I would like to remind all of our friends and supporters out there who are 70 1/2 years or older that you can once again make a charitable gift directly from your Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to AWF thanks to a provision in the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. The [...]

A few days after Dr. Patrick Bergin had left, Kaizer and I continued collecting cameras. In between all that, I had the privilege to join Stephen Midzi, the section ranger from Vlakteplaas (the section where we had placed the cameras) to go and look for tusks of an elephant that probably died a while back [...]

When Dr. Simon Munthali called to tell me that our CEO, Dr. Patrick Bergin, was planning to come to the field to spend a few days, I couldn’t believe my ears. My brain immediately went berserk. I started counting stock of the good things and the not so good things I may have been involved [...]

In this week’s blog, I present a slide show of camera trap pictures that were obtained from one camera. The camera ran for just over 45 days between June and July 2010. I hope that this will give you an idea of the rich diversity of animals that get captured on film. The camera was [...]

“I love animals and I love your website! It’s very informative and great to look at. I want to learn all I can about AWF. Is there any other information you can send me about your organization? Also, I really want to work with animals- but I’m not sure how. Is there any information you [...]

During the World Cup I had the pleasure to spend time with Christina van Winkle from our offices in Washington D.C. and her friend Mike. We met for the first time that morning in Nelspruit and then drove in tandem to Paul Kruger gate en route to Singita Kruger National Park.  I had a great [...]

“Hi, Erin! My 8-year old niece is a lover of all of our four-legged friends. I’d like to give her a gift membership to AWF. How would I go about doing that?” -Eric, Altoona, PA, U.S.A. First off, Eric, I’d like to commend you for encouraging your little niece’s interest in learning about wildlife.  Education [...]

Michael Gallagher, a student, writes for us in this post… My name is Michael Gallagher, and I helped Nakedi put down camera traps around the Shangoni area recently. I had been in the bush before but always in very controlled areas…usually with no predators.  Here is what I learned: I am a student from Ireland [...]

“Is there really such a thing as an ‘Elephant’s Graveyard?’ -Moses, Jackson, MS, U.S.A. After doing research and consulting with AWF’s own ‘elephant gurus,’ I found that the ‘Elephant’s Graveyard’ is one of the best African ‘bush legends’ (the same as ‘urban legends’ but, set in the African bush) of all time. That being said, [...]

After 45 days, Kaizer and I go back to the Pafuri section of Kruger Park. It is great to go back and see what awaits us. I was hopeful we would get lots of leopard pictures. However, I was dreading the drive. The thought of driving 80 kilometres per day to and from the study [...]