OAT Beneficiaries
REMEMBERING WILDLIFE is a charity book series consisting of ‘Remembering Elephants’, ‘Remembering Rhinos’, ‘Remembering Great Apes’, ‘Remembering Lions’ and ‘Remembering Cheetahs'. These books consist of the most stunning images of the species and are created and sold to raise awareness of the plight of these species and to raise funds to protect them. OAT is a sponsor of the Remembering Wildlife Series.
EAGLE NETWORK (Eco Activists for Governance and Law Enforcement) is leading the fight against wildlife crime in West and East Africa. They work with governments on investigations, arrest operations, legal workings and media activities. Ofir Drori, founder of the organisation, is a well-known activist who, with the support of his network of colleagues across the continent, is responsible for over 2,000 significant wildlife traffickers being jailed to date. He is also personally credited with shifting Cameroon from zero wildlife prosecutions to one per week. OAT provides ad-hoc funding for specific projects.
ANAHITA is a rescue and rehabilitation centre for dogs, cats and other domestic animals and small mammals in Iran. OAT provides regular funding for veterinary supplies and general operational costs. OAT has also provided funding for a much-needed van for the rescue and transport of animals.
THE BORN FREE USA PRIMATE SANCTUARY is the largest of its kind in the United States of America. The 186-acre sanctuary, located in south Texas, provides a safe, permanent home to 531 monkeys, many rescued from abuse in roadside zoos, as pets in private homes or those that have been retired from research laboratories. OAT provided a substantial capex grant to enable them to install heating facilities in a number of enclosures for the elderly and sick primates.
CONSERV CONGO is a nature conservation non-profit organisation based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, whose mission is to preserve the biodiversity of the Congo Basin. Founded by Adams Cassinga, a former investigative journalist turned wildlife crimes investigator, the movement is supported by a team of activists who volunteer their time, knowledge and skills to bring wildlife traffickers to justice. Created in 2014, the organisation is registered by the ministry of justice, as well as the ministry of environment and nature conservation, and it operates across the Congolese territory and, at times, the entire region. OAT provides ad-hoc grants for specific field projects.
PERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY (PAWS) is a US-based group who help abused or abandoned performing animals and victims of the exotic animal trade. They also help to ensure that animals are protected by the Endangered Species and Animal Welfare Acts. They own and operate PAWS ARK in Sacramento, a 30-acre sanctuary for previously captive wildlife including elephants, tigers and bears. OAT made a one-off donation to the sanctuary after visiting them in 2012.
SPECIES SURVIVAL NETWORK (SSN), founded in 1992, is an international coalition of over 80 non-governmental organisations committed to the promotion, enhancement, and strict enforcement of the laws set by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). They work to prevent over-exploitation of animals and plants due to international trade and they do this through scientific and legal research, education and advocacy. OAT is a member of SSN and provides ad-hoc funding for specific projects.
SAVE THE ELEPHANTS (STE) works to secure a future for elephants in a rapidly changing world. To battle the current surge in ivory poaching, the STE/WCN (Wildlife Conservation Network) Elephant Crisis Fund is identifying and supporting the most effective global partners to stop poaching, thwart traffickers and end demand for ivory. Leaders in elephant science, STE also provides cutting-edge scientific insights into elephant behaviour, intelligence, and long-distance movement and applies them to the long-term challenges of elephant conservation. OAT provided a small grant in the form of tuition fees for one of STE’s up-and-coming conservation students.
WILD PHILANTHROPY is designed to provide multiple ways to invest in the future of Africa, its people, wildlife and wilderness. OAT is an official partner and, as a “Friend of Wild Philanthropy”, has committed to a structured three-year pledge to support their mission.
NATUURHULP CENTRUM (Nature Help Centre) in Belgium is a relief centre for sick, injured and needy wild animals in Europe. They rescue and rehabilitate both native and exotic animals, the latter being those who have been rescued or removed from zoos, circuses and other captive environments. They have rescued many lions, tigers, bears and other large exotic animals and provide interim care and housing whilst more appropriate lifetime care homes are found. Through the Born Free Foundation which facilitates the rehoming of captive wildlife, OAT has supported the relocation and lifetime care of five lions originating from this facility to lifetime care sanctuaries in Malawi and South Africa.
FOUR PAWS is an organisation with a strong, global and independent voice for animals under direct human influence. Their vision is a world where people treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. They own and operate a large rescue and rehabilitation centre in South Africa called Lions Rock, which is now home to over 100 big cats who have been rescued by Four Paws from zoos, circuses and other captive environments around the world. OAT has provided a small grant for lion enclosure upgrades.
TURGWE HIPPO TRUST was founded by Karen Paolillo who dreamed of helping wildlife in Africa. The Trust began when Karen saved the lives of several families of hippos, whose existence would have ended in 1992 when a severe drought hit the area. Karen now researches threats to hippos and finds ways to improve their lives. She is an expert in understanding their behaviour. OAT has provided one-off donations to this worthwhile project.
AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANTS FOUNDATION (AFEF) aims to highlight the fast decline towards extinction of the largely forgotten forest elephants. Unbeknown to the world, they are suffering the same and worse fate than their savannah cousins in Central Africa, and AFEF aims to help preserve the species, along with their forest habitat. AFEF’s first initiative was getting boots on the ground, literally. In their ‘Boots on the Ground’ project they set a target to provide new high-quality boots and five pairs of durable socks to 500 rangers across the Congo Basin. OAT provided support for this initiative.
WILD FUTURES are a UK sanctuary who have been caring for primates for 50 years. Their focus is rescuing, campaigning, educating and providing sanctuary to primates in need. Most of who have been confiscates from or handed in by private owners. The charity also support projects overseas, working to protect primates and habitats worldwide. OAT have supported Wild Futures with operational expenditure.
PRICKLES AND PAWS provide rescue, emergency care, rehabilitation and release for native British hedgehogs in Cornwall and the Southwest. OAT have given funding towards the building of a hedgehog hospital to enable Prickles and Paws to help many more hedgehogs in need.
HARPER ASPREY WILDLIFE RESCUE is an emergency wildlife hospital that works 24/7, 365 days a year. They rescue, rehabilitate, and release native British wildlife - from tiny dormice to the majestic deer and everything in between. OAT has provided funding towards the acquisition of an X-Ray machine for their veterinary clinic to allow them to improve their triage services.
WILD WELFARE is an NGO whose mission to improve the welfare of wild animals who though no fault of their own are held captive in zoos across the world. OAT are anti-zoo establishments so would not fund zoos in any way, however, we agreed to assist Wild Welfare with costs associated with the removal and relocation of a Moor Macaque who was living in solitary confinement in a very substandard zoo in Malaysia. She was moved to a purpose-built wildlife sanctuary in her native Indonesia. Her name is Siti and she is now thriving in her new environment together with a new male companion macaque named Dicky.
ANIMANTURA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY is based in Italy, north of Rome. This wonderful sanctuary originates from the need to find a home for all wild and exotic animals that cannot be released into the wild. These are mainly victims of mistreatment and illegal trafficking, or are part of an endangered species protection program. At the Sanctuary these animals have the chance to live in an appropriate environment in which they can regain the typical habits of their species. OAT funded the construction of a pond at the sanctuary for a group of confiscated Japanese macaques (primates) who were in need of a suitable home.
KAROO DONKEY SANCTUARY provide sanctuary for displaced and previously abused donkeys, horses and a small number of cows and other working animals. There was an urgent need for this established sanctuary to relocate due to lease issues and OAT was one of the charities that contributed towards costs involved for the vital and urgent relocation of a large number of animals from Plettenberg Bay in the Eastern Cape to Prince Albert in the Karoo. OAT also contributed towards the erection of fencing at the new location and towards supplementary feed for the animals whilst they adjusted to their new grazing areas.
GLOBAL SANCTUARY FOR ELEPHANTS exists to create vast, safe spaces for captive elephants, where they are able to heal physically and emotionally. Their initial project, Elephant Sanctuary Brazil, is currently the only sanctuary for elephants in Latin America. OAT contributed towards some recent sanctuary expansion plans. OAT has also developed a mutually beneficial relationship with the GSE team who are offering support and advise during the infancy stages of Pangea, a large-scale European elephant sanctuary n Portugal which OAT is a founding partner of.
TIGERS 4 EVER have a goal to give wild tigers a continued wild future by attempting to eliminate tiger deaths due to poaching, poisoning or human retaliatory attacks. They are based in India which is home to more than two thirds of the world’s wild tigers, making their valuable critical. OAT have supported by extending a grant that contributes to the cost of vital patrolling and urgent anti-poaching equipment requirements.
LIONS BONES & BULLETS is an investigative documentary which uncovers an elaborate, international wildlife fraud with an annual turnover of nearly 100 million U.S dollars. Journalist Richard Peirce presents the film which covers the shocking discovery that wildlife ranchers in South Africa are farming lions in their thousands to export their bones to Asia for traditional medicine and are also providing stock for canned lion hunting operations and he also delves into the horrors of wildlife traffickers in Laos and Vietnam. Lions, Bones & Bullets sends a clear and vital wake-up call to the world, inviting us to open our eyes and rethink our relationship with nature and wildlife. OAT contributed towards the seed funding required for the making of this film which is now an award-winning documentary.
WARA CONSERVATION Founded by Charlotte Houpline, aims to combat illegal wildlife trade and in doing so many animals confiscated following the arrest of traffickers require intensive care and rehabilitation. They operate in a number of west African countries where wildlife trade is rife including Guinea, Senegal and Cote De Voir. In 2021, OAT provided crucial and emergency funding to assist with the care and rehabilitation of a collection of confiscated animals in Guinea which included a white pelican and a large number of parrots. The rehabilitation of the birds is long, the traffickers cut the flight feathers, so it is necessary to wait for the regrowth of the feathers (3 to 6 months) and to ensure the best possible quality of care if they are to have any chance of survival let alone release.
GREYTON FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY is a 40-hectare sanctuary located in the Western Cape, South Africa and home to nearly 200 rescued animals including pigs, sheep, goats, and more who were previously neglected and abused farm animals. Not only do they provide refuge for the rescued animals, but they also operate a Vegan | Humane Education programme including their Pigs to Plants initiate. Pigs to Plants encourage back yard pig farmers in the rural parts of South Africa to give up pig farming, relinquish their pigs and return the charity helps them to establishes a plant / vegetable-based farm. OAT provided funding for further development of the Pigs to Plants programme and also provided some capex funding for the rebuilding of access roads damaged by floods.
LIBASSA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY is the first and only wildlife center for a variety of species in Liberia. It opened in 2017 with the goal to protect Liberia’s wildlife through rescue, rehabilitation and release programmes. OAT supported the sanctuary with a one-off grant in a particularly tough time that covered general operational costs, including employee salaries and animal feed.
RANGER LABS is a small scale but inspirational charity that aims to improve the welfare of dedicated and hardworking anti-poaching teams in Africa who regularly risk their lives in order to protect the continents wildlife. Oat provided a one off grant to provided much need winter clothing for a particular anti poaching team in Zambia.
WILDLIFE & WELFARE aims to address the imbalance between animals, communities and the environment. One of the functions of this charity is to provide support and funding to help organisations on the ground who are rescuing and caring for displaced dogs and cats in the war zone areas of Ukraine. OAT have channeled a number of grants for this work through Wlid Welfare.
TREE OF LIFE FOR ANIMALS (TOLFA) has a vision for a world where animals live free from disease and are valued as our equals. Their mission is to provide vital and preventative healthcare to India’s ownerless animals and those belonging to low-income owners, as well as educate communities in their welfare and value. OAT has granted funds to TOLFA for general operating costs.
LIBEARTY SANCTUARY is the biggest brown bear sanctuary in the world. Based in Zarnesti, Romania the sanctuary houses over 100 bears rescued from a miserable life in captivity. They also run a stray dog centre in VICTORY SHELTER in Brasov. The centre hosts over 400 dogs per year and deals with their rescue, treatment, care and accommodation, finalising with the transportation and the adoption of some of them. Each year over 700 dogs are being adopted in Germany, England and France. OAT has supported construction of specialised puppy accommodation and contributed to a vehicle for the bear sanctuary.
WORKING WELSH DOG WELFARE. OAT provided much need and adequate kennels and runs for working dogs on a large sheep farm in Wales. In agreement with the owner of the farm these facilities were built and a number of unwanted dogs were rehomed with the kind support of Good Heart Animal Sanctuaries, another OAT supported charity and one very close to our hearts.
Biker dams Ke the building of the watering hole
