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The Wildlife Ranger Challenge is Back!

More than 100 teams of rangers across Africa are gearing up for the fourth annual Wildlife Ranger Challenge. Coordinated by Tusk and the Game Rangers Association of Africa, the multi-million pound fundraising initiative features a series of fitness challenges and culminates with a 21km half-marathon race on 16th September 2023.

18th May 2023
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Ditch the Desk & Run Wild. The Lewa Safari Marathon Returns.

The 24th edition of Lewa Safari Marathon will be held on Saturday 24th June 2023. Registrations are open at lewasafarimarathon.com.

10th April 2023
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Legendary Alaskan Race Raises Awareness for Anti–Poaching Dogs in Africa

For Dogs…By Dogs is the motto of Gerhardt Thiart who ran the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race in support of Tusk’s Wildlife Ranger Challenge. We are pleased to announce that Gerhardt successfully completed the race on 17th March 2023.

20th March 2023
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New Pan African Conservation Education (PACE) Video Released

The Pan African Conservation Education (PACE) Project is Tusk’s education programme which was launched in 2006, in partnership with Siren Conservation Education. PACE supports conservation and sustainability education, providing ideas, information and training for teachers and learners across Africa.

28th February 2023
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The Search for Inspirational African Conservationists

Nominations are open for the 2023 Tusk Conservation Awards. Now in its 11th year we are looking to celebrate our next round of extraordinary conservation leaders and wildlife rangers paving the future of African conservation.

16th February 2023
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Hippos take centre stage at CITES

With two major global biodiversity conferences upon us, conservation takes another turn in the news agenda.

18th November 2022
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London Lights Up #ForWildlifeRangers

Iconic buildings across the UK shone bright for the launch of the Wildlife Ranger Challenge.

27th July 2022
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Lewa Safari Marathon returns in Kenya following two years of virtual events

The Lewa Safari Marathon, organised by Tusk and the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, in partnership with Safaricom, took place on Saturday 25th June. It was wonderful to see the event return to Kenya following two years of virtual events due to Covid-19 restrictions.

27th June 2022
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Tusk joins other NGOs to welcome implementation of the UK Ivory Act

Tusk has joined with 14 conservation organisations to release the following statement on the UK Ivory Act, which comes into force today (6th June 2022), having received Royal Assent in December 2018.

6th June 2022
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Runners Worldwide Unite To Support Wildlife Rangers

For the second year running, 125 ranger organisations and almost 1,000 public supporters from 82 countries joined together last weekend in the Wildlife Ranger Challenge, raising money and awareness of the struggles facing wildlife rangers across Africa.

22nd September 2021
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Wildlife Rangers Prepare For Race Day

Rangers across Africa complete mini-challenges in preparation for Wildlife Ranger Challenge

9th September 2021
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Lions take to the streets to mark World Lion Day 2021

The Tusk Lion Trail has hit the streets of cities around the world on World Lion Day (10th August - 24 September 2021), celebrating the magnificence of lions and raising awareness of threats facing the iconic King of Beasts.

10th August 2021

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