This weekend, I hope you will help me raise enough to purchase the first two electric off-road vehicles for the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. Thanks to our first appeal we are closer to the target, and great news is that one of our Sanctuary Founders has offered a $3,500 / £2,600 match fund. This means that donations this weekend will be doubled, and we can purchase our first two Blitz Cruisers!

The electric Blitz Cruisers will be a vital addition our work for the animals every day – for feeding, medications, firefighting, repairs, and maintenance ­– improving our efficiency and security, and helping us to save more animals.

Each vehicle will be fitted with a solar panel roof for self-charging and now the Sanctuary is fully solar powered, we can also charge them when needed – zero emissions, quiet around the animals and powered for free!

An incident at 4.30am on Thursday reminded us just how important it is to have the vehicles we need to mobilize quickly.

Our night security team spotted a blaze following a road accident close to the Sanctuary. Right now, we are towards the end of dry season, when the land is very dry and fires start – any fire can easily become an inferno as it races across the land towards the Sanctuary. The alarm was raised and team ADIWS scrambled into action. The residents were brought into their safe zones ­– Sasha lioness was a little naughty, taking her time to be coaxed in – while our firefighters raced to the scene. Thankfully the fire was quickly extinguished.

Our new electric vehicles will each carry a custom-made fire fighter, adding significantly to our fire-fighting capability, as well as less dramatic tasks such as watering the newly planted trees around the Sanctuary!

Ultimately, we need to purchase four vehicles at a total cost of £19,400 / $25,200. This weekend, I hope you can help hit our target for the first Blitz Cruisers, and remember, your donations will be doubled! Can you help?

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If you make a major contribution of £4,850 / $6,300 it funds an entire vehicle – and you can name your vehicle, and have a tribute printed on it.