CONSERVATION NEWS
Nsefu Wildlife Conservation Foundation was on KUSI, San Diego!
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NSEFU Wildlife Conservation strives to end poaching in Zambia!
A note from Nsefu's Co-founder, Coe Lewis:
Thank you to our friends KUSI News and Tommy Sablan for helping get the word out about Nsefu Wildlife and the work we do! Hope you can support us in our fight and maybe you can join us at Kendra Scott on Wednesday, April 18th from 5-8pm for our fundraiser! Thanks to our friend Jason Austell for the great interview!
Excerpt from KUSI story:
In Africa, poachers armed with poisons, snares and high-powered weapons kill 100 elephants every day, and one rhino is killed every eight hours.
UK TO INTRODUCE 'TOUGHEST' IVORY BAN IN THE WORLD!
Nsefu.org supports the UK's decision to ban Ivory!
With Europe playing a major role in the ivory trade, conservationists are hopeful the UK’s ban will pave the way for EU-wide action.
By Rachael Bale
PUBLISHED APRIL 3, 2018
The United Kingdom will introduce a new ban on ivory sales, the government announced today. It will be one of the strictest in the world, allowing for only narrow exceptions. Violators will face up to five years in jail or an unlimited fine...
Tell Hong Kong: Elephants can’t wait (Petition)
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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
