To start things off, I would like to introduce myself. Hello! My name is Amy, I am 13 years old and have a passion for caring for animals. When I am older, I would like to concentrate my education on becoming a exotic vet. I want to help as many animals I can and help...

World Elephant Day is a day for raising awareness to the urgent plight of Asian and African elephants. The increase in poaching, habitat loss, droughts due to climate change, human-elephant conflict and neglect, mistreatment and abuse in captivity are some of the threats to both African and Asian elephants.  African Elephant populations have been classified...

Today is World Ranger Day. In honour of the thin green line protecting our natural world, our Ambassador Sam Laurence would like to pass on a message.  Within the Game Rangers Association of Africa, there have been fewer that 1900 members admitted in 50 years. And this does not include the thousands of others that...

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...

In the counter poaching battle, there are two basic categories of tracking dogs. Hot trail and cold trail. Hot trail dogs such as the Belgian Malinois, are primarily sight based and will take the ranger teams on target using a combination of sight and smell. They are highly trained animals who act as a force...

Wednesday 13th May was a momentous day for Ubuntu Wildlife Trust UK, with our first official direct contribution to the threatened and endangered wildlife of southern Africa! Ubuntu Wildlife Trust UK, in association with Pet-E-Med, is extremely proud to be formally associated with Vulpro South Africa and their incredible effort at vulture and raptor conservation...