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Run with us, help nature – support animal rescue projects in Southeast Asia!
This is the fourth edition of the “Wild Run”, a charity campaign organized by the Dodo Foundation and the Wrocław zoo. This year, due to the pandemic, the race will take place in a different form – virtual.
Competitors will cover their distance (1km, 5km or 10km) individually, in a place and time convenient for them.
Southeast Asia faces enormous problems in preserving biodiversity. Many animals living there are threatened with extinction. The growing human population, poaching and illegal wildlife trade are causing a sharp decline in many species. The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, closely related to the illegal trade in animals, has accelerated the process. People found themselves without jobs and livelihoods, and for this reason they started poaching.
Organizations saving endangered animal species found themselves in a very difficult financial situation.
They were closed to visitors for months, no charity events could be organized, and many sponsors withdrew due to the economic crisis.