UK/Northern Ireland: Meet Dara McAnulty. Great kid. Inspiring environmentalist
Dara, 13, loves birds – especially raptors. Is it not surprising that
it made him very angry when he found out that many
raptors are being shot or poisoned, and that offenders usually get away with it. Most people would leave it at that. But Dara wanted to try to make a difference – he wanted to support the fight against wildlife crime. So the young man came up with the idea of a fundraising hike to collect money for Northern Ireland Raptor Study Group to satellite tag raptors.
Update, 31 January: He did it! From
Dara´s Twitter account: “At the weekend I hiked 45km over mountain, bog, forest, limestone pavement & woodland to satellite tag raptors and improve the conservation of these beautiful birds.”
Update, 5 February: The crowdfunding campaign is closed. Dara has surpassed his ambitious £4,000 goal. To date, he has raised £6,050 with his campaign "Ramble for Raptors".
On Twitter he reported that the first Northern Ireland cross species awareness & raptor satellite tagging project "Hawk Eyes" will now go ahead. Dara: "I’m blown away by the generosity of so many! Never let anyone tell you that you can’t make a difference because you’re ‘only 13’!"
I think I have found my conservation hero 2018 already in February
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding ... forraptors