We are thrilled to announce that entries for 2024’s Global Canvas are now open! With the goal of inspiring the next generation of wildlife artists, we invite Groups and Individuals aged 4 – 16 to enter their masterpieces to be in with a chance of winning.
It’s never too early to start filling in your Christmas calendar!
We’re delighted to invite you to ‘Christmas at the Castle’ on Thursday, 30 November. This evening promises to be the festive fundraising event of the year, filled with festive food, drinks, music, art and conservation.
Thank you to everyone who took part in and supported Wildlife Artist of the Year 2023. The event was a resounding success! You can view all finalists and winning pieces in our online exhibition below.
Fighting Wildlife Crime. Protecting Species. Engaging Global Communities.
DSWF’s hollistic approach to wildlife conservation is supported by our rich history and connection to wildlife art. Using wildlife art as a platform to raise awareness and key funds for conservation projects.
It has never been more important to safeguard a green future, for both ourselves and the wildlife we share the planet with. We are losing global biodiversity at an unprecedented rate.
We are fighting to protect eight iconic species from extinction. We are protecting pristine wildernesses for them to thrive in, preserving entire ecosystems in the process. And we are engaging communities directly impacted by human-wildlife conflict, or entrenched in the illegal wildlife trade, to create a better future for all.
We work with conservation partners on-the-ground whilst pursuing the highest levels of legal change and protection on the international political stage to end the illegal wildlife trade. We’ve provided an unwavering voice for wildlife conservation from grassroots to the world stage, since 1984.
Wildlife crime, an illegal $23 billion industry, has become one of the major drivers of species extinction in the last several decades. Find out more about what DSWF is doing to tackle these abhorrent issues.
DSWF focuses on eight key species that have a direct, positive impact on their natural environment and ecosystems. By building support and protection programmes around these iconic animals, we safeguard not just their future, but the futures of multiple species dependent on their presence and the world they live in.
By investing in economically and socially vulnerable communities at the heart of the conservation landscape, we support programmes that have real impact, on real people, in the places that matter most. Only by working together can we turn the tide on extinction.
The purpose of the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation education programme is to support children and young people to become effective advocates for wildlife conservation and biodiversity’.
We believe that it is vitally important to raise environmental awareness in children from an early age.
20 years of talks and workshops to schools, youth groups and children’s clubs
Continuing David Shepherd’s legacy – through art events, exhibitions, partnerships and sales of outstanding original artworks and prints – to help raise awareness and funds for wildlife.
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All donations will help us continue our vital work conservation work to protect endangered species and turn the tide on extinction.
