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 The world economic crisis is hitting Africa and is predicted to heavily impact everyone. Our major concern is wildlife which is being slaughtered for food, as a result of conflict and because there is inadequate funds for proper wildlife enforcement such as anti-poaching. To make matters worse, tourism is predicted to decline which will affect all the protected areas of Africa that depend on gate revenues. WildlifeDirect supports over 80 different projects, mainly in Africa with a few in Asia and South America through this website. Our survival also hangs in the balance.

We are appealing to each and every one of you to make a small donation to  WildlifeDirect to help us survive to enable us to continue to support these extraordinary projects through this extraordinarily difficult period.

After all, if we cannot  save wildlife through these tough times, we will not have much to enjoy during the good times.

I leave you with a picture taken in the Masai Mara recently.

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The world is a buzz about Big Cat Diary and it has been a wonderful week with some extraordinary pictures on Wildlife Direct of predators. Nobody I knew could identify this unusual cat.

If you want to know what it is then go on expedition across Africa with Simon and Laela who are documenting their 2 year safari in one of the most exciting blogs to watch in coming weeks as they explore places, discover new birds of prey and meet extraordinary people. The combination of their rare writing skills and fantastic photographs generates some of the most photographically exhilarating blogs that we’ve seen for some time.

But big cats and other predators in Africa are in trouble as revealed in the Masai Mara ecosystem on Predator Aware , and on Lion Guardians where the drought is leading to human conflict with lions leading to retaliation killings of lions.

But it’s the shocking images of poaching in Zimbabwe, and as lions attack wild dogs in South Africa that really stood out for me and made me want to weep. These guys really need help.

Don’t worry, it’s not all bad… there is some good news at least for lions in the Okavango Delta,  for now lions are safe and food is plentiful, and Cheetahs are about to start breeding so watch the Limpopo Valley Carnivores blog for images of the cubs in coming weeks.

Please support our predator projects generously as they work against all odds to species at the top of the food chain. Funding will help these extraordinary projects to find ways for predators and people to co-exist.