Real Life Lion King

[Bayard]

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A Man From Switzerland Gives Up a Promising Career and Leaves for South Africa to Save Wild Animals From Poachers

Statistics say we have already lost 43% of African lions and are on our way losing all the elephants within our lifetime because of poaching and loss of habitat. Luckily enough, there are people who love animals so much, that they just can’t stay away from the poaching crisis. In 2017 Dean Schneider, a successful young man from Switzerland, quit his job, sold everything he had, and moved to Africa with a mission to help animals in need.

Here at Bright Side we’ve learned more about Dean’s life changing decision and the remarkable rescue work he’s done so far.

Dean Schneider, from Zurich, Switzerland, fell in love with animals and wildlife at a very young age, and supporting various animal protection projects has always meant a lot to him. Following his passion for wildlife, he made a decision to give up his career as a financial planner and sold all his belongings to start his own project in South Africa.

Dean says that his family and friends did not support him at first, but once they realized how important it was for him, and how serious he was about it, they finally accepted his new way of life.

In South Africa Dean started a project called Hakuna Mipaka which, in Swahili, means “no limits.” Hakuna Mipaka is a large sanctuary that has become home for many abused animals: from captive bred animals, to wild rescues, to wild roaming animals. Many of them were rescued from private zoos where people who bred them kept the poor animals in dreadful conditions.

People often ask Dean why he doesn’t put some of these animals back into the wild, and his explanation is simple: captive bred animals can’t hunt, and they simply cannot survive without human help.

Many more pictures at link.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Link, please?

[calimary]

3. Oh yes, please!

[flamingdem]

2. I've watched videos of Dean Scheider online

Very interesting but have to wonder how he affords to feed all those animals.

[Bayard]

4. Oops! Sorry

https://brightside.me/wonder-animals/a-man-from-switzerland-gives-up-a-promising-career-and-leaves-for-south-africa-to-save-wild-animals-from-poachers-712160/

[Duppers]

5. That'd be the thrill of my lifetime

To spend time with these magnificent lions and elephants. (I want nothing to do with the snakes tho.) It'd be more thrilling than my solo skydive yrs ago.

Hey kiddo, let's pack our bags & go!

[Bayard]

6. You went skydiving?

[Duppers]

7. Yes, ma'am.

I told you about that, didn't i? '79. That's when I first bummed up my knee, on a bad landing. My contacts popped out ( go figure), bra broke, shoes flew. Yeah, bad landing.

[Bayard]

8. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.....

[lunatica]

9. I think this is on a new documentary on Netflix.

It’s a new one. I haven’t watched it yet. If this is about rescuing these big cats I’ll watch it.