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Last night I joined Dr. Jane Goodall (@janegoodalluk) as her youth ambassador and the very talented @richard.e.grant for the launch of the @dpworld Europe 2025 Sustainability plan.

Thank you to @rosemary_reed_, Mary Lewis, @jasminageorgovska, @alessandraiellamo_, Mark Munnelly @cubedconsultancy and the rest of the incredible team at the Jane Goodall Institute UK.

Thank you to @dpworld and @thenedlondon for having me.

Last night I joined Dr. Jane Goodall (@janegoodalluk) as her youth ambassador and the very talented @richard.e.grant for the launch of the @dpworld Europe 2025 Sustainability plan.

Thank you to @rosemary_reed_, Mary Lewis, @jasminageorgovska, @alessandraiellamo_, Mark Munnelly @cubedconsultancy and the rest of the incredible team at the Jane Goodall Institute UK.

Thank you to @dpworld and @thenedlondon for having me.

Last night I joined Dr. Jane Goodall (@janegoodalluk) as her youth ambassador and the very talented @richard.e.grant for the launch of the @dpworld Europe 2025 Sustainability plan.

Thank you to @rosemary_reed_, Mary Lewis, @jasminageorgovska, @alessandraiellamo_, Mark Munnelly @cubedconsultancy and the rest of the incredible team at the Jane Goodall Institute UK.

Thank you to @dpworld and @thenedlondon for having me.

Last night I joined Dr. Jane Goodall (@janegoodalluk) as her youth ambassador and the very talented @richard.e.grant for the launch of the @dpworld Europe 2025 Sustainability plan.

Thank you to @rosemary_reed_, Mary Lewis, @jasminageorgovska, @alessandraiellamo_, Mark Munnelly @cubedconsultancy and the rest of the incredible team at the Jane Goodall Institute UK.

Thank you to @dpworld and @thenedlondon for having me.

It’s time for change 🐻⛓️‍💥 let’s make a difference for these bears… support @spaceforthewild 💔

In Search of the Shoebill 🇺🇬🌿

In this @fablefund film, @mehta_a travels with wildlife presenter @kylethomas deep into Uganda’s Mabamba Swamp, one of the last strongholds of the elusive Shoebill.

Gliding through narrow wetland channels, they set out in search of a bird that feels almost prehistoric…a true living dinosaur.

A story about protection, persistence, and the fragile magic of a species on the edge.

Watch the full film on the @fablefund YouTube page (link in bio)

You can support this and future conservation stories by joining our Giving Circle (link in bio)


CREDITS:

Featuring: Akash Mehta and Kyle Thomas
Filmed by: Jigar Ganatra and Emmanuel Gashumba
Produced by: Elliot Connor
Associate Producer: Mark Davenport
Edited by: Annie Moir
Production Support: Mayombwe Patrick, Eva Yoe, Stuart Butchart, Carlotta Goodwin-Thorp, Caitlin Green, Estelle Raison
Special Thanks: Achilles Byaruhanga, Micheal Kibble, Andrew Ssozi, Kasasa Hannington, Nuwagaba Boaz Keita, Kaizire William, Namara Dismus, Amatsiko Allan, Muwonge Gilbert, Tumwesigy Godfrey, BirdLife International, Nature Uganda, Mabamba Wetlands Tourism Association, Mabamba Bird Guides Association, St Jude’s Zziba Primary School, Uganda Wildlife Education Centre

#shoebill #fablefund #akashmehta #kylethomas #uganda

Happy 100th birthday, Sir David Attenborough.

Your life’s work has shaped the way the world understands and values nature. Generations have been inspired by your voice, your vision, and your unwavering commitment to protecting wildlife and our planet. The impact you’ve made reaches every corner of our planet, every single day.

It was a true honour to have my birthday message shared at the Royal Albert Hall. ❤️

TW 🚨 This might look intense but it is helping protect this animal

I am performing ear notching under the supervision of wildlife vet Gerhardus Scheepers

Each notching is unique and allows conservation teams to identify and track animals in the wild 🐘

This helps monitor populations and fight poaching

Not pretty, but important for their survival 🌍

the grass held me
with its thousand little fingertips,
and i let it.

above me, spring moved
like a grass stained green thought.
the sky kept changing
its soft blue mind,
clouds loosening their white hair over my eyelashes.

i laughed,
everywhere.
gentle earth,
sweet animal,
warm-breathed mother.

spring bends down
and i’m buttoned safely in the embrace of leather…
back into the world.

summer boy @kylethomas in @unkn_studio 🦋

the grass held me
with its thousand little fingertips,
and i let it.

above me, spring moved
like a grass stained green thought.
the sky kept changing
its soft blue mind,
clouds loosening their white hair over my eyelashes.

i laughed,
everywhere.
gentle earth,
sweet animal,
warm-breathed mother.

spring bends down
and i’m buttoned safely in the embrace of leather…
back into the world.

summer boy @kylethomas in @unkn_studio 🦋

the grass held me
with its thousand little fingertips,
and i let it.

above me, spring moved
like a grass stained green thought.
the sky kept changing
its soft blue mind,
clouds loosening their white hair over my eyelashes.

i laughed,
everywhere.
gentle earth,
sweet animal,
warm-breathed mother.

spring bends down
and i’m buttoned safely in the embrace of leather…
back into the world.

summer boy @kylethomas in @unkn_studio 🦋

the grass held me
with its thousand little fingertips,
and i let it.

above me, spring moved
like a grass stained green thought.
the sky kept changing
its soft blue mind,
clouds loosening their white hair over my eyelashes.

i laughed,
everywhere.
gentle earth,
sweet animal,
warm-breathed mother.

spring bends down
and i’m buttoned safely in the embrace of leather…
back into the world.

summer boy @kylethomas in @unkn_studio 🦋

the grass held me
with its thousand little fingertips,
and i let it.

above me, spring moved
like a grass stained green thought.
the sky kept changing
its soft blue mind,
clouds loosening their white hair over my eyelashes.

i laughed,
everywhere.
gentle earth,
sweet animal,
warm-breathed mother.

spring bends down
and i’m buttoned safely in the embrace of leather…
back into the world.

summer boy @kylethomas in @unkn_studio 🦋

the grass held me
with its thousand little fingertips,
and i let it.

above me, spring moved
like a grass stained green thought.
the sky kept changing
its soft blue mind,
clouds loosening their white hair over my eyelashes.

i laughed,
everywhere.
gentle earth,
sweet animal,
warm-breathed mother.

spring bends down
and i’m buttoned safely in the embrace of leather…
back into the world.

summer boy @kylethomas in @unkn_studio 🦋

the grass held me
with its thousand little fingertips,
and i let it.

above me, spring moved
like a grass stained green thought.
the sky kept changing
its soft blue mind,
clouds loosening their white hair over my eyelashes.

i laughed,
everywhere.
gentle earth,
sweet animal,
warm-breathed mother.

spring bends down
and i’m buttoned safely in the embrace of leather…
back into the world.

summer boy @kylethomas in @unkn_studio 🦋

the grass held me
with its thousand little fingertips,
and i let it.

above me, spring moved
like a grass stained green thought.
the sky kept changing
its soft blue mind,
clouds loosening their white hair over my eyelashes.

i laughed,
everywhere.
gentle earth,
sweet animal,
warm-breathed mother.

spring bends down
and i’m buttoned safely in the embrace of leather…
back into the world.

summer boy @kylethomas in @unkn_studio 🦋

the grass held me
with its thousand little fingertips,
and i let it.

above me, spring moved
like a grass stained green thought.
the sky kept changing
its soft blue mind,
clouds loosening their white hair over my eyelashes.

i laughed,
everywhere.
gentle earth,
sweet animal,
warm-breathed mother.

spring bends down
and i’m buttoned safely in the embrace of leather…
back into the world.

summer boy @kylethomas in @unkn_studio 🦋

the grass held me
with its thousand little fingertips,
and i let it.

above me, spring moved
like a grass stained green thought.
the sky kept changing
its soft blue mind,
clouds loosening their white hair over my eyelashes.

i laughed,
everywhere.
gentle earth,
sweet animal,
warm-breathed mother.

spring bends down
and i’m buttoned safely in the embrace of leather…
back into the world.

summer boy @kylethomas in @unkn_studio 🦋

the grass held me
with its thousand little fingertips,
and i let it.

above me, spring moved
like a grass stained green thought.
the sky kept changing
its soft blue mind,
clouds loosening their white hair over my eyelashes.

i laughed,
everywhere.
gentle earth,
sweet animal,
warm-breathed mother.

spring bends down
and i’m buttoned safely in the embrace of leather…
back into the world.

summer boy @kylethomas in @unkn_studio 🦋

the grass held me
with its thousand little fingertips,
and i let it.

above me, spring moved
like a grass stained green thought.
the sky kept changing
its soft blue mind,
clouds loosening their white hair over my eyelashes.

i laughed,
everywhere.
gentle earth,
sweet animal,
warm-breathed mother.

spring bends down
and i’m buttoned safely in the embrace of leather…
back into the world.

summer boy @kylethomas in @unkn_studio 🦋

Whenever I get invited on an adventure I HAVE to go! 🌍🌱This Earth Week I went to Bristol to meet Amy Thompson, a wildlife filmmaker behind A Gorilla Story, Told by David Attenborough (on @netflix now). She spent FIVE months in the wild with gorillas 🦍❤️AD

Had an awesome day filming at @careforwild Rhino Sanctuary in South Africa 🇿🇦🦏

Care for Wild is the world’s biggest rhino orphanage, rescuing orphaned rhinos, many of which have lost their mums to poaching. The team raise and rehabilitate them with the goal of returning them to protected wild areas when they’re ready.

I spent the day with Petronel Nieuwoudt who founded the centre. She’s an incredibly inspiring lady and I learnt so much from her in just a single day.

Stay tuned for our film which is part of my new series with @waddellmedia. Thank you Petronel and the whole Care for Wild team for the amazing work you do! 🦏🌍

Had an awesome day filming at @careforwild Rhino Sanctuary in South Africa 🇿🇦🦏

Care for Wild is the world’s biggest rhino orphanage, rescuing orphaned rhinos, many of which have lost their mums to poaching. The team raise and rehabilitate them with the goal of returning them to protected wild areas when they’re ready.

I spent the day with Petronel Nieuwoudt who founded the centre. She’s an incredibly inspiring lady and I learnt so much from her in just a single day.

Stay tuned for our film which is part of my new series with @waddellmedia. Thank you Petronel and the whole Care for Wild team for the amazing work you do! 🦏🌍

Had an awesome day filming at @careforwild Rhino Sanctuary in South Africa 🇿🇦🦏

Care for Wild is the world’s biggest rhino orphanage, rescuing orphaned rhinos, many of which have lost their mums to poaching. The team raise and rehabilitate them with the goal of returning them to protected wild areas when they’re ready.

I spent the day with Petronel Nieuwoudt who founded the centre. She’s an incredibly inspiring lady and I learnt so much from her in just a single day.

Stay tuned for our film which is part of my new series with @waddellmedia. Thank you Petronel and the whole Care for Wild team for the amazing work you do! 🦏🌍

Spent a wonderful few days working with Emma De Jager who runs @umoyakhulula Wildlife Centre in South Africa. More to follow in a few months when our film comes out with @waddellmedia 🎥❤️…

Great day of filming my new series with @waddellmedia with the wonderful Josie @vervet_forest 🐒🙊 try to find the orphaned vervets blended into my jacket 🫣 *humans are the foster parents for these monkeys, providing critical 24/7 care but once they’re old enough things are hands OFF and they join a troop*

Great day of filming my new series with @waddellmedia with the wonderful Josie @vervet_forest 🐒🙊 try to find the orphaned vervets blended into my jacket 🫣 *humans are the foster parents for these monkeys, providing critical 24/7 care but once they’re old enough things are hands OFF and they join a troop*

Let’s bring these bears to freedom! 🐻❤️. Around 200 moon bears from the exploitive bear bile trade currently sit in cells in South Korea awaiting their freedom. Unfortunately, local sanctuary space is full and these bears cannot be released into the wild due to suffering years of trauma and mistreatment. Support the #bearsbehindbars campaign now through the @spaceforthewild go fund me. ⛓️‍💥 We can’t save every bear but we will certainly save as many as possible. Let’s give these bears a life beyond a metal cage ‼️

Let’s bring these bears to freedom! 🐻❤️. Around 200 moon bears from the exploitive bear bile trade currently sit in cells in South Korea awaiting their freedom. Unfortunately, local sanctuary space is full and these bears cannot be released into the wild due to suffering years of trauma and mistreatment. Support the #bearsbehindbars campaign now through the @spaceforthewild go fund me. ⛓️‍💥 We can’t save every bear but we will certainly save as many as possible. Let’s give these bears a life beyond a metal cage ‼️

Let’s bring these bears to freedom! 🐻❤️. Around 200 moon bears from the exploitive bear bile trade currently sit in cells in South Korea awaiting their freedom. Unfortunately, local sanctuary space is full and these bears cannot be released into the wild due to suffering years of trauma and mistreatment. Support the #bearsbehindbars campaign now through the @spaceforthewild go fund me. ⛓️‍💥 We can’t save every bear but we will certainly save as many as possible. Let’s give these bears a life beyond a metal cage ‼️

A few weeks ago I visited a bear bile farm in South Korea with @spaceforthewild. Moon Bears have been cruelly exploited for the extraction of their bear bile for years for the oriental medicine industry.

This very family that we visited have never seen anything beyond small, dirty, metal cages where they have received the most inhumane treatment anyone could imagine.

These bears are moments away from freedom but with limited sanctuary space in South Korea, their only chance lies in our hands.

🔗⛓️‍💥 Head to the link in the @spaceforthewild bio to support our Bears Behind Bars campaign.

Let’s bring these innocent animals to freedom and fight for their only chance. Thank you. ❤️

#worldbearday #bearsbehindbars @spaceforthewild