Things fall apart. And it most definitely feels like the world is falling apart right now. As Chinua Achebe explains so poignantly in his critically acclaimed work of the same title, that if communities fail to stick together, the virus wins. What Covid has taught us in 2020 is that we as humans, animals, societies,...

The terms “Rare” and “Endangered species” are often applied to animal species as a misnomer. Many known animal species on the planet, especially larger vertebrates, are given a status, correctly known as a category which is assigned by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).  The category in turn is driven by various criteria,...

To all our followers and friends. Take a deep breath and meet the Pangolin, one of the most amazing creatures in the world. This picture of the Black-bellied Tree Pangolin (Manis tetradactyla) was taken somewhere deep in West Africa and shows the heartbreaking interactions that rangers and zoologists face every day of their lives. However...

Meet the mighty Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros). Hemingway said it was his favourite animal, probably because he liked to plug them full of holes. One of Ubuntu Wild Trust’s goals is not to avoid the difficult issues, but to really unpack them and get stuck into the surrounding details which in turn, inform our decisions regarding...