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.
Hmmmm....do you think our friends at Painted Dog Conservation Inc were excited to pick up Kevin at the airport?? Kev is now in Perth for the first of 3 speaking engagements. While Melbourne is sold out (way to go Melbourne) there are still a few tickets left for Perth and the Gold Coast. Click the links below to claim yours!
3 TICKETS left for Perth with Kevin Richardson and 10 for Gold Coast
PERTH: www.stickytickets.com.au/86588
GOLD COAST: www.stickytickets.com.au/86589
Australia here I come! I can’t wait to join my friends at Painted Dog Conservation Inc, and meet all of you to talk conservation, painted dogs and lions! If you're going to be at any of the events, share your photos using the hashtag #KRAus, we love seeing them.
