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What we've been up to
August 7th, 2023
With the IUCN conference and World Dhole Day 2023 now behind us, and we have had some time to re-charge we look a head to the rest of year.
If you thought we were going to sleep on the rest of the year you are wrong. We have had many requests for support from the field. Nepal, Cambodia and most recently Java we have been asked to help with supplies and funding. All are worthy, all help dholes directly, and we wish we could support all of them, but the truth is we just simply can’t, at least not yet. We are working at growing our fundraising opportunities but creating a fall fundraiser this year. Even the “down time” of the last few months has not been wasted as we learn about finding and applying to grants and foundations. We are working hard to make sure we can support dholes and the researchers and conservationist working to save them.
I wish I could say we found a celebrity or billionaire who wants to save the dhole, or even if I won’t the lottery, but truth is there is no golden ticket to saving the dhole. What it will take is sweat, blood, tears and a lot of hard work. That’s what we signed up for when the Dhole Conservation Fund was created. We weren’t sure what we could accomplish but we knew we couldn’t just sit by and watch the dhole disappear.
We know money is tight for everyone so even if you can’t donate, share our cause with those around you, you never know who might become a champion for dholes.
Thank you!
Chelsea Davis
Chelsea@dholes.org
With the IUCN conference and World Dhole Day 2023 now behind us, and we have had some time to re-charge we look a head to the rest of year.
If you thought we were going to sleep on the rest of the year you are wrong. We have had many requests for support from the field. Nepal, Cambodia and most recently Java we have been asked to help with supplies and funding. All are worthy, all help dholes directly, and we wish we could support all of them, but the truth is we just simply can’t, at least not yet. We are working at growing our fundraising opportunities but creating a fall fundraiser this year. Even the “down time” of the last few months has not been wasted as we learn about finding and applying to grants and foundations. We are working hard to make sure we can support dholes and the researchers and conservationist working to save them.
I wish I could say we found a celebrity or billionaire who wants to save the dhole, or even if I won’t the lottery, but truth is there is no golden ticket to saving the dhole. What it will take is sweat, blood, tears and a lot of hard work. That’s what we signed up for when the Dhole Conservation Fund was created. We weren’t sure what we could accomplish but we knew we couldn’t just sit by and watch the dhole disappear.
We know money is tight for everyone so even if you can’t donate, share our cause with those around you, you never know who might become a champion for dholes.
Thank you!
Chelsea Davis
Chelsea@dholes.org
