We are proud to have launched the Kevin Richardson Foundation, learn about our first initiative here
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.
To say that Kahn looks like he is judging you, would be an understatement. Whatever it was, Kahn, I didn't mean it!
I’m often asked how to tell the difference between a canines pug marks and that of a feline. In the pictures, George cooperates nicely to allow me to point out the heel pad and the toe pads. On a feline, there are 3 lobes on the heel pad and on a canine only 2. When seen as an impression in the sand the hind foot normally leaves quite clear lobe marks. Then there’s also the claw marks that a canine's non-retractable claws make but don’t get confused with a cheetah’s tracks as they also leave claw marks behind because of their non-retractable toe claws.
