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Photo Credit: Daniel J. Cox/NaturalExposures.com via Polar Bears International Did you know that without action on climate change, scientists predict that two-thirds of Polar Bears could be gone by 2050, with the potential to wipe out wild polar bears totally by 2100? The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the polar bear as… Continue reading Celebrating Polar Bear Week – A Conservation Update from Polar Bears International

Award winning Yorkshire Wildlife Park favourites Dayo and Hodari took centre stage today to celebrate World Rhino Day. The two-year-old black rhinos were the star attractions at a series of fundraising events to spotlight the plight of the endangered animals. The playful black rhinos enjoyed the late summer sun at the park’s African Plains Reserve… Continue reading Celebrating World Rhino Day at Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Photo Credit: Giraffe Conservation Foundation The growing human population is creating the greatest threat for giraffes that they face today, and in recent years the species has been moved from ‘Least Concern’ to ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List of threatened species. The overall decline of giraffe populations is estimated at 40% since 1985. Other… Continue reading Giraffe Conservation Foundation Update

A rare Amur Tigress has taken the next steps to save her species as she was returned to the wild after 14 months of rehabilitation. Filippa, who was four-months-old and close to starvation when she was found, is now strong and able to hunt on her own thanks to work at a tiger reserve in… Continue reading WildLife Foundation helps release endangered tiger into wild

The safety of threatened rhinos has been given a huge boost with grants from the WildLife Foundation. It has funded two key projects that will protect black and white rhino populations across Kenya which are being ruthlessly targeted by poachers. The devastating trade has left many young rhinos orphaned and vulnerable without the… Continue reading WildLife Foundation Gives Double Boost to Critically Endangered Rhinos

The innovative project allows shoppers to donate to charity using Pennies, the digital charity box, when making a card purchase. The money has been raised by visitors to the award-winning Yorkshire Wildlife Park – but local shops are now being urged to join the scheme too. “We are delighted with the donations so far which… Continue reading WildLife Foundation Raise £15,000 Through Pennies Initiative

Joshua Key and his Mini Kicks team-mates roared into action to raise more than £1,000 to help save the endangered Amur Tigers from extinction. The 4-year-old raised more than £100 himself to be the top fund-raiser from a day making sponsored tiger masks and visiting Yorkshire Wildlife Park, home to a family of the majestic… Continue reading Mini Kicks raise over £1000 for YWP Foundation to help endangered Amur Tigers

The fight to save endangered polar bears has been given a huge boost by the WildLife Foundation (WildLife Foundation) backing a major conservation programme. It is the second year that the Foundation has supported the Polar Bear International campaign to protect the majestic animals’ dwindling numbers as global warming causes the Arctic sea ice… Continue reading WildLife Foundation backs conservation programme to save endangered polar bears

An endangered species of lemur is being given a fighting chance of survival with support from the WildLife Foundation. (WildLife Foundation) The charity has made a three-year grant worth £15,000 to help protect the blue-eyed black lemur, whose numbers in the wild have been reduced to less than 1,000 by slash-and-burn agriculture and hunting.… Continue reading WildLife Foundation backs initiative to save lemurs

Since 2013 both Yorkshire Wildlife Park and WildLife Foundation have been part of the Dell and Brother Environmental Consumable Recycling & Collection Programme. If you have visited Yorkshire Wildlife Park or followed the Park and the Foundation online, you will know how committed we are to protecting the environment for species, ecosystems and… Continue reading Toning Up with Dell and Brother