Botswana Wildlife Rescue

Meet Anthony Ntalamo of Tony Mobile Safari. Born in Botswana, Tony has been guiding visitors through the Wildlife Reserves for almost two decades; he’s well known for his intuitive skill at locating animals while out in the bush and his expansive knowledge about native animal life and behavior. Now he’s looking to do more to protect threatened wildlife, with your support, I want to help him.

WE’RE LOOKING TO RAISE $100,000 AS AN INITIAL INVESTMENT:

to start building a facility, hiring staff and a veterinarian, purchasing vet supplies/food, air support to relocate animals, and other expenses involved in wildlife rescue and rehabilitation.

View our Botswana Wildlife slideshow & BWR Fundraiser Launch video here:

In August of 2023, I (Lois) visited Botswana to spend time observing and photographing the wildlife. While out on safari with Tony, we observed a young male leopard with a broken jaw. In other countries where Wildlife Rescues are well funded, that leopard would have been picked up and brought back to a facility for medical care and recovery. The tragedy is, there is no Rescue Center in Botswana, so the leopard was doomed to a terrible death - and further would be removed from sustaining the leopard population.

Unfortunately, in 2010, the government shut down the previous Wildlife Rescue Organization when they discovered the veterinarian from another country was illegally trafficking the rehabilitated wildlife. It is long overdue for a Wildlife Rescue to be supported once again.

It is our collective duty to be stewards of the shrinking natural wildlife reserves and all their sentient beings. The wildlife is in trouble from habitat loss, human/wildlife conflict, climate change, and poaching. Wildlife caught in snares or shot with arrows or guns can often be rescued, treated, and returned to their habitat. Botswana’s vast wilderness containing such diverse animal life is an area especially in need of our awareness and protection.

For more information and updates about Tony's efforts and development of the facility, visit loissteinberg.com/botswanawildliferescue.