WILDLIFE ORGANISATIONS

 
Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT Kenya)
 
The long-term conservation of wildlife in Kenya’s northern rangelands is inextricably linked to the fate of the local pastoralist communities. Yet these communities are politically and economically marginalized, and opportunities for economic growth have been hindered by insecurity and by longstanding ethnic rivalries in the region.

Specific objectives of the Northern Rangelands Trust are:
  • Ensure the conservation, management and sustainable use of the natural resources within the Trust Area;
  • Promote and develop tourism and all other environmentally sustainable income-generating projects within the Trust Area;
  • Promote culture, education and sports of the residents of the Trust Area;
  • Promote better health of the residents of the Trust Area through the provision of better health services and facilities;
  • Alleviate poverty of the inhabitants of the Trust Area through improved social services, provision of employment and establishment of community-based enterprises;
  • Promote and support trusts, corporations, NGOs and other charitable organisations with similar objects to those of the Trust.  
 
Wildlife Friends of Thailand (WFFT)
 
The main objectives of the WFFT are:

- Rescue wild animals;
- Educate people;
- Prevent hunting and promote conservation;
- Gather knowledge;
- Set up and join activities.

Currently the WFFT runs several projects from hands-on wildlife rescue, medical care, wildlife rehabilitation, research on wildlife and marine mammals as well as the release of wild animals back to the wild.

The Wildlife Rescue Centre is built on temple land; the abbot of the Kao Look Chang temple has generously given us a huge plot of forest for the animals to live in.