Mosaic Appeal

The Howletts & Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks were set up by the late John Aspinall with the aim of protecting and breeding rare and endangered species and returning to safe areas in their native homeland. World leaders in conservation the Parks have so far returned to the wild Przewalski�s horses, black rhino, Sumatran rhino, Cape buffalo, ocelots, pythons and gorillas.

Our objectives are:

• To halt the extinction of rare and endangered species in the wild
• To continue to provide the most natural environment possible for the animals
• To continue to be world leaders in animal husbandry and breeding
• To be a partner and catalyst to conservation efforts at home and abroad
• Increasing public understanding of animals and their welfare and the issues involved in their conservation
• To re-introduce these animals back to their wild habitat where this is possible

We need your help before it�s too late

• If the number of western lowland gorillas continue to decline at the present rate, the species will be extinct by 2020
• The population of black rhino has reduced from around 65,000 in 1960 to less than 3000 today
Species are becoming extinct 1000 times faster than they did before humans appeared
• Scientists agree that at least four species of plants and animals become extinct every single hour
• Over 11,000 species are threatened with extinction, including 1 in 4 of the entire mammal population
• Just two decades ago there were up to 2,000,000 African elephants. Now, numbers of the earth�s largest land mammal have plunged to around 350,000

The John Aspinall Foundation, in conjunction with Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks, is devoted to saving rare and endangered animals. As a registered charity, it relies on donations to help continue with its breeding and reintroduction programmes for endangered animals to their natural habitat.

Please help us to continue our vital work by buying a tile.