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/image%2F1216521%2F20160619%2Fob_bad460_around-the-rock-free-the-bears-2.JPG "About FREE THE BEARS (source : Free The Bears) Founded by Mary...")
/image%2F1216521%2F20160619%2Fob_693c78_butterfly-park-around-the-rock.JPG "ABOUT THE PARK (source: The Butterfly Park) January 2014, we...")
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Lao Wildlife Rescue Center
Sébastien Tanneau and Michelle Walhout-Tanneau arrived in Laos in June 2015 to work on the rehabilitation of the Lao Zoo 60 kilometers north of Vientiane. This zoo, that was not really managed for many years, is the home to almost all animal species present...
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Free The Bears - Moon bears and sun bears
About FREE THE BEARS (source : Free The Bears) Founded by Mary Hutton in 1995, Free the Bears is a non-profit organisation based in Perth, Western Australia, dedicated to protecting bears throughout the world. We currently work in six countries throughout...
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Butterfly Park
ABOUT THE PARK (source: The Butterfly Park) January 2014, we opened the first ButterflyPark in Laos. The ButterflyPark, situated 300m before the entry of the Kuang Si Waterfall, is open for schools to create awareness about the beautiful yet vulnerable...
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Retrospective of our ecovolunteer missions in 2015
Kyrgyzstan, Tibet, Laos, let's discover the ecovolunteer trip on film with this retrospective of 2015. www.around-the-rock.com https://www.facebook.com/AroundTheRock/
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Ecovolunteer Expeditions - Kyrgyzstan
Text written by Françoise STEYER Expedition overview You will explore a still predominantly unspoilt country where you will take part in various eco-volunteering projects in the Naryn National State Reserve. The expedition takes participants to the regions...
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Rehabilitation Center of Snow Leopards NABU
For more information about our trip in Kyrgystan, please visit our website : http://around-the-rock.overblog.com/2014/12/kyrgystan-the-country-of-snow-leopards.html The German organization NABU finances part of the rehabilitation center of the snow leopard...
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Wild Camel Protection Foundation
We meet John Hare in the protected area of the Great Gobi A (Mongolia) in september 2014 and visit with him the breeding center for the wild camels (which is a critically endangered specie) that he and his Foundation founded in 2004. John Hare is a real...
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Hustai National Park - Przewalski's horses
Hustai National Park is located about 100 kilometers west of Ulan Bator. This park reintroduced Przewalski's horses (or Takhi) on June 5th, 1992 with the help of the Dutch Association FPPPH (Foundation for the Preservation and Protection of the Przewalski...
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Lupus Laetus - Brown bears
ECOVOLUNTEER MISSION Lupus Laetus association proposes two places according to the duration of the stay : Less than two weeks, in Tver area, which is located 400km north-west of Moscow, For long stay, in Karelia, near the finnish border. The fee is 500€...
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Bialowieza National Park - Europeans bisons
Białowieża Forest covers an area of about 150 000 ha located on the both sides of the Polish-Belorussian border. We can observe a large variety of species in the park, such as european bisons, deers, wolves, lynx, elks, amphibians and more than 170 birds...
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CVFSE - Veterinary Center for Wildlife and Ecosystems
The centre takes in and cares year round for wild animals in distress with the aim of rehabilitating them in their natural environment. The animals mainly come from Brittany and the Pays-de-la-Loire Region. Its main objective remains animal care, and...
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Calviac Zoological Reserve
Calviac Zoological Reserve, located 10 km from Sarlat in the Dordogne, is a non-profit institution dedicated to the conservation of endangered species, especially those of small and mediumsize. Conservation actions in the environment are conducted in...
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Wildlife Survival Sanctuary - Big cats
Wildlife Survival Sanctuary is managed by Jim Moore and Suzan. Many volunteers bring their help throughout the year to prepare the meals for animals. In some states, it is possible to obtain a license to own wild animals at his home in cages woefully...
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Mkhaya Game Reserve - Black and White Rhinos
Mick Reilly is the owner of three game reserves in Mlilawne, Hlane and Mkhaya. It is in the latter that the ecovolunteers stay because it is dedicated to the protection of white and black rhinos, who are endangered because of poaching. Mkhaya plays an...
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Big Cat Rescue - Florida
ABOUT BIG CAT RESCUE Big Cat Rescue, one of the world’s largest accredited sanctuaries for exotic cats, is a leading advocate in ending the abuse of captive big cats and saving wild cats from extinction. We are home to about 80 lions, tigers, bobcats,...
