How to help us protect this remarkable animal, the ancestor of all domestic bactrian camels which now lives in three separated habitats in China, and one in Mongolia. It is recognised by the IUCN as critically endangered and in Annex 1 of the CMS as a protected migrating species. There are approximately 660 surviving in China and 350 in Mongolia, making it more endangered than the Giant Panda. Their numbers are decreasing each year. In China they survive in the Gashun Gobi, one of the most hostile and fragile regions on earth.

The Wild Camel Protection Foundation a United Kingdom registered charity was established for the sole purpose of protecting the IUCN and CMS listed critically endangered wild Bactrian camel and its unique desert habitat in North-West China and Mongolia. The Foundation with the full support of the Chinese government established in 2000, in Xinjiang Province or the Uighur Autonomous Region, the Xinjiang Lop Nur Wild Camel Nature Reserve in the Gobi desert. The aim of the National Nature Reserve is to protect the wild Bactrian camel and the unique desert eco-system in which it lives. The Chinese government funds the annual running costs, however more vehicles are required for patrolling the Reserve and its boundaries; training and capacity building for the National Reserve staff is urgently required; and the environmental public awareness programmes for the local communities are an important part of our continuing work. The Reserve is also part of a pilot scheme in Xinjiang, for the Jane Goodall Institute's, Roots and Shoots environmental awareness-raising campaign throughout China. In Mongolia, the Wild Camel Protection Foundation (WCPF) has established a captive wild Bactrian camel breeding programme at Zakhyn Us, the only programme of its kind for wild bactrian camels in the world. The Mongolian Ministry of Nature and the Environment (MNE) fully supports this initiative and has made the land available near the Great Gobi Specially Protected Area 'A', which is the only natural habitat of the wild Bactrian camel in Mongolia. Several small buildings and a ten kilometre fence were erected in 2003. With the establishment of this captive wild Bactrian camel breeding centre comes a unique opportunity to study this remarkable animal and increase the numbers of wild Bactrian camels in captivity. In 2006 there were 15 wild Bactrian camels in this holding area and in the last three years there had been five births. DNA testing on the captive wild Bactrian camels has started, in order to enable the WCPF, to start an International Stud Book for the wild Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus ferus).

You can support the work of the Foundation and help these amazing animals by purchasing Books, T-shirts, postcards, camel prints and expedition videos from our website.

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Wild Camel Protection Foundation T-Shirt/s 28 days delivery. Sizes: S,M,L & XL £17.00		S  M  L  XL
Christmas Cards (packs of six) 14 days delivery; £3.60
Set/s of postcards (a set of six postcards of two designs) 14 days delivery; £4.00
Print/s of camels (an old Chinese painting) 14 days delivery; £15.00
Video/s (The King of the Gobi) 14 days delivery; £15.00
DVD/s (The King of the Gobi) 14 days delivery; £15.00
John Hare's book The Lost Camels of Tartary 14 days delivery; Hardback = £20.95
John Hare's book The Lost Camels of Tartary 14 days delivery; Paperback = £8.50
John Hare's book Shadows Across the Sahara 14 days delivery; Hardback £20.95
John Hare's book The King of the Gobi 14 days delivery; £5.00
John Hare's book Blowing on the Wind 14 days delivery; £5.00
John Hare's book Rare Plants of the Gobi Desert 14 days delivery; £5.00