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There is a significant number of different species of Langur. I hope in the future, to be able to see many of these species for myself in the wild, for the time-being, this website will increase information where I can.

If all people who travel the world, would spend just one of the days in their trip seeing the local wildlife, the finances to support all these species would likely be there already.

Some of my most exciting moments, have been when I have encountered an animal. Very often, these encounters have not happened where they should have. I have encountered bears and wolves amongst others, outside reserves.

These have often been the most exciting moments on those trips. Should more people search them out, and pay a small price for those encounters, there would be few places on earth where animals would be killed. Should each farmer with wildlife on his land, take a small amount of money each week from those coming to see the wildlife, it would be well worth the hassle to work around it, for the primary use of the land (the growing of crops, or raising of livestock).

Even in countries like the UK, there is wildlife to see. From incredible encounters with badgers and foxes, to following hares across the Welsh hills, or watching whales and dolphins from the UK coast. Very often, in the places where people are hardest up, there is wildlife around the people. Our aim, here, is to create a marketplace for the buying and selling of these encounters, be it access to where the wildlife is, a place to stay or a ride (car boat or something else).

We’re aiming to put put some videos, in the hope to bring word, but please spread word, we are finally at a point where everything needed is in place. Our primary focus, is to link those who live alongside wildlife with those who want to see it, join us, list your wildlife (it only takes a few minutes). We’re also eager to tell peoples story. This is primarily aimed at those listed, but we are interested about all news about the natural world, and are eager to publish stories from all over the place. Do join us – you do not need to write in English (or indeed speak English). The website is equipped with translators, so provided you write clearly in your own language, it should make sense in any

I have been away for the last few weeks. After a week in the UK, we headed to holland, and while the first part of our trip was largely for the children, we then headed into Eastern Holland for a wilder part.

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Here, the wolf returned after a 150 year absence.

We spent our time in the region around the Veluwe national park. This is one of the few wild areas of the Netherlands, and of the known 9 packs of wolves, 7 are found within the Veluwe.

While there, I visited a free hide a number of times, and although I did not see the wolves, it was still a fantastic place to visit (seeing red deer, roe deer and wild boar). He has a fascinating tiktok channel, one of the videos which I include to the right. He is a regular at the hide, and has seen wolves around 50 times (so by no means every time).

There is a slight issue with the situation in this area. The Veluwe covers around 420 square miles, (do not be confused by the Veluwe Hoge national park – odd that it is allowed the name as it is a private venture).

This is where private ventures in conservation have issues.

The Veluwe Hoge national park has a very well put together page, and is far easier to find than the actual national park. However, it is there to make money. As such, they are quite against wolves.

Note: this video is currently not playing properly. Click the full screen and it will redirect you to the tiktok page in question

Continue reading “And the holidays are almost over – services return. Holiday spent trying to see the Netherland wolves”

One of the wildest places in the UK is the forest of dean. This is not particularly wild, but work is ongoing in rewilding (though obviously, as yet the reintroduction of any predators is a long-distance aim). The initial rewilding of boar is thought to have occurred as an unofficial reintroduction in 1999 (this is not the first wild living wild boar in the UK in recent times, with a large group escaping after the 89 hurricane). Other species being introduced include beavers and pine martens.

We try to head there for at least a weekend, each year. This was that. We joined other friends, in the forest. Mostly, it was a family weekend away – in a wild place and looking out for wildlife but with small children its not quite the same.

Never-the-less, on Saturday, we went for an evening drive. We did indeed find a wild boar- unfortunately it was a fleeting sighting, with the wild boar disappearing back into the forest, too fast, even for the other person in the car to get to see it.

Still, I consider it a mix of luck, alongside my (I hope) reasonable skills in finding wildlife, and my local knowledge. For any who have seen it, I have put together a video of the wild beavers in Devon, and have been looking for some video footage of the boar in the forest of dean. I think I may well make do with a group of images that we have from a previous encounter.

Still, this weekend encapsulates our aims with “in the shadow of mankind” a weekend in a wild place. Few of our activities were around wildlife, but all our money went to businesses that were around the wild boar. With some progress, they will recognize the benefit they get from living near wild boar. I have been putting off making a video on boar until I had boar video, but may well put together something without it – if that happens, I will link on this website.

If you live near wildlife, or work in any capacity around wildlife (running places to stay, wildlife guide etc) do list your services on the page listed under “list your wild”. This will produce your page, and we will then upload it in a number of places on the website

Lobbyists have been hard at work on this since the beginning. Having now reached a point where denial is an untenable position, delay is the attempt underway.

Surely 30 years is enough delay?

The Lobbyists have definitely earnt their salary, but their cause is not right.

Below is a list of the top 6 fossil fuel companies, alongside a ranking of A to E saying how good or bad they are in terms of living up to the Paris climate accords (or indeed campaigning against.

Continue reading “Climate talks started in 1995, fossil fuel industries still stalling”

In theory, one might think that this is not good news. After all, if rhino and lions are being bred, surely this is to replace wild populations or similar work?

Unfortunately not. Lions bred in South Africa, are initially usually used as photo props for tourists to have pictures taken with the species. However, when they get too old for this work, they are sold to cannned lion hunts. This is where a lion (remember, it has been petted, so it sees humans as friendly) is released into a relatively small wilderness (usually not more than a few tens of square miles, in order to be so called hunted by wealthy foreigners.

Continue reading “South Africa’s ruling party (the cabinet) has approved plans to phase out lion farming and private rhino breeding”

It is often quite simple as humans. We are very capable hunters, with our ability to make ourselves tools and similar. This, unfortunately, means that we do not obey the normal rules for predator and prey.

With an animal like a lion, they move into an area, and their population finds a level with local food. This way, the lion can continue to live their long-term; both the lion and the antelope that they eat, are not facing extinction.

We do not work the same way. When in a market economy, a supplier finds a resource which sells well, they will keep selling it, until there is nothing left. The poaching of white rhino in South Africa reduced the population of the animal by 66% in must 10 years. It was not a reducing population, but increasing anti poaching which finally bought this under control.

Sharks are similar. lying at the top of the food chain. This means that if we operate as we currently are, eating sharks from the top of the food chain, we will have a huge impact on other species further down the food chain.

This is already being seen, in oceans all over the world. Predators kept in check by animals like the mako shark, have population explosions, and this in turn decimates the population of species further down the food chain.

THIS MUST CHANGE