Join us for one of two evenings as Global Conservation Force & Dr. William Fowlds team up to discuss the future of wild rhino.
We are excited to announce that we will host Dr. Will Fowlds (Veterinarian), on his first visit to California, for two events. Our plan is to raise awareness about the rhino poaching crisis and funds to sponsor more boots-on-the-ground conservation efforts. The events will be on March 10th in San Diego and on March 11th in Los Angeles. Those who attend the event will have the unique opportunity to hear first hand stories about rehabilitating rhinos (Hope & Thandi) who survived poachers, as well as what day-to-day life is like as an Anti Poaching Ranger. Mike Veale, Founder and President of GCF, will introduce both evenings with an explanation of the global rhino poaching crisis and the multifocal approach we are taking to combat poaching and extinction. Dr. Fowlds’ presentation will follow Mike’s. After each presentation we will have a Q&A session followed by an intermission where we will serve complimentary appetizers.
Dr. William Fowlds
“Dr. William Fowlds’ day job includes darting lions, elephants and antelope, but in 2012 he was called out to a harrowing situation on the Kariega Game Reserve, about 20 km from his home on Amakhala Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape province. The situation was unlike anything he’d encountered before. Overnight, three rhinos had been illegally darted using veterinary drugs and the poachers had brutally removed bone, skin and horn with either machetes or axes, leaving the rhinos for dead. One rhino had, in fact, already died from its injuries but Themba, a male, and Thandi, a female, were still alive when they were discovered the next morning.
Dr William Fowlds’ struggle to save Themba and Thandi made headline news around the world and he was interviewed on Sky News, BBC News, CNN and ABC television. In 2013 he was invited to tell the story of Thandi and Themba at the Royal Geographic Society in London, where Bear Grylls introduced him to an audience of over 700 people. “-http://medivet.co.uk
March 10th 2017 in San Diego, California
https://www.facebook.com/events/192910964511491/
Ticket link
The event is limited to 70 people, so buy your tickets in advance because this event will sell out.
$20 general admission – snacks and refreshments, #KeepRhinosHornysticker and door raffle ticket included.
$10 student access – must provide current student ID
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5:30 – Doors open, merchandise table opens, raffle and auction items open for bids
6pm – 25 minute presentation by GCF President Mike Veale on how anti-poaching units are working around the clock to defend rhinos from poachers. As well as the other approaches GCF is taking to solidify a future for people and animals caught in the current poaching crisis.
6:25 – Q&A
6:45 – Intermission, Appetizers, Raffles, meet n greet with the GCF field crew and Dr. Fowlds.
7:00 – Dr Fowlds presents on the complexity of the rhino poaching crisis, veterinary rescue efforts and the unification of efforts to protect wild rhino.
7:30 – Q&A with Dr. Fowlds
7:45 – raffles/auction close
Meet in greet with Dr Fowlds and GCF crew.
March 11th 2017 in Los Angeles, California
https://www.facebook.com/events/760712287425263
Ticket Link
Generously hosted by the Pacific Plate Brewery in Glendale, CA.
$25 General Admission – includes snacks and refreshments, access to the presentations, a pint of #WhiteRhinoIPA, #KeepRhinosHorny sticker and door raffle ticket.
4:00 – Doors open, merchandise table opens, raffle and auction items open for bids
5pm – 25 minute presentation by GCF President Mike Veale on how anti-poaching units are working around the clock to defend rhinos from poachers. As well as the other approaches GCF is taking to solidify a future for people and animals caught in the current poaching crisis.
5:25 – Q&A
5:45 – Intermission, Appetizers, Raffles, meet n greet with the GCF field crew and Dr. Fowlds.
6:00 – Dr Fowlds presents on the complexity of the rhino poaching crisis, veterinary rescue efforts and the unification of efforts to protect wild rhino.
6:30 – Q&A with Dr. Fowlds
7:45 – raffles/auction close
Meet in greet with Dr Fowlds and GCF crew.
**All funds raised will go towards our ground efforts to save wild rhino**
