Colobus Conservation’s #GolfOnTheBeach to raise more funds

Colobus Conservation will be hosting the 4th Golf on the Beach Tournament Fundraiser at Nomad Beach Bar on the 15th July. This event is incredibly popular, providing a fun day for all. There will be both an adult and children’s tournament, stalls with beautiful local crafts and products and some fantastic prizes for auction. This year we are raising funds for a very important project. Colobus Conservation desperately need a refurbishment of the facilities, especially the vet clinic, one of the most vital facilities at the centre. Each year Colobus Conservation receive over 150 welfares, majority of these are primates but many are of other wildlife, including owls, bats, civit cats, lizards and much more. This number is only going up and in 2017, we received nearly 200 welfares. There has been countless of occasions where the immediate availability of a vet clinic has made the difference between life or death.
In October 2015, Team Colobus was called out for a reported dog attack on a young male colobus, on arrival the colobus was found on the ground with a severely injured arm, the arm had already started decaying and it became obvious he had been electrocuted a few days prior to the call out. On further examination, we knew we only had a few hours to act, a decision was made to amputate his arm, as the infection would spread further. We were able to intervene quickly and save this young colobus, who now lives with our other colobus troop, you wouldn’t even notice he only has one arm, as he swings around his enclosure. This is one of many success stories and we will continue saving as many lives as we can, this is especially important, as the Angolan colobus population is declining, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reclassifying them to Vulnerable. This means that literally have single one counts. In addition, our wildlife are now having to compete for food sources, have more dangers and predators to avoid, making life in Diani riskier and an increase need for intervention.
We want to enhance our facilities, purchase further equipment to allow us to better diagnose patients. We will be expanding the facilities as well as purchasing equipment and medical supplies. Not only will this benefit Diani’s wildlife but it also provides a place for people to train and learn about wildlife management and vet care. Each year we receive many Kenyan interns, with some fresh out of vet school. One of the biggest challenges for vets in Kenya is the lack of places for vets to train in veterinary wildlife. We are proud to say we have been able to provide this experience to many new Kenyan vets, who in turn are able to go on to help other wildlife around Kenya.

Please help us by supporting the event, you can join us for the day, donate a prize to be auctioned or raffled, sponsor a hole for KSh 6,000 or simply donate. Donations can be sent via Mpesa (Paybill: 339227, Account number: VetDonation) or via our website by selecting our ‘vet clinic refurbishment’ project on the link below;

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Thank you for taking the time to read this email, if you have any questions or require any further information, please contact us!
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