Land of a Million Elephants

3850 High Court,Wheat Ridge CO 80033

10 July, 2021

Description

A DISCUSSION ON CONSERVATION IN LAOS DURING COVID-19 Both wild and captive elephant populations have plummeted over the last few generations only to be exacerbated by the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic. Guest speaker and founder of the Mandalao Conservation Organization, Michael Vogler, will discuss the challenges of conserving endangerd Asian elephants in Laos and what can be done from a community effort. MICHAEL VOGLER, Founder of Mandalao Conservation With a background in wildlife and environmental conservation work around the globe, Laos drew Michael in from the first time he visited. He sees MandaLao as part of long-term strategy to create and promote new community-based conservation projects. The Katie Adamson Conservation Fund is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization of people who help endangered animals by helping people. It is our conservation imperative.  It was established in 2014 by Zookeeper, Dave Johnson, to promote endangered animal conservation initiatives worldwide. The mission of KACF is to help empower the people of our planet to work together to save our remaining ecosystems and all of the creatures they contain. The conservation fund is dedicated to the memory of, and named in honor of Katie Adamson.  She will always be remembered for her courage, her sense of humor, and above all her love of all living things. Her spirit will live on in everything we do. Katie passed away of Ewings Sarcoma in 2014.