A mystery donor has given £300,000 to help save Dartmoor Zoological Park.
Dartmoor Zoo received the donation yesterday but have no idea who had generously given the large sum.
The anonymous donation has dramatically changed the situation with a huge leap towards the £1.6 million needed to turn the zoo into a charity.
As of now donations stand at £311,153.
To find out more or make a donation go to bit.do/CrowdfundDZP
Dartmoor Zoological Park is set to Crowdfund £1.6million pounds in a bid to secure it's future and set the standard for conservation.
Dartmoor Zoo based in Sparkwell, Devon has come along way since 2006 and inspired the Hollywood film "We Bought a Zoo" starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson.
The film based on a book written by Benjamin Mee, whose family bought the zoo in 2006 and brought it back from the brink of ruin.
With 2 global recessions and some of the wettest summers on record since the Mee family purchased the zoo they are now moving from dependence on seasonal tourism and more towards becoming a charity focused on education and research.
Now 8 years on Benjamin Mee intends to buy his family out and convert the zoo into a charity with help from the public through Crowdfunding to secure the future of it's animals, staff, students, volunteers and concentrate on growing it as a world class education and research centre.
The campaign has gone LIVE! Go to bit.do/CrowdfundDZP to donate and find out more.
International Cheetah Day is on December 4th.
Dr. Laurie Marker founded the Cheetah Conservation Fund in 1990 and with the CCF has created a set of integrated programs aimed at addressing the threats to the Cheetah.
Why December 4th? It is the birthday of Khayam, a cheetah Dr. Marker raised from a cub at Wildlife Safari, in Oregon. Khayam was trained for the first research project in rewilding and inspired her first trip to Namibia in 1977.
Khayam was sent to Africa to see if she could be taught to hunt in the wild. Through trial and error, Dr. Marker was successful in her efforts, and she eventually brought Khayam back to the US. It was during this time that Dr. Marker found out about how cheetahs were being exterminated by Namibian farmers who viewed them as vermin, and she vowed to do something about it. Khayam was born on December 4th and Dr. Marker chose this animal’s birthday as a day to promote cheetah conservation in honor of her memory.
To make a donation to support cheetah conservation in the wild Click here to Donate to CCF!
OR
Sponsor/adopt a resident cheetah from CCF’s sanctuary. Click to Sponsor a Cheetah!
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