Louise Joubert

<p style="text-align: left;">I worked as an account executive for a major advertising agency in Cape Town and conceptualised a fund-raising campaign for the Rhino &amp; Elephant Foundation in South Africa in 1989.&nbsp; During National Rhino Pledge Day that focussed on the plight of the black rhino on southern Africa, a substantial amount of money was raised for black rhino conservation.&nbsp; Some of the money raised was used to purchase additional land for the Addo Elephant Park.&nbsp; Much needed equipment was also purchased for various counter poaching teams that concentrated on the protection of black rhinos in particular.&nbsp; The balance of the funds were used to relocate black rhinos from areas in which rhinos were increasingly targeted by poachers and also to return a number of black rhino to Africa to National Parks where the relocated rhinos could contribute to the survival of their species.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">My&nbsp;brush with black rhinos prompted&nbsp;me to give up a lucrative career in advertising and&nbsp;I moved to Limpopo Province to &ldquo;work with wild animals&rdquo;.&nbsp; Initially&nbsp;I worked with a game capture and relocation company, but quickly realised the extent of the exploitation to which wild animals were subjected to as a result of the growing commercialisation of wildlife.&nbsp; It was the plight of especially the young un-weaned animals that got to&nbsp;me on an emotional level.&nbsp; Seeing the terrible injuries and experiencing the death of a number of animals during the game capture operations,&nbsp;I was in&nbsp; emotional turmoil.&nbsp; It was especially the trauma and fear suffered by the un-weaned young that caught up with me and I decided to take on the orphaned victims for hand raising.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">I worked against numerous odds to safe the traumatized youngsters, and became more and more empathetic to wild animals&rsquo; needs.&nbsp; The constant emotional stress of having to endure game capture after game capture and experiencing first hand the trauma and fear of relocated wildlife soon saw&nbsp;me quit the game relocation industry to setup up an emergency wildlife and rehabilitaton centre and protected sanctuary for rescued wild animals in South Africa.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">I can be contacted via email on <a href="mailto:louise@sanwild.org">louise@sanwild.org</a> or by phone on +27(0) 15-3839958 during office hours.&nbsp; My mobile no is +27 (0) 833103882.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Your support for this fund raising campaign will be greatly appreciated and I trust that my dream will become your passion.&nbsp; Join me and become the RightKind for WildKind.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Warm regards</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Louise</p>

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