Wild For Change
50 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWelcome to the Wild For Change Podcast! A podcast celebrating people and organizations that are making a difference for animals and nature around the globe. We’ll be discussing their inspiration, work, and why our connection with the natural world is important for all of us.
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Episodes
Sea Shepherd with Sara Newton
April 08, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBToday on the Wild For Change podcast, we will be speaking with Sara Newton, Head of Content and Creative Strategist for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Sara is also one of the main cinematographers for the organization. For over forty years, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has been patrolling the seas to help coastal and island governments from illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. With marine life facing a multitude of threats, Sea Shepherd is a formidable force on the open sea...
Episode 46: Sea Shepherd with Sara Newton
April 08, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBToday on the Wild For Change podcast, we will be speaking with Sara Newton, Head of Content and Creative Strategist for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Sara is also one of the main cinematographers for the organization. For over forty years, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has been patrolling the seas to help coastal and island governments from illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. With marine life facing a multitude of threats, Sea Shepherd is a formidable force on the open sea...
Episode 45: Kayah George and the Orcas
March 11, 2024 07:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBOn a new Wild For Change podcast, we speak with Kayah George. Kayah George is from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, part of the Coast Salish peoples of Victoria, Canada. Despite Kayah’s young age, she has spoken for half her life about indigenous and environmental issues like the transmountain pipeline and chemicals leaking into the Burrard Inlet. She recently wrote and directed a documentary titled ‘Our Grandmother The Inlet’ that looks at the lives of Kayah and her grandmother Ta7a and thei...
Episode 44: Grand Chief Judy Wilson - Our Interconnection with nature
February 05, 2024 08:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBWe welcome back to the Wild For Change podcast Grand Chief Judy Wilson, a member of the Secwepemc Nation to discuss the importance of our interconnection with nature. Nothing is separate. For example, more than 70 of the 100 crops responsible for providing 90% of the world’s food are pollinated by bees. But the bee population is crashing from the use of pesticides. Understanding the interdependence between us and nature is essential for our future. If we look at the wild spaces on earth...
Episode 43: Alaska Wildlife Alliance - Beluga Whales
December 11, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBToday on the Wild For Change podcast, we are speaking with Teresa Becher and Mandy Migura from Alaska Wildlife Alliance (AWA) about the special population of endangered beluga whales who live in the Cook Inlet in the central Gulf of Alaska. Teresa is the Beluga Whale Monitoring Coordinator who coordinates monitoring sessions of a whole team of volunteer community scientists and is the go-to expert on the beluga whales' behaviors in the Kenai and Kasilof rivers. Mandy is the Deputy Dire...
Episode 42: Wildlands Network with Ron Sutherland
October 16, 2023 07:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBToday, we are speaking with Ron Sutherland, Chief Scientist of Wildlands Network who is their in-house animal and rewilding expert. The mission of Wildlands Network is to reconnect, restore and rewild North America so that life in all its diversity can thrive. Ron has over 25 years of experience in wildlife research. His extensive knowledge of wildlife and natural spaces provides us with a formidable fact-based approach towards conservation. Rewilding is giving back to the wildlife a...
Episode 41: Freshwater availibility with Lis Mullin Bernhardt
October 09, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBOn today’s Wild For Change podcast, we will be discussing freshwater availability with Lis Mullin Bernhardt, a United Nations Programme Officer for Water. Her previous work for the UN includes Coordinator for the Global Adaptation Network, an initiative that helps the world build resilience to climate change. Water is essential in order for us to survive but as climate change disrupts freshwater availability, water scarcity has become more prevalent around the globe. According to Droug...
Episode 40: RHINO MAN: The Movie
September 09, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBOn today’s Wild For Change podcast, we speak with John Jurko II, creative director of Global Conservation Corps and lead producer and director of the film RHINO MAN. Global Conservation Corps is a non-profit organization that is bridging the gap between communities and wildlife. The film RHINO MAN was the first project of Global Conservation Corps and was created to support the rangers protecting the rhino and to share their stories. Rangers are the front line, the boots on the ground,...
Episode 39: charity: water
August 14, 2023 14:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBOn a new Wild For Change podcast, we speak with Hannah Matthews, a Water Programs Manager of charity: water. Water is the foundation for all life, without water, we couldn’t survive. Lack of fresh water largely influences a person’s physical and mental health, time, education, and livelihood. And as we are seeing the effects of climate change, chronic water scarcity has become more prevalent around the globe. 703 million people lack access to clean and safe drinking water. This means wo...
Episode 38: Chicagoland Pig Rescue
July 24, 2023 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBGrowing up April and her husband Tyler dreamed of having a pet pig. After watching a video of a mother pig living in a horrific gestation crate, April knew in her heart she wanted to dedicate her life to rescuing and saving pigs and finding them their forever home. This was the impetus of Chicagoland Pig Rescue. But April and Tyler aren’t stopping at rescuing pigs and finding them sanctuary placement. They are documenting the intricacies and rich inner worlds of pigs’ lives to raise awa...
Episode 37: Wetland Restoration with Tom Biebighauser
June 12, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBWetlands are crucial ecosystems for the filtration of excessive water in some parts of the world and for storing carbon, preventing the overheating of the atmosphere. This is why they are often called the ‘kidneys’ of the landscape. Moreover, they are home to numerous flora and fauna species and thus are vital as a variety of habitats. However, human interventions sometimes have catastrophic impacts on wetlands. according to some estimations, over the last 50 years, our planet has lost arou...
Episode 36: Alaska Wildlife Alliance
May 22, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBOn today’s Wild For Change podcast, we speak with Nicole Schmitt, Executive Director of the Alaska Wildlife Alliance. Alaska Wildlife Alliance was founded in 1978 to be a voice for Alaska’s wildlife, which includes marine mammals and endangered species. The mission of Alaska Wildlife Alliance (AWA) is to safeguard wildlife biodiversity knowing the wildlife have not only an intrinsic value to ecosystems but to the Alaskan people as well. In recent years, AWA has expanded its reach and ...
Episode 35: Save The Frogs! with Kerry Kriger
April 10, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBOn a new Wild For Change podcast, we speak with amphibian biologist Dr. Kerry Kriger, founder of Save the Frogs! Save The Frogs! began in 2008 and works across the United States as well as around the world to prevent the extinction of amphibians and to create a better planet for humans and wildlife, while also empowering ordinary citizens to contribute to the betterment of the planet. According to Save The Frogs! “Frog populations have been declining worldwide at unprecedented rates, and...
The Wolf Treaty with Chief Judy Wilson
March 27, 2023 07:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBOn this Wild For Change podcast, we speak with Judy Wilson, who formerly served as Kukpi Chief of the Neskonlith Indian Band about the Wolf Treaty; A Treaty of Cultural and Environmental Survival. Judy has knowledge, experience and an extensive background in First Nations land rights/specific claims, human rights, children & family jurisdiction, emergency management and supports a wide range of issues including climate action, justice reform, environmental & animal rights. Currently she ...
Episode 34: The Wolf Treaty with Chief Judy Wilson
March 27, 2023 07:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBOn this Wild For Change podcast, we speak with Judy Wilson, who formerly served as Kukpi Chief of the Neskonlith Indian Band about the Wolf Treaty; A Treaty of Cultural and Environmental Survival. Judy has knowledge, experience and an extensive background in First Nations land rights/specific claims, human rights, children & family jurisdiction, emergency management and supports a wide range of issues including climate action, justice reform, environmental & animal rights. Currently she ...
Episode 33: Sustainable Fashion with Brooke Bowlin
March 20, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBToday we are speaking with Brooke Bowlin, a sustainable fashion advocate who got her start in the industry in 2018 from owning a second-hand clothing store. After dealing with people’s excess of clothing, Brooke’s eyes were opened to the harm and overconsumption of fashion. She has made it her mission to educate about better personal as well as industry practices. Beyond her passion for helping to make sustainable fashion more accessible to the collective, Brooke is also an artist, lifelo...
Episode 32: International Elephant Project
March 13, 2023 07:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBToday, we welcome back Leif Cocks, founder of the International Elephant Project, based in Sumatra. The International Elephant Project (IEP) is a not-for-profit project for elephant conservation, rainforest protection and local community partnerships, in order to protect and save the entire ecosystem and biodiversity of habitats shared by elephants. The Sumatran elephant is critically endangered. The current population is estimated at 1,200-1,500. Threats to their survival is in part du...
Episode 31: Vigil4Elephants
January 09, 2023 22:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBOn today’s Wild For Change podcast, we speak with three hosts of Vigil4Elephants that commemorates the elephant lives that were lost each year in captivity; Barbara Lovett, founder, and president of Save Nosey Now, Inc. Courtney Scott, founder and president of Free the Oregon Zoo Elephants. Sandra Clinger, president of The Elephant Advocacy Project (TEAP) and a board member of Save Nosey Now. This group of dedicated souls have been coming together since 2019 to honor and mourn the capt...
Episode 30: Chicago Alliance for Animals
January 02, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBOn a new Wild For Change podcast, we speak with Jodie Wiederkehr, founder of Chicago Alliance for Animals (CAA). CAA is a volunteer grassroots animal advocacy organization that began in 2015. The first goal of CAA was to ban horse carriages in downtown Chicago, and in 2017, the organization began diligently documenting how the horses were treated by their handlers as well as the horses’ workloads by volunteers spending countless hours observing the horses. With this documentation and pe...
Episode 29: Healthy Substance
December 26, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBOn a new Wild For Change podcast, I speak with Miguel Franco, CFO and co-owner of Healthy Substance, a vegan Mexican restaurant located on the south side of Chicago. We will be speaking about how Healthy Substance got its start, what it means to eat vegan, and how eating vegan helps to save animals’ lives. Healthy Substance is one of my favorite restaurants and is my go-to for vegan Mexican food! During the podcast we learn; What it means to eat vegan. How Healthy Substance got its s...
Episode 28: Helping Rhinos
December 12, 2022 08:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBToday on the Wild For Change podcast, we will be discussing the magnificent rhino, with our guest, Simon Jones, CEO of Helping Rhinos. Helping Rhinos is predominantly based in Africa. Their focus is on helping the species survive at sustainable levels by improving protection, care, and welfare of the rhino in its natural habitat as well as to forge significant partnerships with successful organizations. Helping Rhinos is celebrating ten years of protecting rhinos in their natural habitat...
Episode 27: Conserv Congo
November 10, 2022 19:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBFounded in 2013, Conserv Congo is a non-profit conservation whose mission is to maintain the biodiversity of the Congo Basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congo Basin is a vast tropical rainforest and a biodiversity hot spot which is home to 100’s of mammal species. Conserv Congo puts itself on the frontlines to save and protect endangered species from poachers and wildlife traffickers, fighting the good fight every day trying to prevent extinction of wildlife. To date,...
Episode 26: David Lloyd - Steward for Cook County Forest Preserves - Habitat Restoration
August 15, 2022 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBOn today’s Wild For Change podcast, we are going to learn about habitat restoration with David Lloyd, steward for the Cook County Forest Preserves in Illinois. During this podcast, we will learn why habitat restoration is so crucial for local ecosystems. I am fortunate enough to live near forest preserves where I can take a hike, see wild flowers and wildlife and get a breath of fresh air. Recently, I wanted to get back into volunteering and signed up to help with habitat restoration at...
Episode 25: Amboseli Trust for Elephants - World Elephant Day 2022
August 12, 2022 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBOn a very special Wild For Change podcast, we celebrate World Elephant Day with Dr. Vicki Fishlock, resident scientist of Amboseli Trust for Elephants in Kenya. The Amboseli Trust for Elephants, located in Kenya, is a not-for-profit organization that focuses on the long-term conservation and welfare of Africa’s elephants in the midst of human expansion, through scientific research, outreach, advocacy, and training. Dr. Cynthia Moss and her co-founder, Harvey Croze created the Amboseli...
Episode 24: Podcast with Joshua Sam Miller
August 08, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBOn today’s Wild For Change podcast, we speak with Joshua Sam Miller. Joshua is a world recording artist, composer, and producer. His mission is to connect people to the natural world through using the sounds of nature as a healing modality. After discovering an affinity to surfing, Joshua took note of the fragility of ocean life and began using his artistry to help with ocean conservation by combining music and the sounds of nature. He recently released an album called Sounds of the ...
Episode 23: The Conservation Kid
August 04, 2022 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBOn a Wild For Change podcast, we speak with The Conservation Kid, Cash Daniels. Cash has always had a passion for protecting our earth and its natural resources. At the age of 7, he began cleaning up trash around the Chattanooga River and has since removed 17,000 pounds of trash. He started teaching adults about the importance of protecting our planet and has gotten kids involved to do the same. In 2022, Cash began a non-profit with his best friend Ella Grace called The CleanUp Kids ...
Episode 22: The Gentle Barn
June 27, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBOn a Wild For Change podcast, we speak with Ellie Laks-Weiner, founder of The Gentle Barn. Ellie founded the Gentle Barn in 1999. The Gentle Barn rescues animals, gives them sanctuary, and heals children by sharing the animals’ stories. It began as a half-acre farm in the San Fernando Valley, California. In 2002, co-founder Jay Weiner began as a volunteer for the Gentle Barn and joined forces with Ellie to help children and animals. In 2003, Ellie and Jay moved the barn to a six-...
Episode 21: Barbara Lovett, co-founder of Save Nosey Now
June 20, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBOn a new Wild For Change podcast, we speak with Barbara Lovett, co-founder of Save Nosey Now, a grassroots organization founded in 2014, whose original mission was to provide actions and education that would get Nosey, a circus elephant to sanctuary and keep her there. Barbara will share the story of how her love and determination to rescue Nosey evolved into a grassroots movement leading to Nosey’s rescue and sanctuary placement. We will also learn from Barbara’s experience, effective a...
Episode 20: Kraus Hamdani Aerospace
May 09, 2022 07:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBOn today’s podcast, we discuss how unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS’, can benefit wildlife, nature, and mankind with Fatema Hamdani, CEO, and co-founder of Kraus Hamdani Aerospace. In today’s world, we are constantly seeing changes in our climate, larger-scale natural disasters and fires. Many of our wildlife are threatened by poaching and wildlife trafficking. Although there are countless solutions to help minimize these global impacts, faster results can provide us with a larger pers...
Episode 19: American Prairie
April 18, 2022 07:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBOn a new Wild For Change podcast, we will be talking about America’s historic prairie ecosystem, with Daniel Kinka, Senior Wildlife Restoration Manager of American Prairie. American Prairie’s mission is to conserve the largest ecosystem in the contiguous United States. It is working to connect and preserve more than 3 million acres of habitat on the Northern Great Plains of Montana. This is the equivalent to the size of the state of Connecticut. Prairies are found in regions where ...
Episode 18: Cool Effect
March 29, 2022 00:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBToday, we will be speaking with Blake Lawrence, Marketing Manager of Cool Effect on how we can reduce our carbon footprint. Cool Effect is the actual boots on the ground non-profit working diligently to help fund projects that help reduce our carbon footprint. Cool Effect uses science, expertise, and transparency to fund projects around the globe that actually help in reducing carbon emissions. And as citizens of earth, we can help reduce our carbon footprint by purchasing carbon offse...
Episode 17: The National Audubon Society
March 21, 2022 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBIf you’re a bird lover like me or a lover of nature, you are going to love today’s podcast with Tykee James, Government Affairs Coordinator of The National Audubon Society. The National Audubon Society is a nonprofit conservation organization that started in 1905. It protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. Audubon works throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. Audubon believes in a world in which people and wildlif...
Episode 16: Ocean Conservancy
March 14, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBOn a new Wild For Change podcast, we will be speaking about plastic pollution with three experts from Ocean Conservancy; Dr. Britta Baechler, Senior Manager, Oceans Plastics Research will be discussing the overall problem with plastics, how microplastics form and why they are problematic. Robyn Albritton, Senior Manager, International Coastal Cleanup, will be discussing plastics in the environment and ways Ocean Conservancy is working to clean them up. Dr. Anja Brandon, U.S. Plastics Pol...
Episode 15: Marc Ayers, Illinois State Director for HSUS
January 17, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBOn today’s podcast, we will be speaking with Marc Ayers, Illinois State Director for the Humane Society of the United States. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1954 to champion animal welfare and to fight the good fight against animal cruelty across the nation and the world. HSUS’ scope of animal protection is wide and ranges from animal rescues to improving state and federal legislation for animal welfare. Despite the circ...
Episode 14: The Regenesis Project
December 21, 2021 20:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBThe Regenesis Project is a trailblazing regenerative model of inhabiting the earth so that both humans and nature can co-flourish. It is part of a global network of living labs called Ecosystem Restoration Camps that are restoring a diverse array of degenerated ecosystems and experimenting to find the best ecosystem practices. These restoration camps envision a fully functional, peaceful, abundant, biologically diverse Earth brought about through cooperative efforts for the ecological rest...
Episode 13: Amboseli Trust for Elephants
November 11, 2021 08:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBOn a new Wild For Change podcast, we will be speaking with Dr. Vicki Fishlock – resident scientist of Amboseli Trust for Elephants in Kenya. The Amboseli Trust for Elephants is a not-for-profit organization that focuses on the long-term conservation and welfare of Africa’s elephants in the midst of human expansion, through scientific research, outreach, advocacy, and training. Dr. Cynthia Moss and her co-founder, Harvey Croze created the Amboseli Elephant Research Project in 1972 and i...
Episode 12: Damien Mander, Founder of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation
October 11, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBOn this new Wild For Change podcast episode, we will be speaking with Damien Mander, founder of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation. Damien was a naval clearance diver and special operations sniper for the Australian Defense Force. He completed 3 years of duty in Iraq. While traveling through Africa, he was inspired by the work of game rangers. He decided to liquidate all his assets to create the International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF) in 2009. The mission of IAPF is to...
Episode 12: Damien Mander, Founder of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation
October 11, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBOn this new Wild For Change podcast episode, we will be speaking with Damien Mander, founder of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation. Damien was a naval clearance diver and special operations sniper for the Australian Defense Force. He completed 3 years of duty in Iraq. While traveling through Africa, he was inspired by the work of game rangers. He decided to liquidate all his assets to create the International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF) in 2009. The mission of IAPF is to...
Episode 11: Biomimicry
September 27, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBOn today’s podcast, we will be learning what biomimicry is with Lex Amore, Director of Partnerships and Advocacy at the @biomimicryinstitute. There is a quote from Frank Lloyd Wright that seems to sum up for me how to describe biomimicry; “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature, it will never fail you.” Biomimicry is a practice that imitates or mimics nature to help find solutions to challenges we face in today’s world. If we think that life has been sustained on earth for bi...
Episode 10: Gorongosa National Park
September 13, 2021 07:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBOn today’s podcast, we will be speaking with Larissa Sousa, Associate Director for Communications for Gorongosa National Park. Gorongosa National Park is located in the Great Rift Valley in central Mozambique, Africa. Gorongosa is one of the most biodiverse places on earth with over 4,800 species identified and is home to a unique blend of thriving wildlife and 200,000 people. On July 23, 2020, the park celebrated 60 years! The park survived a civil war from 1977-1992, which led to a ...
Episode 10: Gorongosa National Park
September 13, 2021 07:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBOn today’s podcast, we will be speaking with Larissa Sousa, Associate Director for Communications for Gorongosa National Park. Gorongosa National Park is located in the Great Rift Valley in central Mozambique, Africa. Gorongosa is one of the most biodiverse places on earth with over 4,800 species identified and is home to a unique blend of thriving wildlife and 200,000 people. On July 23, 2020, the park celebrated 60 years! The park survived a civil war from 1977-1992, which led to a ...
Episode 9: Sruthi Gurudev – An Hour in the Deep
August 30, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBToday, we will be discussing the importance of ocean conservation with conservationist, Sruthi Gurudev. According to the National Ocean Service, our oceans cover 70% of the earth’s surface and produce over half of the world’s oxygen and absorb 50 times more carbon than our atmosphere. As Sylvia Earle, an oceanographer so aptly put; “With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmo...
Episode 8: One Tree Planted
August 16, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBToday, we will be speaking with Ross Bernet, Mapping and Monitoring Expert for One Tree Planted. We will be discussing what trees actually provide for us, animals, and the planet beyond their beauty and shade. Our planet is home to over 60,000 species of trees, some of which provide us food, all of which help absorb carbon dioxide from our atmosphere. Forests cover a third of our planet and absorb up to 7.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. Tropical rainforests alone a...
Episode 7: The Orangutan Project
August 02, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBToday we will be speaking with Leif Cocks, world renown orangutan expert and founder of The Orangutan Project. The Orangutan Project was created in 1998. Its mission is to protect endangered orangutans from extinction and to live in secured populations for years to come. Leif has played a key role in establishing conservation plans for orangutans and their survival for nearly thirty years. With Leif’s extensive work, he has published several papers on orangutans, is a public speaker, a...
Episode 6: PAWS
July 23, 2021 17:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBToday we will be speaking with Catherine Doyle, Director of Science, Research, and Advocacy for the Performing Animal Welfare Society also known as PAWS. PAWS was co-founded by the late Pat Derby and Ed Stewart, 37 years ago as a sanctuary for abused, captive, and retired performing animals. Such animals included elephants, lions, tigers, and bears. PAWS operates three sanctuaries in California including the ARK 2000 that covers 2300 acres. Not only have the late Pat Derby and Ed Stewar...
Episode 5: Whales of Guerrero
June 21, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBToday we will be speaking with Katherina Audley, project founder and director of Whales of Guerrero. Whales of Guerrero began in 2013 to generate needed research of humpback whales in the state of Guerrero, Mexico as well as to partner with the local community to find ways to restore the declining marine ecosystem. Overall, Mexico ranks second in the world in mammal biodiversity with 438 species. Guerrero itself is the fourth most biodiverse state in Mexico. It hosts two different s...
Episode 4: Wildlife SOS
June 14, 2021 07:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBToday we will be speaking with Nikki Sharp, Executive Director of Wildlife SOS. Founded in 1995, Wildlife SOS is a non-profit conservation based in India to help rescue and rehabilitate wildlife that has been exploited, mistreated, or in distress, as well as protecting India’s habitats, forests, and biodiversity. Wildlife SOS’s broad efforts of saving and protecting wildlife includes conservation of animals and their habitat, welfare that involves medical care for injured and abused anim...
Episode 3: Conserv Congo
May 31, 2021 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBToday on the Wild For Change podcast, we will be speaking with Adams Cassinga, founder of Conserv Congo. Founded in 2013, Conserv Congo is a non-profit conservation whose mission is to maintain the biodiversity of the Congo Basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congo Basin is a vast tropical rainforest and a biodiversity hot spot that is home to 100’s of mammal species. Before creating Conserv Congo, Adams was an investigative journalist turned wildlife crimes investiga...
Episode 2: Global Conservation Force
May 25, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBIn today’s Wild For Change podcast, we are speaking with Mike Veale, the president of Global Conservation Force. Asia is currently home to three species Mike Veale founded Global Conservation Force in 2014. His mission is to save endangered species and protect their habitats in countries like Africa and Asia. His unique zoo keeping background combined with an active, combat-sport-heavy lifestyle gave Mike the unique experience needed to fight on the front line of conservation. Mike tr...
Episode 1: Happywhale
May 17, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBToday on the Wild For Change Podcast, we will be speaking with Ted Cheeseman, co-founder of Happywhale. Happywhale was created in 2015, when Ted Cheeseman’s decades long expeditions to the Antarctic and the island of South Georgia demonstrated where whales were once prevalent, sightings of whales were rare. This was due to hundreds of years of this area being the center of the whaling industry. A global whaling moratorium was established in 1982 to preserve what was left of the global ...