Wildlife conservation refers to the practice of protecting wild species and their habitats in order to maintain healthy wildlife species or populations and to restore, protect or enhance natural ecosystems. Major threats to wildlife include habitat destruction, degradation, fragmentation, overexploitation, poaching, pollution, climate change, and the illegal wildlife trade. The IUCN estimates that 42,100 species of the ones assessed are at risk for extinction.[1] Expanding to all existing species, a 2019 UN report on biodiversity put this estimate even higher at a million species. It is also being acknowledged that an increasing number of ecosystems on Earth containing endangered species are disappearing. To address these issues, there have been both national and international governmental efforts to preserve Earth's wildlife. Prominent conservation agreements include the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).[2][3] There are also numerous nongovernmental organizations (NGO's) dedicated to conservation.Wildlife conservation refers to the practice of protecting wild species and their habitats in order to maintain healthy wildlife species or populations and to restore, protect or enhance natural ecosystems. Major threats to wildlife include habitat destruction, degradation, fragmentation, overexploitation, poaching, pollution, climate change, and the illegal wildlife trade. The IUCN estimates that 42,100 species of the ones assessed are at risk for extinction.[1] Expanding to all existing species, a 2019 UN report on biodiversity put this estimate even higher at a million species. It is also being acknowledged that an increasing number of ecosystems on Earth containing endangered species are disappearing.

2. Wildlife ACT’s mission is to help save Africa’s
endangered wildlife and wild places from
extinction.

3. Volunteers are needed to complete
the monitoring work that’s important
to help ensure the survival of species including
Cheetah, Rhino, African Wild Dog, Leopard, Lion,
Vulture, Elephant and Turtles.

4. Wildlife ACT is 100% reliant on volunteer
participation for funding the projects and
collecting the data required for sound
conservation management decisions.

5. WILDLIFE ACT’S CONSERVATION WORK FOCUSES ON:
1. Delivering time and expertise to provide
adequate management, capture, transport
and reintroduction of endangered animals
to new homes

6. WILDLIFE ACT’S CONSERVATION WORK FOCUSES ON:
2. Developing and deploying state-of-the-art
monitoring and anti-poaching measures and
equipment in the field.

7. WILDLIFE ACT’S CONSERVATION WORK FOCUSES ON:
3. Helping rural communities who live alongside
protected wildlife areas to develop a love and
respect for nature, provide them with reasons to
protect it, and advance economic empowerment

8. WHY DO ENDANGERED SPECIES NEED MONITORING?
1. Studying and recording behavioural, social and
feeding patterns of endangered animals is used
for research and management purposes.

9. WHY DO ENDANGERED SPECIES NEED MONITORING?
2. Monitoring is an effective way of keeping track of
animal movements and demographics and allows
us to learn about their ecology and population
structures.

10. WHY DO ENDANGERED SPECIES NEED MONITORING?
3. Intensive monitoring allows us to predict future
movements and possible dispersals of individuals
(especially Wild Dogs) allowing management to
make informed decisions.

11. WHY DO ENDANGERED SPECIES NEED MONITORING?
4. Being able to detect if wild animals leave the
confines of a park allows us to act immediately to
bring them back - preventing conflict, illness and
interaction with humans and domesticated animals
(which can lead to disease outbreaks).

12. WHY DO ENDANGERED SPECIES NEED MONITORING?
5. Daily and ongoing monitoring alerts us to
poaching incidences quickly as well as
injuries caused from fighting and
predation.

13. WHY DO ENDANGERED SPECIES NEED MONITORING?
6. In the case of reintroduction of a priority species, it is
important to evaluate the reintroduction success. Intensive
monitoring is usually the most accurate method of determining
this, which is essential for informed management decisions and
for future reintroductions - ultimately helping to ensure sound
conservation of these species .

14. WHAT HAS WILDLIFE ACT ACHIEVED IN THE LAST 8 YEARS?
400
Rhino fitted with
tracking devices
300
Relocated to
new homes
500
Camera trap in
field taken half a
million photos this
year
30
GPS backpacks
Fitted to vultures
100
Wild dogs
rescued from
snares
80%
Of SA’s remaining
dogs monitored
by Wildlife ACT
40
Cheetah fitted
with tracking
collars 80
Anti snare collars
developed & fitted
on wild dogs

15. WANT TO PLAY A PART AND HELP SAVE THESE
ENDANGERED AND PRIORITY SPECIES FROM
EXTINCTION?

16. WANT TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL TRAVEL
EXPERIENCE AND DO SOMETHING WORTHWILE?

17. THEN JOIN US AT

18. WILDLIFE ACT WORKS AT:
5 Different Game Reserves in South Africa
• Hluhluwe Game Reserve
• iMfolozi Game Reserve
• Mkhuze Game Reserve
• Manyoni Private Game Reserve
• Tembe Elephant Park
1 Private Island in the Seychelles
• North Island

19. WORK YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN ON GAME RESERVES
Telemetry Work - radio tracking to locate and monitor the endangered
and priority species. Once found you will be recording data such as GPS
location, group composition, associations and behaviour.

20. WORK YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN ON GAME RESERVES
Camera Trap - setting up cameras, replacing batteries and SD cards, and
sorting through the photographs for the more elusive animals that need
a different monitoring technique.

21. WORK YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN ON GAME RESERVES
Identikits - Taking photos, identifying individuals, and compiling
accurate identikits of all the main priority species

22. WORK YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN ON GAME RESERVES
Data capture - Uploading all the field data you collect, as well as tagging
all the camera trap photos
Sample collections - Collecting scat samples in the field, so they can be
analysed to compile a complete list of prey selection and/or genetic
information

23. WORK YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN ON GAME RESERVES
Reserve / Camp work - help reserve management with general
maintenance work, such as covering a hole in the fence so animals don’t
escape, cleaning the monitoring vehicle you use, to helping set up bait to
assist with darting operations

24. WORK YOU MAY BE LUCKY TO BE INVOLVED IN
Darting— possible participation in a dart, for either a collaring, snare
removal or relocations etc. These are usually unplanned events, and
there is no guarantee you will participate in one

25. WORK YOU WILL BE INVOLVED IN ON SEYCHELLES PROJECT
Beach Patrols – look for evidence of nesting sea turtles, possibly helping
to relocate eggs if the nest is under threat
Alien removal – remove coconut saplings and other invasive species,
help plant indigenous / endemic plants
Monitoring – record data on the White Eye population (bird), and Giant
Aldabra Tortoise population, as well as the Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Surveys – conduct snorkelling photo surveys in support of ocean
conservation

26. JOIN US NOW
Help conservation, help save endangered species,
and make many new friends in the process. 