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10/06/2026

🐾 Speed, elegance, and those iconic spots, it’s easy to see why the cheetah is a favourite for so many.

🇰🇪 Kenyan music icon, Nameless, shares this admiration. In fact, he reveals that if he could choose to be any animal, it would undoubtedly be the cheetah.

Yet despite being one of Africa's most recognisable animals, cheetahs face numerous threats. 💔 Fewer than 7,500 remain in the wild, and they now occupy just 9% of their historical range. This decline is primarily driven by human activities, such as habitat loss and fragmentation, climate change, human-wildlife conflict, wildlife crime, and prey loss.

If we want the world's fastest land animal to thrive, we must act now. Here's how you can make a direct impact:
🌳 Visit national parks and support conservation efforts.�
🚨 Report wildlife crimes to local authorities.�
❌ Speak out against habitat loss.

08/06/2026

👏🐳 In a recent milestone for marine conservation, a world record ‘superpod’ of 304 humpback whales was counted in a single sighting off South Africa’s West Coast!

This is one of many recent humpback whale sightings along South Africa’s coast.

The recovery of humpback whales is one of the world's greatest marine conservation success stories. The global ban on commercial whaling was the catalyst many years ago, supported by international protection measures, healthy feeding grounds, reduced human-caused mortality, and coordinated conservation efforts across their migration routes.

🌊 Whales are essential ecosystem engineers. By cycling nutrients through the ocean, they help fertilise phytoplankton - tiny marine organisms that produce around half of the world's oxygen and play a crucial role in capturing carbon from the atmosphere.

While these inspiring sightings are a cause for celebration, humpback whales still face threats, including shipping traffic, entanglement in fishing gear, underwater noise pollution, and habitat degradation from industrial activities. 💔

Let's continue to advocate for their protection and support a sustainable future for our marine ecosystems. 🐋

Read more here: https://protectthewestcoast.org/post/return-of-the-giants-humpback-superpods-recorded-off-west-coast/

📸 Photo source: Steve Benjamin

05/06/2026

🌳 Habitat loss and wildlife population declines are threatening nature and our economies 💰

More than half of the global economy depends on nature and the ecosystem services it provides. According to the World Economic Forum, key industries including agriculture, construction, and food and beverage production rely on natural resources that are under threat due to nature loss.

🌍 This , let’s remember how our environment impacts our daily lives and economies:

🌾 Healthy ecosystems support agriculture by providing fertile soils, reliable water supplies, and pollinators (like bees, butterflies, and birds) that help produce food crops.
💧 Forests, wetlands, and grasslands secure clean water and reduce the impacts of droughts and floods.
🐟 Healthy oceans and freshwater ecosystems support fisheries and food security.
🌳 Natural habitats absorb carbon dioxide and help reduce the economic impacts of climate change and extreme weather.

It is time to move towards a “nature-positive” economy that replaces activities that destroy ecosystems with those that restore them. By protecting nature, we are protecting our food systems, local economies, Africa’s iconic wildlife, and wild spaces ❗

Thank you to Alliance Media - Billboard & Airport Advertising for sharing this message on billboards across the continent 🌍

04/06/2026

🐘 Are elephants damaging your crops?

Wildlife Info offers free, practical advice to help protect your fields, crops, and livestock - delivered straight to your phone.

📲 Simply text “Hi” to +263 78 727 6366 or click https://wa.me/263787276366?text=Hi
Then select English or Ndebele and follow the prompts to get information on:

🌽 Protecting your family, property, and crops
🐘 Understanding elephant and other wildlife behaviour
🚫 Reporting human-wildlife conflict, injuries, or wildlife crime
❓ Getting quick answers to your wildlife questions

Media personality Zaza The Zazalicious One "The African Queen" says Zimbabwe’s elephants are incredible, but she empathises with communities living alongside them. “Now there are practical ways to protect our crops and livestock.” 🌾🐄

Brought to you by Wild Africa, Zimparks, Save the Elephants, Elephant Crisis Fund, and Wildlife Conservation Action, with support from Tikobane Trust-Zimbabwe . and Connected Conservation.

03/06/2026

When nature thrives, we can too. 💚

Clean air, fresh water, and the food on our plates all depend on an intricate living system of plants, insects, and animals working in balance. 💧🍲💨

As traditional chef Pot Tradition reminds us, “Our lives depend on nature.” Protecting nature secures a future for Africa’s wildlife, wild spaces, and the communities whose livelihoods depend on them.

Here’s how you can do your part:
🚙 Visit national parks as the entrance fees directly fund conservation efforts
📲 Report wildlife crime, including poaching and illegal bushmeat trade
🌳 Protect and restore natural habitats wherever you can

Small choices, made collectively, shape the future of Africa’s wildlife. 🐘

🎥 Filmed at Wild is Life Trust and ZEN

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Imire Rhino & Wildlife Conservancy

01/06/2026

For the first time in over 40 years, rhinos have returned to the wild of Uganda’s Kidepo Valley National Park 🦏🇺🇬

💔 After years of political instability and poaching for their horns and meat, rhinos across the country were wiped out by 1983, marking the species’ extinction in the wild in Uganda. As ecosystem engineers, rhinos shape the environments they inhabit, without them, local biodiversity is severely affected.

To help restore these ecological services, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), Uganda Conservation Foundation (UCF) and Global Conservation successfully translocated two southern white rhinos from Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to Kidepo in March this year. James Musinguzi, Executive Director of UWA, described this move as “the first step in restoring a species that once formed part of the park’s natural heritage.”

⚠️ For their protection, the rhinos are currently kept in a secure, remote sanctuary within the park.

This historic milestone marks major progress for conservation in Africa, with the potential to revitalise ecosystems and support eco-tourism for local communities.

Poaching and the illegal trade for rhino horn remain the biggest threat to their survival. Let’s do more for one of Africa’s most iconic species and report wildlife crime. Because poaching steals from us all❗

📸 Photo source: Paul Hilton Photographer, Global Conservation

31/05/2026

Today is , but Africa’s skies are growing quieter. 🦜💔

Parrots play a vital role in keeping forests healthy by dispersing seeds across vast landscapes. In turn, forests absorb CO2, meaning that without parrots and other wildlife, the fight against climate change becomes much harder for all of us. 🌍

Yet these birds face growing threats from illegal capture for the pet trade, hunting for body parts, habitat destruction, deforestation, and expanding human settlements. There are an estimated 400 parrot species in the world, and alarmingly, almost one-third are now classified as Threatened on the IUCN Red List, making parrots one of the world’s most threatened bird groups.

But it’s not too late to protect Africa’s iconic birdlife. We can help keep parrots in our forest canopies and skies by:

👉 Saying NO to the illegal wildlife pet trade.
👉 Reporting wildlife crime to local authorities.
👉 Supporting conservation initiatives that protect habitats and wildlife.

Protecting our parrots benefits us all. 🐣💚

27/05/2026

🦦 Playful, fearless, and masters of adaptation… meet Africa’s otters.

While Africa is home to four otter species, the African clawless otter (also known as the Cape clawless otter) is the most well-known. For , here are a few facts about this fascinating species, and why they are so adaptable.

🐸 When it comes to mealtime, they aren’t picky. African Clawless Otter eat a wide range of prey, including fish, crabs, mussels, frogs, and insects.
🌲 Though mainly freshwater animals, they’ve been spotted navigating semi-arid deserts, dense forests, and even foraging in the ocean.🌊
🖐️ Their name "clawless" comes from their unique front paws. They have reduced claws and highly sensitive fingers that help them search under rocks and through muddy water for prey.
💧They can stay underwater for several minutes at a time, thanks to a lung capacity that is nearly twice the size of a land mammal of similar size.
👃 They communicate through scent, marking territories using specialised a**l glands that produce a unique scent for each individual.

Although highly adaptable, they aren't resilient to everything. African clawless otters are listed as Near Threatened, as their freshwater habitats are destructed and polluted.

Let’s protect their spaces so they can continue to thrive where they belong❗

25/05/2026

🚨🌍 The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The declaration marks the highest formal global health alert level, although officials state that it does not currently meet the criteria for a pandemic emergency. The outbreak is particularly concerning because it is being driven by the rare Bundibugyo virus strain, for which there are currently no vaccines or specific treatments available.

Ebola is a zoonotic disease, meaning it originates in wildlife before spilling over into humans.

Zoonotic diseases can spread through:�
👉 Contact with the blood, bodily fluids, or secretions of infected animals, including fruit bats, chimpanzees, gorillas, and monkeys.�
👉 Hunting, butchering, or consuming bushmeat from infected wild animals, which can contribute to initial spillover events.�
👉 Habitat destruction - as forests are cleared for agriculture or logging, natural barriers between humans and wildlife break down, increasing contact and raising the risk of disease transmission.

Once the virus crosses into a human host, it can spread rapidly between people through direct contact with infected blood and bodily fluids. 😷

This outbreak is a critical reminder of the direct link between human health, wildlife, and ecosystem protection.❗

22/05/2026

🕺💃 Rate their dance moves!

These animals are feeling the groove - boogying, bouncing and busting some… interesting moves. From bouncing birds and graceful geese to head-banging hippos, Africa is alive with the rhythm of the wild 🌍🎶

Thanks to cameras placed carefully in reserves across the continent by Africam, we get access to these rare moments that bring us joy.

Comment below with your favorite dancer, and let’s keep their natural habitats thriving so the dancing never stops! 🐾👇

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