We invite you to our home at TIGERS Preserve in beautiful Myrtle Beach, SC. Only 30 days left in our 2016 season! "Swim, Swing, Soar with our Tigers, Apes, Eagles & More!"
Make your family's
Fall reservations before we sell out!
Learn how you can meet these animal ambassadors, plus 100 more, at the world's most interactive wildlife experience:
www.myrtlebeachsafari.com
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Rare Species Fund
The Rare Species Fund
compliments the educational messages and field research of T.I.G.E.R.S.
To help in this life-changing cause, please visit
Considered to be "the greatest hands-on animal experience in the world", the Preserve transports you out of coastal South Carolina and straight to the savannas of Africa and the jungles of South America!
The VIP Wild Encounter Tour always contains a wide variety of exotic animal ambassadors that you will get to see and interact with. Cubs of various sizes, young apes, ligers and a whole assortment of others will be on display while visiting our Preserve located only minutes from Myrtle Beach.
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If you have your photo taken at Preservation Stations
during the 2016 season you will receive a $50 discount on your T.I.G.E.R.S. Preserve tour! Preservation Station is located at Barefoot Landing in North Myrtle Beach.
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Final 30 Days of 2016 Season!
Book your reservation (see coupon below) and secure a spot on your own Myrtle Beach Safari!
T.I.G.E.R.S. Preserve and T.I.G.E.R.S. Preservation Stations were created as a wildlife education organization dedicated to promoting global conservation. With informative, educational and entertaining interactive programs, Dr. Bhagavan Antle has created a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Dr. Antle, Director, compliments the work of T.I.G.E.R.S. with critical on-the-ground funding of the Rare Species Fund. With all organizations functioning simultaneously, international wildlife conservation projects in North America, South America, Africa and Southeast Asia benefit greatly. Today's newsletter provides a glimpse of the types of stories and unbelievable facts that your family will learn throughout your tour of T.I.G.E.R.S. Preserve.
To make reservations for your family at the Myrtle Beach Safari over the phone, please call 843.855.2699, or click here.
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Basic Equipment Delivery to UWA
The Myrtle Beach Safari is home to the Rare Species Fund where tourism dollars help support grass-roots international wildlife conservation efforts. RSF staff participate hands on in the field helping to ensure the survival of some of the world's most endangered species. By putting essential money and equipment directly into the hands of people implementing the programs, RSF ensures the greatest value for every dollar spent. To date, the Rare Species Fund has provided more than $1 million to conservation efforts worldwide. Your support through TIGERS Preservation Stations, TIGERS Preserve, Myrtle Beach Safari and the Rare Species Fund has helped to make this happen!
Uganda Wildlife Authority tour guides show off their new rubber boots purchased by the Rare Species Fund. Basic equipment like this is so important in helping these grass roots organizations do their job. This community based project understands that wildlife, in addition to the ecological importance, is a valuable asset for tourism. Protecting these animals and their habitat is tantamount to protecting themselves and therefore very seriously regarded.
The Rare Species Fund team stays in regular contact with the wildlife rangers and conservationists that are supported around the world. The rangers share their experiences in the field and let us know how the equipment that we have supplied for them is working out and what else we can do to improve their mission. Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers keep an eye on the wild chimpanzee population within the national park and brainstorm back at the headquarters about appropriate methods of keeping the chimps safe.
What's the KAFRED Mission?
Welcome to Bigodi Village, Kamwenge District, western Uganda! The photos sent to the Rare Species Fund above provide a glimpse of daily life in the Bigodi Village in the shadow of the Ruwenzori Mountains bordering the Kibale National Park.  The Kibale Association for Rural and Environmental Development (KAFRED) was formed in Bigodi in 1992. The group is an official Community Based Organization in Uganda. Its purpose is to protect the local environment while advancing health, education and economic growth in the wider local community. John Tinka of Bigodi is an original founder and the continuing Program Manager. The group's emblem is the great blue turaco, a majestic bird found in the Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary.
A leading KAFRED objective is to conserve areas of rich biodiversity outside nationally protected areas, wetlands in particular, and to benefit communities from tourism businesses in the area, mainly Kibale National Park. An American Peace Corps Volunteer, Mark Noonan of Massachusetts, together with 6 community members (founders) steered the formation of this Community Based Organization. Membership has grown to 150 and includes other groups such as the Bigodi Woman's Group with 40 members, the Kiyoima Women's Group with 30 members, and the Enyange Dramactors singing and acting group.
KAFRED's founding members overwhelmingly agreed on the need to conserve Magombe Swamp, which is today known as Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary. The wetland is a stretch of about 8 km long and 1/3 km wide, attached to Kibale National Park at both ends. It acts as a corridor for animals from the southern to the northern parts of the park. A large trench that runs through the middle of the wetland is an old hippopotamus trail from the 1960s. Because of the wetland's rich biodiversity, it was resolved that tourism could bring benefits to the community and hence encourage conservation of this important natural resource.
Specific goals include:
- Increased household income and standard of living.
- Less soil and water contamination.
- More attractive local environment for tourism.
- Improved conservation awareness in the community.
- Developed community projects such as schools.
- Reduced swamp / wetlands encroachment.
- Increased number of tourists and income.
- Reduced human-animal conflict.
- Improved health and nutrition.
As mentioned earlier, Bigodi village is situated in the highlands of western Uganda, in the shadow of the famous  "Mountains of the Moon". The community is located about 40 kilometers south of the town of Fort Portal and borders Kibale National Park. Since 1992, the people of Bigodi have worked together as a community to open their natural beauty to eco-tourists and to bring crafts and handiwork to the world.
The Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary, located in the Magombe wetland, is a major eco-tourism attraction in the Kibale Forest area. This Sanctuary is operated by KAFRED using a significant fraction of association income to fund the Bigodi Secondary School and numerous related community projects. This incredible grassroots organization is a prime example of how YOU, the TIGERS Preserve visitor, is able to help the many diverse ecosystems around the world. The Rare Species Fund is pleased to assist the Ugandan Wildlife Authority in continuing their efforts to monitor the wild chimpanzee population in an area that houses the highest density of primate life in the world!
To experience our chimpanzees (and tigers and wolves and more amazing species) up close and personal, visit www.myrtlebeachsafari.com/signup to get started on your own interactive tour!
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