Wildlife ACT Blog

Chris Kelly Recognised for Special Award for Endangered Species Conservation

Wildlife ACT co-founder, Chris Kelly, wins award for 1st Runner-up in the Endangered Species Conservation category at the Rhino Conservation Awards 2017 We are very proud to announce that Wildlife... read more

Dear John, Our Response to your Rhino Horn Auction

Rhino farmer, John Hume, will be auctioning 500kgs of rhino horn online today (23 August 2017) – on a website that has been translated into Mandarin and Vietnamese. He presents arguments for his... read more

Wildlife ACT Best for Habitat and Species Conservation in South Africa (and second in Africa)!

Wildlife ACT is honoured to have been awarded with a Silver Award in the category Best for Habitat and Species Conservation at the African Responsible Tourism Awards 2017. This achievement recognizes... read more

Written Objection to Draft Regulations for Domestic Trade & International Export of Rhino Horn

We are calling on all individuals and conservation organisations to read the proposed amendments to be made by the DEA, to be found here and for people to please take note that it is with great... read more

An Unbelievable Time for Conservation Volunteers in HiP!

Successful Wild Dog hunt, puppies, vulture sightings, three lion brothers roaring and a fantastic leopard visual A recent 2 week cycle was a very special one for our iMfolozi volunteer group. They... read more

A Perspective on Rhino Poaching by Mother and Child

Whenever I am asked what my passions are, like most women I list two: my family and my career. I am the mother of two young children, my passion project in the truest sense of the term; and I am a... read more

First Cheetah Collared on HiP!

A cheetah conservation project success story! The Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park (HiP) cheetah population is one of the most important cheetah populations in KZN, being one of the oldest and most stable in... read more

What I Learned From Volunteering with Wildlife ACT

Ever since I found out about National Geographic and after watching all the series of Planet Earth narrated by the legendary David Attenborough, I wanted to go to Africa. Like most tourists, I also... read more

Here we go again: Lion Bone – ‘To Trade or Not to Trade’ – It Clearly Matters

Last week I attended a South African Parliamentary Colloquium on the captive lion breeding industry in South Africa. There are anywhere between 6000 and 8000 lions being bred in captivity within... read more

Wildlife Conservation Volunteering Abroad for Over 50s

Google wildlife conservation volunteering abroad and what do you see? Lots of images of young people, usually young women; that’s what. So, obviously not for those of us with a few more years under... read more

Somkhanda Welcomes Four New Lion Cubs

On 29 May the Somkhanda Game Reserve priority species monitoring team heard the sound of very young lion cubs vocalising close to what was thought to perhaps be a den site. “For the next two months... read more

Wildlife Volunteer Projects for Retirees and Seniors

Age is just a number I told myself when I embarked on my first encounter with Wildlife ACT in March 2013. It was with trepidation that I boarded the plane on the first leg of my journey to Zululand.... read more

Rhino Dehorning Explained

Rhino dehorning is not a pleasant thing to witness. Just the mention of it evokes a sense of brutality. It is a sad reality that in order to help save rhino species from the threat of poaching, the... read more

African Wildlife Volunteering for Over 50’s

It Began With the Stars It was still dark and quiet in the early morning hours and the remote campsite in Zululand, South Africa was illuminated only by the soft radiance of the Milky Way galaxy. The... read more

Mature Wildlife Volunteer Projects in Africa

“The lion is next to the truck,” our monitor whispered. Slowly, I raised my head and sure enough there was the lion we had been tracking for two days. I pulled my head back into the vehicle and... read more

Wildlife Volunteering for Retirees and Seniors

Have you just retired and want to do something different that’s meaningful? Then you couldn’t choose better wildlife volunteering projects that Wildlife ACT offers – to help make a... read more

Wildlife Volunteering for Retirees and the Young-at-Heart

Wildlife ACT offers wildlife volunteering for retirees in Africa that is honestly suitable for anyone aged 60 and up. I have volunteered with Wildlife ACT 5 times (for a total of 12 weeks) and the... read more