‘Rumble in the Jungle’ Raises £30,000 for Zoological Society of London
The WFP team were honoured to have been asked to attend the Zoological Society of London Gala last month and donate an edition of ‘Rumble in the Jungle’, my most popular print to date. It’s with real pride we can announce it raised £30,000 for ZSL’s outstanding work protecting some of the world’s most endangered species.
Safari in the City
ZSL’s annual Safari in the City gala is one of London’s most entertaining, exclusive nights and we were amazed by the after hours tour of the zoo, meeting penguins - while dressed as penguins - and seeing the zoo’s three young Sumatran tiger cubs (the equivalent to 1% of the species population in the wild).
After a talk from ZSL’s new director general, Matthew Gould, in which he warned us 1,000,000 species are currently under threat across the globe the auction kicked off. Richard Madley, perhaps best known as the man behind the Indian Premier League Cricket auction ran proceedings brilliantly, with the chance to name two of the zoo’s tiger cubs raising £23,000 and £28,000 between them, before Rumble in the Jungle hit a new record at WFP when eventually going for £30,000, as seen in the video below.
We are absolutely delighted about this and cannot thank its new owner for their generosity to support such a worthy cause. ZSL care for 137 endangered species and the entire night raised £436,000 for their research and conservation efforts, money that will no doubt be put to effective use.
