Our country is home to the Endangered Wildlife Trust, a world respected conservation body we are fortunate to call our own. The EWT, which started out back in 1973, was founded by Clive Walker, along with James Clarke and Neville Anderson, and operated from a house.
Originally the three worked together to save the cheetah – already in decline in the 1970s. PIC: CEO YOLAN FRIEDMANN AND ORIGINAL FOUNDER CLIVE WALKER The trust later moved to the Johannesburg Zoo, but outgrew its home there, becoming the much larger and highly specialised and diverse operation it is today.
Working not only in South Africa but across southern and east Africa as well as partnering with conservation groups in many other countries, the EWT recently celebrated