Sunshine Senior Tour partners with Accelerate Sport to help Endangered Wildlife Trust
MIDRAND – Endangered Wildlife Trust receives R100 000 donated by Sunshine Senior Tour in partnership with Accelerate Sport.
Sunshine Senior Tour in partnership with Accelerate Sport donated R100 000 to the Endangered Wildlife Trust based in Midrand on August 25.
The Sunshine Senior Tour creates golf tournaments for players and members over the age of 50.
Chief operating officer Neville Clarke, who handed the cheque over to the trust, said they were proud to help a good and deserving course. Clarke explained that they invented a series called the EWT Series, which was a very appropriate name because they have been connected with the conservation of animals.
He added that they have already associated themselves with other organisations, one in Plettenberg Bay where they affiliated their organisation with a dolphin and another in Port Elizabeth where they chose the elephant.
“I think the conservation of animals is important, the rhino is our big one that we would like to do and there is also the wild dog which is also in the pipeline for the funding they need for their projects.”
Head of conservation at the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) Harriet Davies-Mostert expressed immense joy for their partnership with the Sunshine Senior Tour, adding that they were grateful for their donation because the trust protected threatened species and habitats across South Africa and beyond in other African countries. “We look to make sure that our natural heritage is conserved for the benefit of people and wildlife,” she said.
She added that their Conservation Canine Unit was really important in the fight against wildlife crime and the funds would help them carry out the work they did with their canine unit, as well as fund their other projects.
Davies-Mostert explained that their dogs were used as a tool to detect contraband that was being trafficked across countries or boarders, which was why their dog unit was very special to them.
She added that they work quite closely with reserves, airports and other ports of entries to make sure that people trying to smuggle drugs and illegal things get stopped and apprehended. “Donations like the one we got from Accelerate Sports and the Sunshine Senior Tour are really fundamental for making sure that we can keep doing the important work we need to get done.”
Details: Endangered Wildlife Trust 011 372 3600.
