WORLD WILDLIFE FUND

Forest and Bird, Issue 148, 1 May 1963, Page 12

WORLD WILDLIFE FUND

The World Wildlife Fund has a tremendous job on its hands and it is making a worldwide appeal for funds to allow it to proceed with the many problems it has to deal with. We publish on this page two illustrations from a recent brochure indicating the type of work the Fund deals with. H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., is president of the British appeal; the office is at 2 Caxton Street, Westminster, London, S.W.I. Most of the other international bodies accept subscribing members. We shall be glad to supply the addresses of these bodies if requested.

Pollution of the Sea This guillemot is waiting for death. It is covered with thick oil discharged on the sea by a ship. It cannot swim or fly and has swallowed a large amount of oil. Oil pollution is a world-wide problem, and through the efforts of the International Council for Bird Preservation the governments of the leading maritime countries have agreed to cooperate in taking steps to keep the seas clean. But much must be done before this cruel and wanton destruction of sea birds is ended. Drought A baby elephant digs in a dried-up river bed in a pathetic attempt to find water. In the Tsavo East National Park in Kenya 10,000 animals perished in the first half of 1961 in spite of the valiant efforts of the game wardens to save them. Alleviation of suffering of this kind can be achieved by building small dams or drilling waterholes, but in some places it may entail the costly laying of pipelines to rivers miles away.