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What we've been up to
January 8, 2020
As we enter a new year, we look back on all we have done in the previous year. For Dhole Conservation Fund its been a humble year. We gained our 501.c.3 status, not a cheap or easy step but one we thought was important enough to take. With this status we can take donations without be penalized on taxes, it also means more oversight of how our non-profit is ran so you can rest assured that we are working towards our mission. It also means that all donations made to us as tax deductible to donors and supporters like you!
Even with that big step of getting our 501.c.3 status we dug down and found the ability to give out $1200 in grants last year. We were able to help send a researcher from India to England to present their findings on dhole ecology. Even in the academic world there is a major lack of knowledge of dholes and their ecology. We hoped by helping this researcher out to be able to present that it might spark more interest in studying dholes. The more interest there is in dhole the more likely they are to be saved from extinction.
We also were able to help publish a photo book of dhole in Thailand. Thailand could be home to a healthy population of dholes throughout it’s National Parks and wildlife reserves. However, there have been calls to remove dholes from these protected areas as people mistakenly think dholes will kill off all the local wildlife. Although dhole do need to kill to survive, they only take what they need. The hope is that with this picture book it would show a different side of the dhole, the true side. Yes, they are successful hunters but they are also rare and have family groups. The book could go a long way to help with basic education.
For 2020 we hope to at least double our grant efforts, and launch our education program into full force. With a small staff and no overhead the moment these efforts might seem small, but they all make difference for a species that is silently going extinct.
We want to thank you for your support and hope we can count on you as we venture into another year.
Sincerely,
Chelsea Davis
Chelsea@dholes.org
As we enter a new year, we look back on all we have done in the previous year. For Dhole Conservation Fund its been a humble year. We gained our 501.c.3 status, not a cheap or easy step but one we thought was important enough to take. With this status we can take donations without be penalized on taxes, it also means more oversight of how our non-profit is ran so you can rest assured that we are working towards our mission. It also means that all donations made to us as tax deductible to donors and supporters like you!
Even with that big step of getting our 501.c.3 status we dug down and found the ability to give out $1200 in grants last year. We were able to help send a researcher from India to England to present their findings on dhole ecology. Even in the academic world there is a major lack of knowledge of dholes and their ecology. We hoped by helping this researcher out to be able to present that it might spark more interest in studying dholes. The more interest there is in dhole the more likely they are to be saved from extinction.
We also were able to help publish a photo book of dhole in Thailand. Thailand could be home to a healthy population of dholes throughout it’s National Parks and wildlife reserves. However, there have been calls to remove dholes from these protected areas as people mistakenly think dholes will kill off all the local wildlife. Although dhole do need to kill to survive, they only take what they need. The hope is that with this picture book it would show a different side of the dhole, the true side. Yes, they are successful hunters but they are also rare and have family groups. The book could go a long way to help with basic education.
For 2020 we hope to at least double our grant efforts, and launch our education program into full force. With a small staff and no overhead the moment these efforts might seem small, but they all make difference for a species that is silently going extinct.
We want to thank you for your support and hope we can count on you as we venture into another year.
Sincerely,
Chelsea Davis
Chelsea@dholes.org
