from anywhere in Kenya, are invited to participate in the Nature’s Treasures Photo Competition. The Wildlife Warriors Photo Competition will run for the next twelve (12) weeks starting on 17th March 2020. Each week will have a different theme.
Fighting for Vultures at hell’s Gate National Park
Recent developments in Kenya’s National Parks are putting endangered species at grave risk. In December 2019, a 48-hour mega music festival was scheduled to take place at Hell's Gate National Park on Valentines' weekend. Numerous bird enthusiasts and experts requested WildlifeDirect to take action to save the only protected breeding colony of the critically endangered Ruppell’s Vulture.
Supporting Victims of Human – Wildlife Conflict
Thousands of Kenyans are affected by wildlife each year. Some incidents destroy entire families. Women in rural areas are disproportionately affected.
A Tribute to Tim, the most Majestic Elephant
Tim, the Super Tusker elephant in Amboseli has died. Our hearts are broken. Tim was one of Africa's very few Super Tuskers and an incredible elephant whose presence awed and inspired many. He was one of Kenya's National Treasures!
Hell’s Gate needs tender loving care – not the Love Festival
Many people are shocked, as I am, by the approval given to hold two large-scale public events in Hell’s Gate National Park later this year. The Koroga Love Festival, on 14–15 February, and the East African leg of the World Rally Championship, programmed for July, will attract thousands of people to the Park for activities that are unconnected with wildlife conservation.
Survey reveals that 51 percent of Kenyans watched Wildlife Warriors TV Series
In April 2019, WildlifeDirect launched Wildlife Warriors, a TV series about Kenyan wildlife heroes at the front line, and the species that they are saving. The series has smashed all expectations after the results of a survey revealed that 51 percent of Kenyans had watched it in 2019.