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WildLife Foundation is delighted to announce that a grant application from Fauna & Flora International has been approved by our Trustees. WildLife Foundation will be supporting the international conservation charity over the next three years with the aim to enhance the recovery and conservation of wildlife within the Sera Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya. The… Continue reading WildLife Foundation to assist Fauna & Flora International in Kenyan black rhino protection

Photo Credit: Alan Lee A major study, supported by the WildLife Foundation, has discovered a range of trees resistant to climate change. The discovery could have huge implications on the protection of animals threatened by disappearing habitats around the world. The study, Reforesting for The Climate of Tomorrow, analysed the traits of 25 species of trees and… Continue reading WildLife Foundation helps crucial climate change study

WildLife Foundation is proud to call AEECL (Association Européenne pour l’Étude et la Conservation des Lémuriens) one of our partner charities, the lemur conservation association based on the Sahamalaza Peninsula in Madagascar. This community based charity has been working tirelessly since 2000 to help maintain and strengthen the habitat of some of Madagascar’s… Continue reading AEECL: A partner charity conservation update

Tuesday 27th November 2018 is Giving Tuesday, the international fundraising day for any charity you want in any way you want. This year, why not support our own conservation efforts as well as the inspirational work of our partner charities? It doesn’t matter if you want to bake, make, tweet or simply donate, Giving Tuesday… Continue reading Support WildLife Foundation and our partner charities this Giving Tuesday

A vital campaign to save endangered giant otters has been launched by Yorkshire Wildlife Park Foundation. The project will collect information and data about the animals in their native Brazilian tropical rainforests where they are threatened by habitat loss, over-fishing and poachers. The Foundation, which is a leading force in global animal conservation, announced a near… Continue reading WildLife Foundation launch vital campaign to save endangered giant otters

This Polar Bear Week, Yorkshire Wildlife Park’s polar bears have been the focus of attention for cameras again – but this time they were helping wildlife research. The thermal outlines of park favourites Victor, Pixel, Nissan and Nobby were captured by a series of specialist lenses in a project that could save polar bears when… Continue reading Thermal images captured at Yorkshire Wildlife Park to help save polar bears

Yorkshire Wildlife Park’s partner charity Polar Bears International (PBI) offers the most current and pioneering research into the Hudson Bay polar bears, this Polar Bear Week. One of the nineteen different polar bear populations across the Arctic resides in Western Hudson Bay, near Churchill in Manitoba. The Hudson Bay polar bears are just one of… Continue reading Polar Bears International: A partner charity conservation update

Sunday 4th November marked the start of Polar Bear Week in association with our partner charity Polar Bears International (PBI). To celebrate this marvellous mammal, we’re talking about our 10 favourite polar bear facts. Polar Bear Week coincides with the autumn polar bear migration to Churchill, Manitoba in Canada. At this time of year the bears… Continue reading Polar Bear Week 2018: Did you know these 10 polar bear facts?

Friday 26th October is World Lemur Day! To celebrate, we’re asking whether you knew these 10 lemur facts below. The creation of the Lemur Conservation Network, World Lemur Day is all about raising awareness for lemur conservation while informing the world just how wonderful a species they are. Currently listed as Critically Endangered on the… Continue reading World Lemur Day 2018: Did you know these 10 lemur facts?

A brave contingent of around 1,000 runners battled through downpours to raise more than £7,500 for WildLife Foundation in a 5k fun run around the park on Sunday 14th October. The runners, joggers and walkers created a big splash and covered a combined distance of 5,070 kilometres (3,150 miles), the equivalent of a… Continue reading Run For Wildlife Autumn 5k competitors run over 5,000km