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donations through our website (www.aspinallfoundation.org/donate), text
donations (text BACK to 70300), or by adopting one of our animals in our
care. Individuals can also give through their payroll with Payroll Giving.
Leaving a gift in your Will can protect the future of endangered animals.
Visit our website to find all ways to give –
www.aspinallfoundation.org/donate#donate.
The Aspinall Foundation in association with The Open Air Cinema Company
are holding open air cinema events on the grasslands of Port Lympne
Reserve. Due to the overwhelming success, two of these events are already
sold out, but we do have tickets available for the screening of Jurassic
Park on Saturday 20th August 2016.
What about volunteers? How important are they to The Aspinall
Foundation, and what sort of things do they do?
As a small charity we are always looking for volunteers to help with our
fundraising events. We run a number of events throughout the year which
involve marshalling at our running events, bucket collecting, mobile prize
draw raffle and new this year, the open air cinemas.

reached our target and the team has now purchased the muchneeded car.
Items that are needed to help the teams in our overseas projects range
from camera traps, satellite phones, medication, uniforms, to transport,
drones and many more.
Is there anything else that you would like to tell us?
The Aspinall Foundation celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2014. It was
John Aspinall's passion for animals, and his belief that the threat from
humans was so great that radical decisions had to be made if we were to
protect endangered species, which led to the creation of the charity 30
years ago.
“It’s not alarmist to talk of possible extinction. But if we act now, act fast,
there is a real chance we can save them.”
Damian Aspinall

Tell us about your recently purchased equipment, and what is
still needed?
At the end of last year we ran a campaign to help purchase a vehicle for
the sniffer dog project that we support in Congo, Africa.
The conservation charity’s crime fighting team – PALF (Project for the
Application of Law for Fauna) – has been working with sniffer dogs to
confiscate bush meat, ivory and live animals from traffickers.
www.aspinallfoundation.org
The handlers and dogs are on the front line in the fight against wildlife crime
and we needed help to keep them safe whilst travelling long distances,
between known trafficking zones and airports. We are delighted to say we

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