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Get TicketsOur Strategies
To ensure people and wildlife can coexist and thrive, WCN employs three core strategies—supporting the most effective Conservation Partners with the funding and resources they need to protect wildlife, creating Wildlife Funds that provide flexible grants to a wide range of organizations that protect a specific species across its entire range, and investing in the education and career growth of Rising Wildlife Leaders.Conservation Partners
We find the best entrepreneurial organizations and invite them to receive in-depth, ongoing support by joining our Network of Conservation Partners. We provide our Partners with the financial resources, tools, and services they need to effectively protect wildlife. Conservationists in our Network work within local communities to find solutions that address the needs of both wildlife and people.
Learn MoreWildlife Funds
We establish Wildlife Funds when we see a need and an opportunity to protect threatened wildlife across a larger landscape. By providing specific, short-term funding to projects from institutions big and small, we harness the power of multiple organizations working to save a species throughout its entire habitat. 100% of donations to WCN'S Wildlife Funds go directly to the field, with zero overhead.
Learn MoreRising Wildlife Leaders
Conservation thrives when local conservationists have the support they need to protect wildlife. We invest in these brave women and men to strengthen their skills, build their organizations, and advance their careers in conservation. Through scholarships and grants, we provide support to the local people who are shaping conservation in their home countries, ensuring we have a greater and more sustainable impact for wildlife.
Learn MoreOur Strategies
To ensure people and wildlife can coexist and thrive, WCN employs three core strategies—supporting the most effective Conservation Partners with the funding and resources they need to protect wildlife, creating Wildlife Funds that provide flexible grants to a wide range of organizations that protect a specific species across its entire range, and investing in the education and career growth of Rising Wildlife Leaders.Conservation Partners
We find the best entrepreneurial organizations and invite them to receive in-depth, ongoing support by joining our Network of Conservation Partners. We provide our Partners with the financial resources, tools, and services they need to effectively protect wildlife. Conservationists in our Network work within local communities to find solutions that address the needs of both wildlife and people.
Wildlife Funds
We establish Wildlife Funds when we see a need and an opportunity to protect threatened wildlife across a larger landscape. By providing specific, short-term funding to projects from institutions big and small, we harness the power of multiple organizations working to save a species throughout its entire habitat. 100% of donations to WCN'S Wildlife Funds go directly to the field, with zero overhead.
Rising Wildlife Leaders
Conservation thrives when local conservationists have the support they need to protect wildlife. We invest in these brave women and men to strengthen their skills, build their organizations, and advance their careers in conservation. Through scholarships and grants, we provide support to the local people who are shaping conservation in their home countries, ensuring we have a greater and more sustainable impact for wildlife.
Ethiopian Wolf
The Ethiopian wolf is the rarest and most endangered canid in the world.
Cheetah—Botswana
Botswana provides a home for approximately 30% of the earth’s remaining 7,100 cheetahs, it is the only country where their population remains stable.
Penguins
There are 18 different penguin species living throughout the Southern Hemisphere, 55% of which are listed as threatened.
Pangolins
Pangolins have the unfortunate distinction of being the most illegally trafficked wild mammal in the world. All eight species of pangolins are threatened with extinction.
Orangutan
Orangutans play a critical role in keeping forests healthy, but are Critically Endangered due to habitat loss and their low reproductive rate.
Rhinos
Today, fewer than 26,000 rhinos remain in Africa and Asia. Poaching for their horns and habitat loss continuously threaten the future of these distinctive giants.
Lion—Niassa
Niassa National Reserve in Mozambique is one of the last great wild places on Earth and one of the important remaining strongholds for the African lion.
Snow Leopard
The strikingly beautiful but endangered snow leopard remains one of the world’s most mysterious and rarely seen cats.
Grevy’s Zebra
Less than 2,500 Grevy’s zebra exist today; these special animals are distinguishable from other zebras by their larger size and round “Mickey Mouse” ears.
Gorillas
Gorillas are strong and social beings, yet they face threats from habitat degradation and disease transmission.
Macaws
Macaws are renowned for their beauty, intelligence, and charisma, yet due to their slow reproductive rate very few remain in the wild.
Painted Dogs
Painted dogs have highly social and complex packs and approximately 100,000 dogs existed in the 1900’s, but now only 7,000 dogs are thought to remain.
Okapi
The gentle, mysterious okapi live only in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and though they appear to be half-zebra they are actually the closest relative of the giraffe.
Sharks and Rays
Sharks and rays are essential for healthy oceans, but are vulnerable to human threats like pollution, climate change, and overfishing.
Dolphins and Dugongs
Marine mammals play important ecological roles as both predator and prey, but unfortunately, marine mammals in Malaysia are threatened by over-fishing, by-catch, boat traffic, plastic pollution, and noise pollution.
Elephant
Elephants are among the world’s most intelligent, sensitive and social animals, possessing both empathy and family values.
Lion—Ewaso
Kenya is home to less than 2000 lions. In Northern Kenya, outside protected areas, lions and people are learning to coexist.
Grey Crowned Cranes
Grey Crowned Cranes are a symbol of longevity, but unfortunately are threatened by habitat loss and the illegal wildlife trade.
Spectacled Bear
Spectacled bears, also known as Andean bears, are the only bear species in all of South America.
Saiga Antelope
The saiga antelope has been around since the Ice Age and once numbered in the millions; today only 40,000 survive.
Cotton-Top Tamarin
The tiny cotton-top, which weighs less than a pound, are found only in northwestern Colombia and are one of the most endangered primates in the world.
Small Wild Cats
Most people are familiar with big cats, but few could name the 33 species of small wild cats living all around the world.
Andean Cats
The Andean cat is one of the rarest and least known cats in the world; fewer than 1,400 exist in the mountains of South America.
Cheetah—Namibia
Cheetahs are famous for their speed and agility but are also one of Africa’s most endangered big cats.
Ethiopian Wolf
Cheetah—Botswana
Penguins
Pangolins
Orangutan
Rhinos
Lion—Niassa
Snow Leopard
Grevy’s Zebra
Gorillas
Macaws
Painted Dogs
Okapi
Sharks and Rays
Dolphins and Dugongs
Elephant
Lion—Ewaso
Grey Crowned Cranes
Spectacled Bear
Saiga Antelope
Cotton-Top Tamarin
Small Wild Cats
Andean Cats
Cheetah—Namibia
Ethiopian Wolf
The Ethiopian wolf is the rarest and most endangered canid in the world.
Cheetah—Botswana
Botswana provides a home for approximately 30% of the earth’s remaining 7,100 cheetahs, it is the only country where their population remains stable.
Penguins
There are 18 different penguin species living throughout the Southern Hemisphere, 55% of which are listed as threatened.
Pangolins
Pangolins have the unfortunate distinction of being the most illegally trafficked wild mammal in the world. All eight species of pangolins are threatened with extinction.
Orangutan
Orangutans play a critical role in keeping forests healthy, but are Critically Endangered due to habitat loss and their low reproductive rate.
Rhinos
Today, fewer than 26,000 rhinos remain in Africa and Asia. Poaching for their horns and habitat loss continuously threaten the future of these distinctive giants.
Lion—Niassa
Niassa National Reserve in Mozambique is one of the last great wild places on Earth and one of the important remaining strongholds for the African lion.
Snow Leopard
The strikingly beautiful but endangered snow leopard remains one of the world’s most mysterious and rarely seen cats.
Grevy’s Zebra
Less than 2,500 Grevy’s zebra exist today; these special animals are distinguishable from other zebras by their larger size and round “Mickey Mouse” ears.
Gorillas
Gorillas are strong and social beings, yet they face threats from habitat degradation and disease transmission.
Macaws
Macaws are renowned for their beauty, intelligence, and charisma, yet due to their slow reproductive rate very few remain in the wild.
Painted Dogs
Painted dogs have highly social and complex packs and approximately 100,000 dogs existed in the 1900’s, but now only 7,000 dogs are thought to remain.
Okapi
The gentle, mysterious okapi live only in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and though they appear to be half-zebra they are actually the closest relative of the giraffe.
Sharks and Rays
Sharks and rays are essential for healthy oceans, but are vulnerable to human threats like pollution, climate change, and overfishing.
Dolphins and Dugongs
Marine mammals play important ecological roles as both predator and prey, but unfortunately, marine mammals in Malaysia are threatened by over-fishing, by-catch, boat traffic, plastic pollution, and noise pollution.
Elephant
Elephants are among the world’s most intelligent, sensitive and social animals, possessing both empathy and family values.
Lion—Ewaso
Kenya is home to less than 2000 lions. In Northern Kenya, outside protected areas, lions and people are learning to coexist.
Grey Crowned Cranes
Grey Crowned Cranes are a symbol of longevity, but unfortunately are threatened by habitat loss and the illegal wildlife trade.
Spectacled Bear
Spectacled bears, also known as Andean bears, are the only bear species in all of South America.
Saiga Antelope
The saiga antelope has been around since the Ice Age and once numbered in the millions; today only 40,000 survive.
Cotton-Top Tamarin
The tiny cotton-top, which weighs less than a pound, are found only in northwestern Colombia and are one of the most endangered primates in the world.
Small Wild Cats
Most people are familiar with big cats, but few could name the 33 species of small wild cats living all around the world.
Andean Cats
The Andean cat is one of the rarest and least known cats in the world; fewer than 1,400 exist in the mountains of South America.
Cheetah—Namibia
Cheetahs are famous for their speed and agility but are also one of Africa’s most endangered big cats.
Your Support in Action
Pulling Kenya's Giant Pangolins Back From the Brink
Although long thought to be extinct in Kenya, The Pangolin Project, a grantee of WCN's Pangolin Crisis Fund (PCF), has located and is working to protect the small number of giant pangolins left in the country. They were rediscovered in 2018 through several scattered sightings, and since then, The Pangolin Project and Kenya Wildlife Service have been carefully monitoring their fragile population of 30-80 individuals.
1,060 Grey Crowned Cranes Recorded
RWANDA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION (RWCA) sixth annual census involved extensive aerial and ground surveys across all of Rwanda. Census results showed an increase in crane numbers—the first time the population has risen above 1,000 and more than double the amount of cranes present in Rwanda since RWCA first began their work.
5,000 People Participating in Community Camera Trap Program
NIASSA LION PROJECT’S (NLP) community camera trap program engaged people from eight villages across Mozambique’s Niassa Special Reserve. Every photo of wildlife they collected was converted into income awarded to the villagers by NLP. This program helps NLP assess wildlife distribution across the Reserve and offers local communities a tangible incentive to participate in wildlife conservation. So far, over $25,000 has been earned by these communities for the collection of wildlife images.
44 New Painted Dog Pups Were Recorded
PAINTED DOG CONSERVATION (PDC) counted 44 new pups last year during their monitoring of 10 packs in Zimbabwe—the largest number of packs they have ever tracked at once. PDC also studied the Mpindothela pack, which is composed of painted dogs previously cared for in PDC’s rehabilitation facility. Their continued survival emphasizes the importance of PDC’s integrated approach and direct intervention through rehabilitation.
Older Elephants Are Highly Vulnerable to Climate Change
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Read MoreWCN Adds Three New Conservation Partners
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Read MoreProtecting Wildlife Can Also Preserve History
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Read MoreFirst Puma Seen Using New Highway 17 Wildlife Crossing
WCN's California Wildlife Program (CWP) is excited to report that the first puma has been recorded using a recently-constructed wildlife...
Read MoreCollaborating to Train Young Wildlife Veterinarians
Recently, the team at Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association conducted a training course for Rwandan veterinarians on wild animal capture. This...
Read MoreWelcoming New Painted Dog Packs to Hwange
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Read MoreResponding to Stranded Marine Mammals
Setting down the life-sized inflatable dolphin, Dr. Vivian Kuit directed the onlookers toward the beach. A volunteer laid supine along...
Read MoreCelebrating Success: Saiga Antelope's Remarkable Recovery
In a rare and remarkable conservation success, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has reclassified the saiga antelope...
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