The Catherine Jones Foundation

Royal Anglian XI v Cambridge University President's XI including fabled England fly-half and cricket and rugby Cambridge Blue! Sunday 8 July Fenner's cricket ground, Cambridge. Henry Blofeld 'orchestrates' A fundraiser for the RAR Benevolent charity. Do come!
https://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets/events/henry-blofeld-cricket

The Moment This Orangutan Knew She And Her Baby Would Be OK

thedodo.com Orangutans like these are threatened by Indonesia's forest fires

Who will help Jane Goodall save the world?

The wonderful Jane Goodall serves as a permanent inspiration to CJF.

http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/10/23/who-will-help-jane-goodall-save-the-world/

nytlive.nytimes.com A conversation with the busy, beloved primatologist about the state of the world, 55 years after her start with Gombe chimpanzees

Help IAPF win $500,000 from Microsoft to combat poaching.

Please share this or tweet so we can help them combat poaching.
Thank you.

linkedin.com An appeal directly from the guys who we can help if IAPF wins half a million from Microsoft to use in our anti-poaching work. The charity with the most social media votes will win half a million dollars for their cause. Please add your voice by tweeting every day until the 23rd of August.Use the lin…

Cecil the lion: from king of the pride to the hunter's bow

And his brother is now protecting his cubs.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3181277/Saved-Cecil-lion-s-cubs-protected-BROTHER-fears-evil-rival-Jericho-kill-pride-says-Oxford-University-expert.html

telegraph.co.uk The GPS tag conservationists fitted to Cecil the lion has provided us with unprecedented insight into the life and brutal death of the magnificent creature

Legend!

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German travel organizations agree to remove elephant rides

Well done.

www.myrepublica.com German travel organizations agree to remove elephant rides

Panthera

A new NBC News article, ‘Beyond 2015: Can World's Most Endangered Wildlife Survive?,’ examines the current state and threats facing some of our planet’s most endangered species - big cats, elephants, rhinos and other wildlife. Read the article @ http://nbcnews.to/1rYkY3k to learn about the future of these species and see what Panthera’s Senior Vice President, Andrea Heydlauff, had to say about how a new focus on law enforcement is helping to protect tigers and other big cats around the world.

Prince William attacks China over 'ignorant craving' for ivory

independent.co.uk Prince William is to launch a fierce attack on China’s ivory industry and the “ignorant craving” for supposed cures and trinkets, saying this is fuelling the slaughter of elephants and other animals by poachers.

The Catherine Jones Foundation

Launching the Animal Watch. A contribution of £92 is made to the International Anti-Poaching Foundation for every watch sold.

As the Duke of Cambridge said, today, in Washington DC.
". . . . . one of the most insidious forms of corruption and criminality in the world today is the illegal wildlife trade."
He attacked those who "loot our planet to feed mankind's ignorant craving for exotic pets, trinkets, cures and ornaments derived from the world's vanishing and irreplaceable species".
Paying tribute to his father, the Prince of Wales, and his grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, he said: "They helped to bring about a revolution in attitudes towards our natural environment."
He added: "From them, I learned that our relation to nature and wildlife goes to the heart of our identity as human beings. From our sheer survival, to our appreciation of beauty and our connection to all other living things."

Launching the Animal Watch. A contribution of £92 is made to the International Anti-Poaching Foundation for every watch sold.

As the Duke of Cambridge said, today, in Washington DC.
". . . . . one of the most insidious forms of corruption and criminality in the world today is the illegal wildlife trade."
He attacked those who "loot our planet to feed mankind's ignorant craving for exotic pets, trinkets, cures and ornaments derived from the world's vanishing and irreplaceable species".
Paying tribute to his father, the Prince of Wales, and his grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, he said: "They helped to bring about a revolution in attitudes towards our natural environment."
He added: "From them, I learned that our relation to nature and wildlife goes to the heart of our identity as human beings. From our sheer survival, to our appreciation of beauty and our connection to all other living things."

This is really impressive but . . . . don't try this at home! These are still wild animals with unimpaired instincts and should be respected.

CBS 60 minutes explores and exposes the horrors of canned lion hunting in SA. Thank you to Kevin Richardson - The Lion Whisperer and Chris Mercer for their enduring vision.

MUST WATCH and ***S**H**A**R**E!
http://bit.ly/1v9yEbA
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-lion-whisperer/

CANNED HUNTING is an epic, and unfathomable horror inflicted upon lions, rhinos and elephants primarily by rich Americans in collusion with SA's government and hunting outfits (SCI, DSC etc. and their SA/African counterparts) Their objective? To kill. Paying 100s of 1000s of $$$ to kill, to "Shoot Fish in a Barrel"; ending the life of majestic mega fauna with a rain of bullets.

For what? A trophy.

MUST WATCH and ***S**H**A**R**E!
http://bit.ly/1v9yEbA

Someone fell in love with the 'Tiger' ring and donated £5,500 for the benefit of the Catherine Jones Foundation. Aren't people amazing.

Amazon Search

Our big-hearted friends Karl Scarr and Sally Scarr moved from the UK to Morocco to start an animal sanctuary, where they do inspiring but very hard and often thankless work. Karl has written some of their experiences into a book. See if you can spare just a fiver to get a copy on Kindle, or twenty-odd quid for the paperback.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leader-Pack-Karl-Scarr/dp/1502315092/

amazon.co.uk Online shopping from a great selection at Books Store.

A rare Amur leopard cub has been born at a Hampshire zoo.
There may be as few as 35 Amur leopards left in the wild and they are listed as critically endangered.
Staff at Marwell Zoo, near Wi******er (England), hope the breeding programme would mean some endangered leopards would eventually be released back into the wild.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28840102

What Happened When A Gorilla Saw The Man Who Raised Him, 5 Years Later.

An uplifting video and splendid that the Foundation had the sense to release the gorilla into its natural habitat.

thefreeus.com This was completely beyond his expectations.

Peerless Panthera.

Today marks International Tiger Day - a global day to raise awareness about the world's largest wild cat, and what's at stake. Unbeknownst to many, fewer than 3,200 tigers remain in the wild, & their survival is threatened due to rampant poaching for the illegal wildlife market, where their skins & body parts are traded at a high price. But all is not lost, and hope for this majestic cat remains. Read a letter from Panthera's Senior Tiger Program Director Dr. John Goodrich on new hope for tigers unveiled during Panthera's recent Tigers Forever meeting, including the sites where tigers are making a comeback & where we are gaining ground in the fight to save them @ http://bit.ly/1nE79TD. Support Panthera in the fight for tigers on International Tiger Day by donating @ http://bit.ly/1ewNj4V! And don't forget to like & share Panthera's post to encourage others to support the future of the endangered wild tiger!

Leonardo DiCaprio's inaugural Foundation gala raises $25million

That's the spirit!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2703979/Leonardo-DiCaprio-makes-passionate-plea-save-endangered-species-inaugural-Foundation-gala-raises-25million.html

[...] Leonardo told the glamorous crowd: 'The wild species that depend on us to protect their habitat, like Tigers whose numbers have plummeted to under 3,200 left in the wild, or African elephants, who are being slaughtered at a rate of over 30,000 a year for their ivory tusks — they have no voice.

'We must be their ambassadors. We must be their protectors. We must stop their slaughter.' [...]

dailymail.co.uk Actor opened the live auction, with the first item for sale being his own Harley-Davidson motorcycle signed by himself, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.

That's the spot! Leopard LOVES getting a...

Yes, yes, just there.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow6F_5LBRZQ

youtube.com The adorable big cat can be heard purring as loud as a locomotive in the video posted to YouTube. The adorable big cat can be heard purring as loud as a loco...

Episode 1, Tigers about the House - BBC Two

This programme is terrific - recommended viewing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01wf1b9

bbc.co.uk The cubs are born and struggle through their first dramatic weeks.

China ‘admits’ trading in tiger skin

As sad as this story is, it represents real progress: the hardest part of any change is getting to the recognition-point. Let's keep the pressure on!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28258595

bbc.co.uk China has for the first time admitted that it permits trade in skins from captive tigers, participants at a Cites meeting on endangered species say.

SFT - Animal Sanctuary

Our big-hearted friends Karl Scarr and Sally Scarr do fantastic work for animals in Morocco. Please see if you can support them. If you can't manage a donation, a Share or even a humble Like would do the trick.

To relieve the suffering of animals who are in need of refuge, sanctuary and treatment. www.sftmorocco.org

Dolphins get their due

http://www.thehindu.com/features/kids/dolphins-get-their-due/article6119256.ece

thehindu.com The cute bottle-nosed creatures in the sea have now been classified as “Non-human persons”. What does this mean? It implies recognising their human-like traits.

Incredible moment elephant cries during rescue mission

If dolphins have been declared 'non-human persons', then why not elephants?

http://metro.co.uk/2014/07/07/incredible-moment-elephant-cries-during-daring-rescue-mission-4789602

http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/09/17/india-declares-dolphins-whales-as-non-human-persons/

metro.co.uk An elephant which was shackled in spiked chains for 50 years cried after it was freed in an overnight rescue mission.

'Tiger Selfie Ban' Will Actually Protect Tiger Cubs

mashable.com New York's proposed ban on contact between big cats and the public, widely and wrongly reported as the "tiger selfie ban", will actually save tigers from a lifetime of abuse tha...

No-brainer.

Home - WildLeaks

Surely it can't get much better than this!

https://wildleaks.org/

wildleaks.org WildLeaks is the first, secure, online whistleblower platform dedicated to Wildlife & Forest Crime. The Mission of WildLeaks is to receive and evaluate anonymous information regarding Wildlife & Forest Crimes and transform it into...

WildLeaks attracts major wildlife crime leads in first three months

This is just wonderful!

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/12/wildleaks-illegal-wildlife-crime

www.theguardian.com WikiLeaks-style website yields 24 tip-offs including elephant poaching, tiger killing, illegal fishery and forest destruction

Now this IS the way to shoot great beasts.

Portrait of a King and Queen: Safari animals captured in striking black and white, by photographer Ed Hetherington.

Marvel at his full collection: http://fw.to/mr0QBxP

Spotted.

Enjoy our photo of the day of a beautiful leopard, taken by Panthera's partner photographer, James Warwick! See more of Warwick's stunning wildlife pics on Instagram @ http://bit.ly/1wzESki & his website @ http://bit.ly/1mzgGrn. Don't forget to pick up this month's copy of BBC Wildlife Magazine to see more of Warwick's pics in a feature article on the conservation organizations & scientists protecting Africa's fewer than 30,000 wild lions. More info @ http://bit.ly/1jARL3U

Lion, Tiger, and Bear Are Best Friends Forever

Unexpected friends. Something to ponder.

gawker.com Thirteen years ago, a lion, tiger, and bear were rescued from the basement of an Atlanta drug dealer's home. Now living in Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary, the three are now the biggest BFFs in the animal kingdom.

How To Become A Panda Nanny, The Greatest Job Ever

This is how Giant Pandas start. As tiny pandas.

www.huffingtonpost.com Have you heard about the best job in the world? It's in China, being a panda caretaker at the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Ya'an.

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