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THE REALLY WILD PICTURE SHOW
May 20th & 21st 2008
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An exhibition of wildlife photography held at The Gallery at The Troubadour provided the perfect surroundings for people to meet Dr
Laurie Marker, Founder and Executive Director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF). During two enjoyable evenings, to raise funds
for the CCFs' work, Dr Marker spoke passionately about the need to prevent the wild cheetah from extinction.
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An Evening with the Mara's Big Cats
Monday 12 November 2007
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The Great Hall at Imperial College provided a wonderful setting for an evening talk filled with stunning images by
wildlife photographers and authors Jonathan & Angie Scott & Paul Goldstein, featuring, arguably one of the world's seven natural wonders,
the Masai Mara in Kenya. Jonathan & Paul shared some great anecdotes about the lives of the magnificent 'Big Cats' and other wildlife and
of course the Maasai people all of whom call the 'Mara home. Thanks to Jonathan, Angie and Paul this was an evening of amazing photographs
and stories to remember. Friends of Conservation would like to thank everyone who attended for their tremendous support. We are also extremely
grateful to Simon Calder for his warm and witty introduction of our speakers and of course to our very generous sponsors and supporters: Canon,
Exodus and Kenya Airways. The evening was a great success with over £12,000 being raised. All monies will go towards projects in the
Greater Mara region.
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Dr Laurie Marker CCF Tour 2006
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Laurie's UK tour in May was a great success and FOC was delighted to raise much needed funds to
support CCF's important work.
Jan Coutts' paintings were are fantastic backdrop in London for everyone to
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"Extreme
Explorers" at the RGS 2005
| Friends of Conservation
was delighted with the
success of our "Extreme
Explorers" lecture at the RGS
in December. Intrepid
adventurer and supporter of FOC,
Benedict Allen, and
"Ice
Warrior" Jim McNeill described their extraordinary
experiences and personal
achievements in some of the
world's most remote areas and
considered the conservation
challenges emerging from the
impact of travel and exploration
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Hydro Active
women's challenge 2005
| Two of our volunteers joined
the 22,000 women taking part in
the Hydro Active Women's
Challenge 5km running event in
London in September.
Madeleine and Tara were pleased
to raise over £1,200 for FOC!
If you would like to run in
support of FOC next year please
contact the FOC London office. |
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CCF Tour May
2005
Laurie's tour in May was a
great success and saw Laurie
touring the country to raise
awareness and funds to save the
wild cheetah. Laurie will
be returning to the UK next year
between 12-22 May 2006 - watch
this space for further details!
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UK Rhino Group
Mayday 2005
This year's UK Rhino Group's
annual "Rhino Mayday" took place
in May. This annual
symposium and fundraising event
brought rhino conservation
experts together to discuss the
threats, new challenges and
possibilities for rhino
protection.
Details of the day's talks and
discussions can be found on the UK
Rhino Group website at www.rhinogroup.org.uk.
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London Marathon
2005
Congratulations and many thanks
to our marathon runners who all
finished the London Marathon in
April. Stuart Whittington,
Fiona Seton, Andrew Appleyard,
Tess Sullivan, James Wheeler and
Carly Smith raised over £7,500
to support FOC's projects.
Their hard work and dedication
is much appreciated. If
you would like to support us by
running in the London Marathon,
we have a number of guaranteed
spaces for next year.
Please contact the FOC office
for further information.
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Active Holiday
Show 2005
The Active Holiday Show in
April 2005 was a great success
with interesting talks from
experts and many informative
displays. FOC was
delighted to be supported by
Exodus, Connoisseur, Wunderlust,
Waymark, First Choice Snowsports,
Flexiski, Trek America, the
Adventure Company and Sunsail.
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The Cheetah's
Fight for Survival 2004
Jonathan and Angie Scott filled
the Royal Geographical Society to
capacity (again!) in November last
year. The talk focused on
their work with cheetahs in the
Mara and the future of the cheetah
in Africa. The event raised
some much needed funds for a
vehicle to support the Narok
County Council's
anti-harassment/poaching efforts
in the Mara.
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UK Rhino Mayday
2004Last
year’s UK Rhino Group Rhino Mayday, held at the Zoological Society of London. We were lucky enough to have a number of speakers travel from across the World to update those present on the rhino conservation. Speakers included Kes Hillman-Smith who gave an impassioned plea to save the few remaining Northern White Rhino in Garamba National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo and Edmond Bradley Martin who spoke about poaching of rhino in Nepal. Details of the day’s talks and discussions can be found on the UK Rhino Group Website at
www.rhinogroup.co.uk.
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A Week to Save a Cheetah
2004A successful awareness raising week took place for the CCF between the 21st and 28th
May 2004. Various events planned had Laurie Marker
traveling between Oxford (to collect her Doctorate from the University), London and Guildford giving evening lectures and lunchtime speeches to raise awareness to as many people as possible to the critical situation cheetahs are facing today.
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Flora Light 5k Run for Women
2004The Flora Light seems to be a notoriously difficult race to get into.
Last year though, we had a runner, Emma Elliot who completed the run and raised £500 for FOC. We would like to thank Emma and hope to see more runners next year!
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