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Kevin Richardson’s unique relationship with some of Africa’s apex predators have opened many doors and captivated the imagination of many people throughout the world. He has presented and produced several documentaries that detail his relationships with the animals and highlight the plight of lions both in captivity and in the wild.
THE KEVIN RICHARDSON
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY’S MISSION
The Kevin Richardson Wildlife Sanctuary’s mission is to provide a self-sustaining African carnivore sanctuary for the purposes of wild species preservation. Through education, outreach and funding, our mission is to bring awareness to the rapid decline of large carnivores in Africa due to habitat loss, human-predator conflict, the illegal bush meat trade, unscrupulous hunting, disease, and illegal trade.
CONSERVATION MESSAGE
ON THE LIONS
There are thought to be as few as 15000-20000 lions left in the wild in Africa. Today the biggest threats lions face are habitat loss (largely due to human encroachment), human – lion conflict (retaliatory and pre-emptive killings), illegal bush meat trade (consequences which include indiscriminate snaring and prey depletion), unscrupulous trophy hunting, lion poaching (for the lion bone trade in the far east) and to a lesser extent disease.
Lion populations face a combination of these threats in the affected lion range states where numbers are declining.
I’m humbled to see the positive influence my close relationships with the animals continue to have on people around the world. I’ve been taken aback lately by the emails we’ve been receiving from people all around the world (especially during #covid19) letting us know the positive influence my animal family have had and continue to have on their lives. From youngsters stating that they are studying to be vets because of my work to mothers thanking me because their special needs kid becomes a different person when watching my YouTube channel, to war vets with PTSD that find a happy place watching me with the lions, whilst they journey along the long road to healing. The list goes on but those are a few that come to mind, but even if it were only 3 it would still be enough for me to know that I’ve made a positive difference in a few people’s lives.
HumbledI’m humbled to see the positive influence my close relationships with the animals continue to have on people around the world. I’ve been taken aback lately by the emails we’ve been receiving from people all around the world (especially during #covid19) letting us know the positive influence my animal family have had and continue to have on their lives. From youngsters stating that they are studying to be vets because of my work to mothers thanking me because their special needs kid becomes a different person when watching my YouTube channel, to war vets with PTSD that find a happy place watching me with the lions, whilst they journey along the long road to healing. The list goes on but those are a few that come to mind, but even if it were only 3 it would still be enough for me to know that I’ve made a positive difference in a few people’s lives.
Posted by Kevin Richardson on Tuesday, 7 July 2020
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