The Wild Camel Protection Foundation (WCPF) is strongly opposed to the opening of the Naran Sevstei Border Port due to the risk that this port poses not just to the Wild Camel, хавтгай, but also to its exceptional Gobi Desert habitat and all the threatened and unique species of flora and fauna that rely upon this rare ecosystem. […]
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A Message from Life Patron: Dr. Jane Goodall
Hon. Life Patron: Dr Jane Goodall DBE
Jane Goodall's pioneering study of wild chimpanzees revolutionised how we think about both chimpanzees and ourselves. Read more…
Patrons: Belinda Braithwaite, The Marchioness of Bute, Emma Buchanan, The Countess of Chichester, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Pamela Burger, Professor Yuan Guoying, Peter Hall AO, Kate Humble, Jane McMorland Hunter of Hafton, Dr. Yuan Lei, Damon de Laszlo, Professor David Munro MBE, Amanda Perrett, Romy Shovelton.
Trustees: Kathryn Rae, Lulu Lytle, Gerald Kidd, Rory Buchanan, Jimmy Woodrow
Founders: John Hare OBE FRGS (died 28 Jan 2022) and Kathryn Rae
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The wild camel (Camelus ferus, хавтгай, 野骆驼) is the eighth most endangered large mammal on the planet. It is critically endangered. There are approximately 600 in the Gobi desert in north-west China and approximately 450 in the desert in Mongolia. The Wild Camel Protection Foundation (WCPF) is the ONLY charity in the world with a SPECIFIC mission to save this remarkable creature and its pristine desert environment from extinction and destruction.
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List
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- It costs $4250 a month to run the MONGOLIAN BREEDING CENTRES. The work is vital to protect the wild camel’s unique genetic make-up and covers salaries of the Manager, Herdsman, and Vet.
- It costs $25,000 every September to provide HAY for the wild camels at the two Breeding Centres to survive the long, harsh winter.
- We need $17,500 for a WILD CAMEL EDUCATION PROGRAMME in China and Mongolia.
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Latest news from the WCPF
New arrivals at second Toli Bulag breeding centre
New arrivals at the second breeding centre the John Hare Captive Wild Camel Breeding Centre at Toli Bulag. This second breeding centre is also in the Buffer Zone of the Great Gobi Area of Special Protection ‘A’. […]
WCPF featured in Spring 2025 issue of Zooquaria
EAZA believes that collaboration is key to achieving bigger and more impactful results. Zooquaria 125 celebrates ‘togetherness’ and highlights the many ways in which EAZA zoos and aquariums collaborate with partners worldwide. […]
Echoes Across the Gobi
In September 2024, the filming teams from Sunskye Films and the Global Heritage Society travelled to the Gobi Desert, Mongolia, to document the Wild Camel Protection Foundation’s efforts to translocate 7 of their captive bred wild camels to the new breeding center at Toli Bulag. By creating a second wild camel insurance population, we increase […]
Winter Hay Delivery at Toli Bulag
Dr. Yadamsuren Adiya has sent these wonderful photographs of the recent safe delivery of hay at Toli Bulag. All wild camels are doing very well. […]
Following the Great Mongolian Road – The Royal Society for Asian Affairs
Simon Phillips , an ethnobotanist with the Centre for Biocultural Diversity, University of Kent, and Chris McCarthy, a Silk Road Scholar and Conservationist, have contributed an article to the The Royal Society for Asian Affairs website, mentioning the WCPF. […]
