Thus far, the workforce has raised over $67,000 which can assist us to avoid wasting, restore and reconnect wild area for rhinos, elephants, leopards, lions and different threatened species together with dwarf chameleons, treasured orchids and different “little issues” that matter simply as a lot.
Thanks to TINICUM companions Eric Ruttenberg, Bob Kelly and Seth Hendon for sponsoring the workforce once more this 12 months, with 5 Tinicum runners for Crew Elephant in 2023!
To save lots of elephants, we should cease poaching but in addition the loss and degradation of their habitats. At Wild Tomorrow, we preventing again by restoring a wildlife hall in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa that can profit elephants and all species that share their wild areas. Elephant survival is determined by these wild areas – and due to this fact, they rely upon us!
For our runners, their efforts are private on many fronts. Along with the lofty aim of finishing a marathon, our runners are devoted conservationists. Listed below are a couple of of their tales.
Hannah Follender majored in conservation biology in school after which spent a 12 months in Kenya finding out human-wildlife battle. “I had all the time cherished animals and was an avid animal planet watcher as a child, so my journey examine alternative in Kenya was an ideal entry to my grownup years.” Hannah feels strongly that conservation options should embrace native communities and that the sustenance of those communities is straight linked to the native conservation of wildlife. We’re excited that her imaginative and prescient is so intently aligned with our mission.
Jeff Cardell Jeff and his spouse have been saving up for his or her bucket record and eventually had been in a position to examine it off in 2002. They visited Kruger Nationwide Park and the Addo elephant nationwide Park in South Africa and fell in love with the nation. “The great cities, rugged mountains, and plentiful wildlife took our breath away. We had been in a position to expertise not solely elephants, however rhino’s, lions, giraffes, and lots of different wonderful species first hand! Whereas we had been there, a child elephant got here proper as much as our jeep, gave a bit of head shake and made a trumpet that actually melted our hearts!” Returning to South Africa to volunteer is now added to their bucket record. We will’t wait for his or her go to!