There is no doubt - that by being small - DSWF can target resources where it matters and is having a dramatic and direct impact on conservation.
What we do
David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation is an adaptable and flexible, non-bureaucratic organisation responding promptly to conservation threats by supporting trusted, reputable individuals and organisations operating in the field. Lean on administration but generous on funding, David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation supports a range of innovative, vital and far-reaching projects throughout Africa and Asia, achieving real results for wildlife survival by:
- sending undercover agents into the field to investigate illegal wildlife crime, training and supplying anti-poaching patrols
- establishing nature reserves and other protected areas
- working with governments to establish conservation laws and regulations
- educating wildlife consumers about the plight of the animals they 'use'
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teaching young people about endangered wildlife through art and school projects
Recent achievements of DSWF include
- launching TigerTime, a campaign to save the tiger in the wild and bring an end to the illegal trade in tiger parts from all sources
- uncovering ivory cartels in Zambia, seizing thousands of pounds worth of ivory and arresting poachers
- setting up Zambia's first elephant orphanage project to rescue, rehabilitate and release the innocent victims of ivory poaching
- providing increased funding for extra security to protect black rhino in South Africa
- reducing poaching in Russia, allowing Amur tigers to increase from 100 to over 400 in the wild
- purchasing land next to one of South Africa's National Parks, home to the last 800 surviving mountain zebra, extending the park by over 200%
- funding the first ever anti-poaching dog squad in Assam to track down rhino and tiger poachers in India's most north-eastern state
- funding undercover operations of Africa's first cross-border Task Force fighting wildlife smuggling
Who's Who
- Patron:
- HRH Prince Michael of Kent GCVO
- Founder/President:
- David Shepherd CBE
- Honorary Vice Presidents:
- Mark Carwardine
- David Gower OBE
- Simon King OBE
- Gary Lineker OBE
- Mandy Shepherd
- Trustees:
- Nigel Colne CBE
- Christopher Cowdray
- Nigel Keen
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Bruce Norris (Chairman)
Andre Pienaar - Richard Powles
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Avril Shepherd
Melanie Shepherd
- Trading Company Directors:
- Christopher Oliver
- Bruce Norris
- Mary Nugent
- Conservation Advisor:
- Mark Carwardine
- Captain of 'Young Friends'
- Gary Lineker OBE
Key Partners & Associates
A list of our key partners, sponsors and corporate supporters click here
David Shepherd
David Shepherd is known internationally as an artist and ambassador for wildlife. In 1960 he become a conservationist overnight when he came across 255 zebra lying dead around a poisoned waterhole in Tanzania. Since then, with the help of supporters across the world, the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF) has given away over £5million in grants to save critically endangered mammals in their wild habitat and benefit the local people who share their environment. More about David
Wildlife Matters
Join DSWF and receive our fabulous biannual magazine Wildlife Matters - full of project news, special offers and events. Read the last two issues below.
Read our 2013 spring edition of Wildlife Matters here
Read our 2012 autumn edition of Wildlife Matters here
Read our 2012 spring edition of Wildlife Matters by clicking here
