Here's a gift idea for a wildlife lover - adopt a pangolin from the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF)!

Pangolins are the most trafficked mammal on the planet and need as much help as they can get. African Pangolins are poached for bushmeat, and for their scales which are used in traditional African medicine, as well as for trade to Asian markets.  

Adopt Marimba, who represents all African Pangolins, and you'll be helping to raise worldwide awareness.  You'll also support DSWF's two Pangolin protection projects in Zambia and Uganda.  Marimba lives in Zambia.   Here, DSWF funded the first ever Pangolin Protection Programme, that rescues and releases illegally taken Pangolins back into the wild. 

Adopt a pangolin here from £32

I'm just watching the brilliant Sir David Attenborough's Blue Planet II and was blown away by the beauty of the world and in particular the turtles.

With Christmas coming up, if you're looking for a gift for a wildlife lover who loves turtles, how about adopting a turtle for them as a present?

Hands off the koalas' rainforest

Koalas in Australia urgently need all our help.   Their population has tumbled from 100,000 to 40,000 in FIVE years!   

Once livng in lush forests, many koalas have simply scattered patches of sparse woodland and surburban sprawl to call home.  

Why has this happened?

It's happened partly because of recently loosened conservation laws.  In the northeastern state of Queensland often don't need permission to clear the land.  They bulldoze it and tell the authorites later.  So effective conservation work is all but impossible.

So on 25th November, Queensland elect a new government.   It's essential to build international pressure and strengthen the position of Australian conservationists. 

Australia needs to stop the destruction NOW.

Please sign the petition from Rainforest Rescue today to help build this pressure.  Help rescue the forest and help koalas.