{"id":44868,"date":"2024-02-01T08:19:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T06:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/ngo-launches-in-south-africa-with-record-breaking-initiatives-20240131\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:41:07","slug":"ngo-launches-in-south-africa-with-record-breaking-initiatives-20240131","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/ngo-launches-in-south-africa-with-record-breaking-initiatives-20240131\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO launches in South Africa with record breaking initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A unique, groundbreaking NGO has launched in Southern Africa which promises to disrupt the conservation landscape by delivering results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WeWild Africa, a dynamic force in wildlife conservation, officially launches its groundbreaking initiatives in Africa in January 2024 (the world\u2019s largest vulture translocation and the Ndumo Game Reserve emergency elephant intervention are a few projects underway) but the organisation has been operational in the region since 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a short space of time, the organisation has become one of the most active and successful NGOs in conservation in Africa, focusing on rewilding of captive- born animals and protecting large tracts of habitat for endangered species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WeWild Africa has perfected the art of emergency responses, and guarantees a response within 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their philosophy is simple: the animal always comes first and WeWild Africa does what it takes, to secure the lives of individuals, often against impossible odds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their hands-on approach in the field, coupled with strategic partnerships, has led to countless world firsts and historic achievements. These include the first ever re-wilding of zoo- born cheetahs from the United Kingdom and Canada, to implementing historic elephant capture missions, to the rewilding of smaller species across the continent for the first time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a veteran team boasting over 100+ years of conservation expertise, Damian Aspinall, Tansy Aspinall, Amos Courage, and Dereck Milburn have tackled some of the most challenging conservation scenarios in the world with a never-give-up mindset. Together, these founding members form a formidable force, motivated by a profound love for Africa\u2019s wildlife and ecosystems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damian Aspinall, Chairman of WeWild Africa affirms, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We go where very few other organisations are willing to go, to secure the future of endangered species and threatened landscapes. Always asking \u2018Why not?\u2019, rather than \u2018Why?\u2019. WeWild Africa is set to change the conservation landscape in Africa, through turnkey conservation solutions and a network of collaborations.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

With conservation efforts often crippled by inadequate support, WeWild Africa emerges with tangible solutions, backed by funding solutions that allow them to make swift and decisive actions, key in high-stakes projects, where hours can mean life or death for our precious wildlife. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WeWild Africa has secured the lives of over more than 1 000 animals since 2019 by direct intervention and the organisation is merely getting warmed up. WeWild Africa is establishing \u2018first of a kind\u2019 government partnerships with an aim to become a catalyst for the protection of massive tracts of a land and supporting government reserves, showing private organisations what can be achieved through collaboration and dynamic interventions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WeWild Africa\u2019s approach is characterised by collaboration, a sense of urgency, a pioneering approach, and deep expertise in holistic landscape management and wildlife translocation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organisation has been involved in several landmark projects, including in the pre-event logistics, loading, route planning, partnerships, and funding and building of specialised custom crates for the entire operations of the world\u2019s largest vulture translocation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This monumental project will secure the future of wild vulture populations in southern Africa with the triumphant completion of the 1042km, 18-hour translocation of 163 Cape and African White-backed vultures into their new home at Shamwari Private Game Reserve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The success of this project was in collaboration with their partners Shamwari, Vulpro, DHL, Dr. Katja Koeppel, and Dr Johan Joubert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WeWild Africa also helped orchestrate the historic first-ever relocation of family groups of elephants from Addo Elephant National Park to three different reserves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking ahead to 2024, WeWild Africa has set ambitious goals to tackle hundreds of large animal projects while maintaining focus on individual rescues and every individual. They are collaborating with governments and corporations on historic infinitives, the first of their kind to be seen in the world, and they are beyond excited. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their team is expanding, ready to embrace the challenges ahead with the conviction that conservation is more than a mission \u2013 it\u2019s their calling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The organisation also boasts a triumphant completion of the 1042km, 18-hour translocation of 163 Cape and African White-backed vultures into their new home at Shamwari Private Game Reserve. <\/div>\n
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