If the future of an entire species depended on your life sacrifices. If the survival of many was determined by the next words you spoke. If the very happiness of innumerable relied on your next action - would you do it? There are a handful of special people who make incredible sacrifices in fighting for the survival of the African wildlife. It grieves me that so many of these incredible animals are not allowed to live out their lives in peace and happiness but are brutally killed for the greed and lust of mankind.
IF - Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on”;
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings—nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run—
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!
The only shot fired should be that of a camera, capturing the memory - and yet hunting these innocent creatures is the sport of the wealthy. And cruel. I will never regret the life I lived in the Wildlife Reserve.
Hello dear friend @buckaroobaby good afternoon
What beautiful images you share with us this time, it is beautiful to see them in their own room, I don't know how there are people who want to harm them
I take this opportunity to wish you a splendid afternoon
Oh and a splendid evening to you to @jlufer. Thank you for taking the time to read and comment with such kind words. It is indeed hard to imagine that anyone would wish or do harm to such magnificent creatures
We appreciate your work and your post has been manually curated by zoology team (oscurity,nelinoeva) on behalf of Amazing Nature Community. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much!
I have no words for how beautiful this is and your photography. Stunning. Thank you for reminding me of my love for conservation 💚
Gorgeous ....hoping this epic post and stunning photographic genius extraordinaire get $20000 at least ;) @blocktrades @themarkymark @ocd @lukestokes what say you eh? mwah ;)