2018 ANNUAL REPORT d i r e c t o r ’s n o t e Table of Contents

2018 feels like the year when we finally started to see the fruits of , and into Kimana Sanctuary and of labors that were started nearly ten years ago, or longer. beyond. Animals of all kinds are using the corridor daily and 2018 YEAR IN REVIEW seem to have adapted to the narrowest pinch-point, just Big Life’s broad range of programs have coalesced into three 250 feet wide. Kimana Sanctuary itself continues to be a distinct categories: wildlife, habitat, and community. The core diamond in the rough that we’re slowly polishing. Thanks to 2-3 components of each are outlined in this report, and I’m proud our partners, including Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, we’re already of the work our team has put into these programs. It is always seeing some tourism revenue in this special place that is a WHERE WE WORK an interesting exercise to review the numbers and put the refuge for some of the ecosystem’s biggest tuskers, like Tim. blood, sweat, and tears of our field staff into perspective. The third leg of this stool is as important as the other two, 4-5 On the wildlife side, there are many highlights, starting and that’s the people who live here, our community. We with the discovery that one of our Eastern black rhinos continue to invest in the community generally through land had given birth to a healthy calf, bringing the number for leases and conservation programs, as well as by employing WHAT WE DO this unique, wild population up to eight. I’ve lived in the rangers and administrative staff from the local community. Chyulus for nearly 30 years now, and to see a mother rhino We’re also continuing to provide education and healthcare 6-15 WILDLIFE feel safe enough to bring her calf down out of the dense benefits to those with whom we share this special place, and lava and into the open is truly cause for celebration. will expand these services as we can in the coming years. 16-19 HABITAT Lion numbers are also up, and these days, it feels We’ve got big goals for 2019—including continuing to like we’re practically tripping over cubs. For the expand north into Eselengei Group Ranch, improving wildlife 20-23 COMMUNITY second year running, no lions were killed this year in security across the border in northern Tanzania, securing violation of our Predator Compensation Fund, proof more habitat for wildlife, continuing to grow our intelligence that humans and apex predators can coexist. network—and we couldn’t do any of it without your support. HOW WE DO IT

Our work to mitigate human-wildlife conflict is also working, and Thank you, as always. 24-25 FINANCIALS although it’s an uphill battle, it is one we will continue to fight. In the areas where we’ve built electric fencing, a project started over two years ago now, we’ve seen about a 90% reduction in 26-28 SUPPORTERS crop-raiding by elephants. And the local farmers agree that the fence is working, which is just as important as the fence itself. Richard Bonham Co-Founder & Director of Operations Of course, without habitat, there would be no place for these animals to go. We’ve secured the Kimana Corridor, which helps to funnel animals between the marshy swamps 3 8 0 + 1 0 0 4 K G ( 1 t o n ) 2 4 8

s u s p e c t s a r r e s t e d i n i v o r y confiscated s t u d e n t s ’ scholarships 300+ 228 1 6 7 i n c i d e n t s a w a r d e d Total Field Staff Trained Rangers 6 40 Mobile Units Ranger Units 7 5 k m 1 3 0

f e n c i n g constructed r h i n o b o r n t e a c h e r s ' s a l a r i e s p a i d 14 2 0 1 8 y e a r i n r e v i e w 31 Patrol Vehicles Permanent Outposts

2 1 1 2 4 0 7 Airplanes Rapid Deployment Unit c r o p - r a i d i n g l i o n s k i l l e d i n m o b i l e h e a l t h c l i n i c s i n c i d e n t s p r e v e n t e d v i o l a t i o n o f p c f s u p p o r t e d 398 3 Aerial Patrol Hours Tracker Dogs

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r e d u c t i o n i n compensation p a i d r a n g e r s r e c e i v e d t o t a l k i l o m e t e r s p a t r o l l e d c r o p - r a i d i n g i n n e w l y t o l i v e s t o c k o w n e r s a d d i t i o n a l t r a i n i n g f e n c e d a r e a s o n f o o t : 91,404 km | b y v e h i c l e : 277,891 km | b y p l a n e : 48,223 km

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Big Life Foundation’s Area of Operation (AOO) covers approximately 1.6 million acres across the Amboseli-Tsavo- Kilimanjaro (Greater Amboseli) ecosystem in East Africa. Our rangers help to protect and secure wildlife and critical habitat stretching from the rangelands north of Amboseli to the and Tsavo West National Parks in the east, and south to Kilimanjaro National Park. The area is a central connection point for migrating wildlife and contains some of the most important habitat left in Africa. Big Life was the first organization in the region to conduct collaborative cross-border patrols between and Tanzania.

Our AOO is divided into a core area with a permanent Non-Core AOO (patrolled by mobile units): Merrueshi Ranch, security presence, a non-core area that is actively Taveta Area patrolled by mobile units, and adjacent areas where we provide varying degrees of support as needed. Adjacent Area (support provided as needed): Kuku Group Ranch, Mailua Ranch, Core AOO (permanent security presence): Eselengei Group Ranch, Headquarters National Parks Kimana Area, Mbirikani Group Ranch, Rombo Group Ranch, Chyulu Hills BLF-Supported Ranger Outposts Agricultural Areas National Park, and Enduimet Wildlife Management Area (Tanzania) Mobile Ranger Units Crop Protection Fence - Phase 1 (completed) Wildlife Migration Routes Crop Protection Fence - Phase 2 (underway)

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Elephants Rhinos

Elephants across Africa are in crisis, facing extinction due to ivory 2018 was an exciting year for Big Life’s rhino protection poaching and human-elephant conflict. The number of African program. First, we were thrilled to discover a new rhino calf elephants once reached upwards of 30 million; today, only an had been born, and can confirm that there are now eight estimated 350,000 remain. In Big Life’s AOO, there are more than Eastern black rhinos in Big Life’s AOO. They spend most of 2,000 elephants, including some of the largest remaining big tuskers their time in the densely-forested Chyulu Hills, protected jointly in all of Africa. by dedicated Big Life and Kenya Wildlife Service rangers.

As a result of these joint rhino protection efforts, some of the black w i l d l i f e p r o t e c t i o n rhinos felt safe enough to venture out of the dense lava forest and Elephant Mortalities 3 onto the open plains this year. Tourists visiting nearby ol Donyo Within Big Life’s Core AOO Elephant Rescues Lodge were the first to photograph Chyulu rhinos in decades.

Causes Big Life is actively maintaining Intensive Protection Zone (IPZ) status Natural: 3 20 for the area, which will allow for the inbound translocation of rhinos Unknown: 5 Elephant Injuries from other territories. The planning and details around the IPZ and Human-Elephant Conflict: 2 rhino translocation are being undertaken in conjunction with KWS. Treated: 8 (confirmed) Not Treated: 12* Human-Elephant Conflict: 1 All due to spear wounds (suspected) Poaching: 1 Rhino Statistics Rescues and treatments are done Ivory Recovered: 83% Direct Sightings: 13 in collaboration with our partners Indirect Sightings (via 30 camera traps): 49 Within Big Life’s Non-Core AOO at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Spoor Sightings: 227 Kenya Wildlife Service. Causes Rhino Protection Rangers: 51 Human-Elephant Conflict: 5 * 3 did not end up Dedicated Rhino Outposts: 7 Ivory Recovered: 100% requiring treatment Dedicated Rhino Units: 9 Rhino Snares Destroyed: 2 17 Elephant Mortalities 0 Rhino Mortalities 9 Elephant Mortalities Caused by Man

There are now eight Eastern black rhinos in Big Life’s AOO.

6 7 WILDLIFE PROTECTION Tanzania

During the course of the year, about one third of Amboseli’s elephants, and many other species like lions, cross the border into Tanzania, just a few kilometers south. One important Wildlife Management Area (WMA) on the Tanzania side of the border is a 350,000-acre area known as Enduimet. We can’t expect the animals to conveniently stay within the man-made boundaries inside which they are protected, which is why cross-border protection is so important.

With this in mind, and with financial support Bushmeat Prosecutions from the European Union, Big Life partnered with the WMA, The Nature Conservancy Bushmeat poaching spikes in the dry season, Following arrest, suspects are formally charged (TNC), and other stakeholders to improve when farm laborers are out of work and in by the Kenya Police Service. The judicial process operations in Enduimet. Big Life supports some cases rely on bushmeat for subsistence can be anywhere from immediate to stretching wildlife protection operations, while TNC— and/or income. Numbers were down out over months or years. Big Life tracks the which focuses on securing intact and significantly this year, possibly due to unusually progress of wildlife and habitat-related cases in functioning landscapes in key wildlife areas— heavy rainfall in 2018. Species targeted for the local justice system to ensure that laws are has provided support for administration, bushmeat included: bushbuck, dik-dik, eland, properly enforced and to encourage maximum strategy and planning, and governance. gazelle, giraffe, hartebeest, impala, and ostrich. penalties upon sentencing. 16 42 Big Life arrests suspects for poaching-related crimes, habitat destruction, trespassing, and Rangers Animals Killed more. 1 12 135 Anti-Poaching Commander Big Life and partners dramatically Suspects Arrested Ongoing Cases 2 rescued Tim in December. 37 271 Mobile Response Teams Bushmeat Poaching Incidents Suspects Tim was born in 1969, the year Neil Armstrong stepped addition to the threat of poaching, Tim also faces the t i m' s s t o r y 1 on the moon. This impressive tusker, one of the largest growing threat of human-elephant conflict. He was 19 left in all of Africa, has seen dramatic changes to his dramatically rescued in December after becoming stuck New Patrol Vehicle Concluded Cases ecosystem. He lost his mother to poachers when he in a muddy farm. Big Life rangers continue to keep a was only 8 years old, followed by the loss of many other close eye on him. family members to humans over the years. Today, in 9 Suspects Sentenced

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“I can’t remember the last time I harvested this much. The fence is a life-saver for farmers. In the past, we invested a lot of money to stop the raids, but our efforts were in vain. In hindsight, this fence is exactly what we've been looking for.” - A local farmer adjacent to the fence

h u m a n - w i l d l i f e c o n f l i c t Crop-Raiding Crop-Protection Fence Poaching continues to pose a significant threat, but many elephants face Since 2016, Big Life has been working with local communities and partners an even bigger challenge: conflict with humans. As the human population on an ambitious solution to crop-raiding: the construction of an electric increases, so do competing land uses, such as farming and development. fence that would establish a hard boundary between farmers’ crops and As humans compete for limited resources like water, land, and grazing, we hungry elephants. Approximately 120 km of fencing is required and the further reduce what were once wild lands. With less space to share, people scale is daunting, but we’re now well over the half-way mark. Construction and animals now come into direct contact at an alarming rate and often teams completed 22 km of additional fencing in 2018, extending the first with deadly results. 53 km of fence that was completed in 2017. Human-Wildlife Conflict Big Life works strategically to mitigate HWC, such as by employing rapid- As the numbers indicate, the impact has been nothing short of (HWC) takes three primary response ranger teams to chase elephants out of farms, and by building extraordinary. There has been around a 90% decrease in the number of crop-protection fences to deter elephants from entering farmed areas in forms across Big Life’s AOO: elephant crop-raids in areas protected by the fence. Of equal importance, the first place. crops raided by wildlife, there are signs that the local community members are starting to change their attitudes towards elephants. 97% of people believe that the fence Crop-Raiding Incidents: 249 particularly elephants; livestock has been effective at eliminating human-elephant conflict. And while only Incidents Involving Elephants: 239 killed by predators, such as 22% of farmers said that they thought positively of elephants prior to the Acres Damaged: 244 construction of the fence, this figure has now risen to 77%. lions; and humans injured or Acres Damaged by Elephants: 239 killed due to living in close Crop Raids Prevented: 124 Fence Constructed to Date: 75 km Fence Maintenance Workers: 22 proximity with wildlife. Retaliatory Elephant Hunts Prevented: 4 Crop-Protection Rangers: 24

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Threats to Humans

Living in the African bush is challenging, in part due to conflict with wildlife. The following tragic events occurred in Big Life’s AOO in 2018:

27 Incidents of Humans 19 Humans Injured by Wildlife Threatened by Wildlife Species Responsible: elephant Species Responsible: buffalo, cheetah, elephant, hyena, leopard

3 Rangers Injured by Wildlife 3 Humans Killed by Wildlife Species Responsible: elephant, rhino Species Responsible: buffalo, elephant

Predator Compensation Fund dispatched to the scene to confirm all depredations, and penalties are applied for poor animal husbandry practices. The community provides Big Life protects vulnerable predators in the ecosystem in collaboration 30% of the total compensation paid, and payments are withheld if with partners and local communities. The core component of Big Life’s any predators are killed by members of participating communities. predator protection program is livestock compensation, which reduces the motivation for retaliatory killing in response to livestock depredation. Big Life currently manages the PCF on Mbirikani Group Ranch and is actively expanding the program to Eselengei Group Ranch and the Kimana The Predator Compensation Fund (PCF) pays Maasai livestock owners a Conservancies. Given the success of this program, the goal is to expand portion of the value of their livestock lost to predators, on the condition the PCF across the ecosystem. The lion population in Big Life’s AOO is one that no predators are killed in retaliation. Big Life Verification Officers are of the few lion populations in all of Africa that is growing, not declining.

Compensation Issued for Predation of: Depredation by Species Lion Statistics

Lions Killed in Big Life’s Core AOO: 3 363 Cows Lions Killed in Violation of the PCF: 0 LION HYENA JACKAL Retaliatory Lion Hunts Prevented: 16 1,696 Sheep/Goats Total: 358 Total: 1,470 Total: 212 15.3% 62.7% 9% * Hunts prevented in coordination with both 44 Donkeys Lion Guardians and Kenya Wildlife Service LEOPARD CHEETAH CARACAL Total: 45 Total: 252 Total: 7 total livestock killed: 2% 10.8.% <1% 2,103

total compensation value: $102,581

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Nearly 1,000 spectators attended Maasai Olympics the 4th Maasai Olympics finals The games represent a history-changing shift from killing to on December 15, 2018, when conservation. At the behest of the Menye Layiok, or Maasai “cultural fathers,” Big Life established this organized sporting Maasai warriors from across event in 2012 based on traditional Maasai warrior skills to replace the Greater Amboseli ecosystem the long-held tradition of hunting lions as a mark of manhood, bravery, and prestige. came together to compete in a Every two years, participating villages select teams through day-long sports competition. a series of tournaments leading up to the finals across six categories: rungu and javelin throwing, high jump, and 200m, 800m, and 5,000m races. This year’s teams included 120 athletes from Mbirikani, Eselengei, Kuku, and Rombo Group Ranches, both men and women.

Mbirikani’s team ultimately won the day, taking home the prize bull and top honors for a third time. They had lost to Rombo in 2016 and were elated to take their title back. Rombo meanwhile took home the Chester Zoo Conservation Prize, for a year where no lions were killed on the ranch, and for not retaliating against an elephant that had tragically killed a man earlier in the year.

The games were overseen by patron David Rudisha: gold medal Olympian, 800m world-record holder, and fellow Maasai.

A very special thank you to our 2018 Maasai Olympics sponsors, including:

National Geographic Society, Disney Conservation Fund, Born Free Foundation, Chester Zoo, Anonymous Corporation, Charles & Judy Tate, Fairview Foundation, Zoo Basel, Great Plains Conservation, Great Plains Foundation, Marleen Groen, Safari Professionals of the Americas, Safarilink

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Conservancy Development

The human-wildlife conflict in the ecosystem is a direct result of wildlife and local communities competing for limited resources on the same shrinking land areas. In order to reduce conflict, wildlife habitat must be h a b i t a t p r o t e c t i o n strategically protected, and is an increasingly urgent program focus for Big Life.

One shining example is Kimana Sanctuary - Kimana Sanctuary a crucial and now safe connector between the Amboseli and Tsavo ecosystems. The human-wildlife conflict in the ecosystem is Tourism Revenue Generated for the Community: $10,000 a direct result of wildlife and local communities In late 2017, Big Life was asked by the local Lease Payments Made to Community Stakeholders: $58,000 community landowners to secure and manage Rangers Protecting the Sanctuary: 22 competing for limited resources on the same shrinking Kimana Sanctuary, an area that covers roughly Support Staff:4 land areas. In order to reduce conflict, wildlife 5,700 acres. The local community had the foresight years ago to set aside this land for the habitat must be strategically protected, and is an benefit of wildlife and the hope of generating increasingly urgent program focus for Big Life. income through tourism. Previous efforts by private parties had been lackluster and failed to bring much benefit. In 2018, Big Life successfully took over management of the Sanctuary and is now actively overseeing both wildlife security as well as increasing tourism opportunities.

Thanks to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, we were able to successfully negotiate and pay for a 21-year lease for the land. Physical assets inside the Sanctuary, including four ranger outposts, were acquired thanks to the tremendous support of the D.N. Batten Foundation. The Sanctuary is a known refuge and dispersal area for wildlife, seasonally including large elephant families as well as some of the largest tuskers left in Africa.

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Kimana Corridor Rangelands Management Sustainable Farming

Animals that migrate out of Amboseli National The Maasai are traditionally a pastoralist The shift from an exclusively pastoralist lifestyle Park frequently head east into a series of society, their wealth directly associated to one that increasingly includes agriculture 7 conservancies, of which 5 are supported with their livestock. Large herds of cows, has led to some unique challenges, including: by Big Life through lease fees, that form a sheep, and goats graze across the ecosystem unsustainable water use, intensive and migratory passage known as the Kimana continually. Managing the impacts of grazing improper application of chemical fertilizers Corridor. They traverse this protected space on the rangelands for the overall health of the and pesticides, and soil degradation. Thus, to reach the Kimana Sanctuary some 15 km ecosystem has become a major program focus. Big Life’s sustainable farming project – One away, from which they are able to move Heart Farm – was created to help demonstrate onward to Chyulu and Tsavo National Parks. In addition to helping develop a grazing holistic and regenerative farming practices. plan to manage livestock movements and At its narrowest point the corridor is only improve the condition of existing pasture, Sustainable Farming Sites: 2 250 feet wide, with human development on Big Life has helped to establish a sustainable Sustainable Farming Staff: 2 both sides and a tarmac road to cross before farming program. We’ve also partnered 1 manager, 1 apprentice reaching safety in the Kimana Sanctuary. This with local communities, partner NGOs, and pinch point is known as the “Kimana Crossing”. local government to implement a carbon Students Fed* at Enkijape School: 700+ credit program in the Chyulu Hills to protect *using organic vegetables from Kimana Crossing was completed in late 2018, it from deforestation and overgrazing. one of the sustainable farms and wildlife adapted to using it immediately.

Habitat Destruction

Big Life rangers enforce laws to prevent and deter habitat-related crimes, such as illegal charcoal production, sand harvesting, water extraction, and logging, including of high- value protected species like sandalwood. 139+ Suspects Arrested 46 Habitat Destruction Incidents We envision a world in which conservation supports the people and people support conservation. The Kimana Corridor map above represents the migratory passage outside Amboseli National Park.

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c o m m u n i t y

Winning the hearts and minds of the community and providing a mutual benefit through conservation is the only way to protect wildlife and wild lands far into the future. To that end, Big Life provides a number of services in support of the community generally, including education and healthcare initiatives, and also lesser known activities, such as using ranger vehicles as ambulances, responding to crime within the community, conducting search and rescue operations, and more.

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Education Big Life invests in the future of participating communities by funding teachers’ salaries, providing scholarship funds for local students, and implementing conservation-specific curriculum in classrooms.

208 40 30 Healthcare Community Crimes Search and Rescue Long-Term Scholarships Awarded One-Time Scholarships Awarded Teachers' Salaries Paid

Girls: 100 // Boys: 108 Girls: 8 // Boys: 32 Big Life works in partnership with the 58 Suspects Arrested in 31 Incidents Big Life rangers and tracker dogs Kajiado South Department of Health to often help to search for people who for community crimes involving theft, implement mobile health clinics focused have become lost in the bush. assault, illegal gambling, drug possession, on healthcare and family planning. and property destruction. 18 People Rescued in 10 Incidents Additional services provided include cancer screening, HIV testing, and counseling. 70+ Suspects Arrested in 27 Incidents

Mobile Healthcare Clinics Facilitated: 7 for encroachment crimes involving illegal trespassing and grazing. Patients Received Primary Healthcare Services: 1,535

Patients Received Family 1 5,227 3 Planning Support: 129 University Degree Supported Teachers & Students Reached by Field Trips with Local Students Conservation Curriculum and Teachers into Amboseli (Bachelor of Arts in Education) National Park

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Organization: Big Life Foundation USA | Report: Financial Report | Period: January to December 2018 | Country: USA | Currency: US Dollars We are grateful for the support of our partners, including:

At Big Life, we maximize every penny of your contributions. STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES US Board of Directors Field Partners Ranger Campus 88¢ out of every $1 donated goes directly towards our mission Satao Elerai Safari Camp INCOME 2018 2017 of protecting wildlife and wild lands for the benefit of all. Kristine Baty, Secretary 51 Degrees Save the Elephants Richard Bonham, Co-Founder African Conservation Centre Save the Rhino International Contributions & Grants $3,289,817 $3,015,980 Orla Brady African Wildlife Foundation Sheldrick Wildlife Trust In-Kind Contributions $152,450 $155,164 Nick Brandt, Co-Founder and Chairman Amboseli Ecosystem Trust Space for Giants Other Income $25,460 $10,739 Tom Hill, Co-Founder and Treasurer Amboseli Landowners Conservancy Association The Thin Green Line Foundation $3,432,090 Dereck Joubert Amboseli Trust for Elephants Tusk Trust Total Income $3,467,727 $3,181,883 Programs 88% Chris Sattler Amboseli Tsavo Community Wildlife Ranger US Agency for International Development Mike Silvestrini Association US Fish and Wildlife Service EXPENSES Barry Turkus Association of Private Land Rhino Sanctuaries WildAid CHASE Africa Wildlife Conservation Network Programs $3,432,090 $2,611,849 Chyulu Hills Conservation Trust WildlifeDirect US Staff General/Admin $199,431 $201,768 Conservation International Zoological Society of London Fundraising1 $256,842 $269,814 Amy Baird, Associate Director Dandelion Africa 2018 Corporate Partners Alexandra Hostetter, Director of Development Enduimet Wildlife Management Area Total Expenses $3,888,363 $3,083,431 EXPENSES Kim McCoy, Executive Director European Union – European Regional Development Fund 1% for the Planet Change in Net Assets ($420,636) $98,452 For Rangers Electric Forest Net Assets, Beginning of Year $2,219,266 $2,120,814 Global Environment Facility Elephant Gin $256,842 Net Assets, End of Year2 $1,798,630 $2,219,266 Honeyguide Foundation Great Plains Conservation / ol Donyo Lodge Fundraising 7% International Fund for Animal Welfare LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics Thank you to all of our Board of Directors Kajiado South Sub-County Department The Original Ker & Downey Safaris and Advisory Board members, who invest $199,431 of Health Tawi Lodge General/Admin 5% considerable amounts of time, resources, Kenya Wildlife Service Tortilis Camp Amboseli – Elewana Collection 1 Big Life receives up to $120,000/yr of free online advertising from a expertise, in-kind donations, and financial Kenya Wildlife Trust Google Ad Grant. Auditing standards require us to categorize this donated Image Credits contributions towards achieving our mission. Kilimanjaro Community Conservation and Zoo Partners advertising as a fundraising expense, which inflates our numbers slightly, Development Trust Cover: © Johan Marais Kinetic Six but we do not spend a penny of your donations on Google AdWords. Beauval Nature TOC & Page 25: © Axel Fassio Lead Ranger 2 Big Life maintains a Board-designated reserve fund to be drawn upon in Chester Zoo Page 6: © Jackson Lemunge Lion Guardians the event of financial distress or an immediate liquidity need resulting from Oakland Zoo Page 10: © Bobby Neptune Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust events outside typical operations of the organization. Stichting Vrienden Safaripark Page 13: © Clifford Pickett Porini Eselengei Camp Zoo Basel All Other Photos & Maps: Our Form 990 tax filings and audited financial statements © Jeremy Goss | Big Life Foundation are available online at: biglife.org/about-big-life/financials

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