CONSERVATION NEWS
Remembering Max Demian Wallace!
We say so long to a beloved son and friend!
February 12, 1970 - March 15, 2018
Max Demian Wallace passed away this month. We will always be grateful to Demian for the work he did to help make his mother’s dream, Zikomo Safari and Nsefu Wildlife come true. He will be missed, but his legacy lives on.
Demian, starting in 2008, began playing a vital role in the creation and development of, first, Zikomo Safari, and, then, Nsefu Wildlife. He won a wrestling match with Chief Nsefu in order to get the Chief’s approval to lease the land to Zikomo Safari - Zambia. He remained a friend with the Chief and often negotiated with the Chief when circumstances demanded it.
Once he won the wrestling match, Demian set up camp on the Zikomo Safari site. When hunters opposed to Zikomo Safaris’ lease sent pickup trucks full of men wielding AK-47s to tell Demian to leave, he stood up to them. He stayed on the property living in a tent, eating canned tuna fish and raimen, and drinking from a muddy spring. After a prolonged legal battle, Zikomo Safari (Demian, Victoria and David Wallace), obtained a lease to the property authorized by the Zambian parliament.
Then, Demian supervised construction. He led a crew of unskilled, uneducated local villagers to clear land, make roads, build a lodge, chalets, a swimming pool and outbuildings. He built and maintained vehicles, the solar electrical system and the bore hole water system for Zikomo Safari. He was instrumental in founding and organizing the Zambian Nsefu Wildlife Conservation Foundation, where he served on the board since its inception.
Max Demian Wallace gained the respect of the local people who came to see him as a kind of local “rock star.” Children would call out to him as he passed by in his car. Demian out ran lions on his motorcycle and forded rivers full of crocs and hippos. Through his life, he built a legend. Although he passed, his legend lives on.
“Soar with the angels and ride the stars
We love you and will miss you each and every day.” - Victoria Wallace
Last Male Northern White Rhino Dies in Kenya!
Let's work together to stop extinction in it's tracks!
A message from Coe (Nsefu Co-Founder)
We lost our boy...our beautiful solitary boy. THIS is what happens with poaching. This is the ugly, hideous truth about poaching. Sudan was the LAST male northern white rhino left. He was guarded 24 hours a day to ensure his safety from bloodthirsty and greedy bastards who wanted him dead for his horn. Poachers have no soul, no remorse, no compassion...nothing but self-interest. This beautiful old boy is gone...and we are all responsible for his death and for the wiping out of majestic species all over the world. Please don't stand on the sidelines and watch this happen over and over...PLEASE DO SOMETHING...like supporting organizations on the ground who are fighting tirelessly to save these animals. Nsefu Wildlife is one of many great foundations who are putting their lives on the line to stop the massacre of rhinos, elephants, lions, giraffes and more. PLEASE do something...so we don't have to grieve at the horror of witnessing the last male of his species pass. I am gutted by his death and you should be as well. God rest your beautiful soul Sudan...and we won't stop fighting to protect animals on earth. Soar high angel...soar high!
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ELEPHANT TROPHY HUNTING: OVER 1.3 MILLION URGE U.S. IVORY IMPORT BAN AFTER TRUMP REVERSAL
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More than one million people have signed a petition urging a ban on ivory and tusks being imported into the U.S. after the Trump administration reversed an Obama-era block on bringing elephant sport hunting trophies into the country. Story by EWAN PALMER.
Trump Administration Quietly Decides — Again — To Allow Elephant Trophy Imports
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The Trump administration has lifted a ban on importing sport-hunted trophies of elephants from certain African countries, just over three months after President Trump appeared to pause a first attempt to do so amid public uproar. In a memo dated March 1, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said that in place of the Obama-era blanket ban, the agency will consider importation permits "on a case-by-case basis." Story by Colin Dwyer/NPR America
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Chabwela School gets a fresh coat of paint!
Your donations are making a difference.
A Nsefu team member sent us some new photos of the Chabwela School getting its first coat of paint. The paint was applied to the inside and rough casting to the exterior and then painted. Black boards were also put up in the classroom. It's looking really good!
