<p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; font-size: large;"><strong> </strong></span></strong></p> <p><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p> <p><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p> <p><strong><strong> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.65em; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial;"><strong> </strong></p> <strong> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515;"><strong> JULY 10 2011 UPDATE : </strong></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515;"><strong><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px;"> </span></strong></p> <strong> <p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>THIS PAGE IS NOW SHUT DOWN.&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><strong><strong><strong><strong> <p style="display: inline !important;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>PLEASE GO TO :</strong></span></p> </strong></strong></strong></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>www.biglifeafrica.org/donations</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>TO DONATE TO DONATE TO BIG LIFE ONLINE VIA CREDIT CARD OR PAYPAL.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #151515; 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font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><strong><strong><strong><strong> <p style="display: inline !important;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>THANK YOU.</strong></span></p> </strong></strong></strong></strong></span></span></strong></strong></strong></strong></span><strong><strong><strong><strong><span style="color: #151515; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></strong></strong></strong></strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><span style="color: #151515; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span> <p>&nbsp;</p> </strong></strong></strong></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </strong></strong></strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></p> </strong> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515;"><strong>Founded in September 2010 by photographer Nick Brandt in urgent response to the recent dramatic escalation in poaching across much of Africa, Big Life Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of Africa&rsquo;s wildlife and ecosystems.</strong></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515; min-height: 16.0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515;"><strong>With one of the most spectacular elephant populations in Africa being rapidly diminished by poachers, the Amboseli ecosystem that straddles both Kenya and Tanzania became the Foundation's large-scale pilot project.</strong></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515; min-height: 16.0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515;"><strong>Multiple fully-equipped teams of anti-poaching rangers are being placed in newly-built outposts in the critical areas throughout the two million acre + area.</strong></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515; min-height: 16.0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515;"><strong>As of May 2011, within just seven months of inception, this new level of co-ordinated protection for the ecosystem has already elicited a major reduction in poaching in the region : amongst other achievements, a number of significant arrests of some of the worst, most prolific long-term poachers in the region have at long last been engineered by Big Life's teams. As a result of these successes, we have been able to quickly send out a strong message to poachers that killing wildlife now carries a far greater risk of being arrested.</strong></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515; min-height: 16.0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515;"><strong>However, the poaching continues unabated in the areas where Big Life still has no presence. Whilst Big Life has made substantial progress, there is still a long way to go to achieve their goal of stable and sustainable operations long term.</strong></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515; min-height: 16.0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515;"><strong>As the illegal demand for ivory, rhino horn and other wildlife parts continues to grow, there will be many who cannot resist the easy profits to be made out of killing these irreplaceable creatures.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515; min-height: 16.0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #151515;"><strong>Please learn more at www.biglifeafrica.org</strong></p> </strong> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial;"><strong><br></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </strong></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>