A tribute to Animal Champion, Brian Davies: 1935 - 2022

Lifetime Champion for Animals
"Would I do it all again? In a heartbeat."

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Dear friends,

I wish I were coming to you today with better news.

But as a treasured and vital part of our Animal Survival International family, I must tell you…

Brian Davies - our founder and fearless defender of the animals and their precious habitats - has passed away.

Brian died peacefully in his sleep.

His beloved wife, Gloria, was at his side. He was 87.

Brian financed the relocation of an elephant herd to an area where elephants became extinct 150 years ago. This young elephant and all the others in the Davies herd are flourishing in their new South African home.

I know your heart will be heavy with this news.

Kind animal lovers like yourself have asked where they can send flowers.

But I can hear Brian’s voice saying - please, no flowers. Only gifts for the animals.

And so, I ask you…

Please, will you donate today and fight on for the wild animals who so desperately need protection in this world?

Please help by making a donation now!

You’re one of those rare and precious people, like Brian, who refuse to look away from the plight of desperately suffering wildlife.

For Brian, it all began on the savage ice plains of Canada...

... when he looked into the desperate, pleading black eyes of a baby seal skinned alive by a callous hunter.

In that moment, more than half a century ago, Brian felt duty-bound never to be silent…

How could you be when that little seal had no voice of her own?

In Brian, animals who face daily mounting pressures on their survival have lost a devoted friend. It’s true. But they have you.

They have us, together...

...this network of caring hearts across the world, united by the guiding principle that the lives of animals matter - from the smallest gecko to the largest rhinoceros - their lives are worth fighting for, every last one, and their habitats are worth protecting.

And if not us, if not you, then who?

Brian quietly financed numerous anti-poaching operations to protect Africa’s vulnerable wildlife.

So please, light a candle for Brian tonight. And then, with all the love your heart can hold for the animals, say you’ll fight on with us…

for helpless orphaned pangolin pups saved from meat-markets of Africa, where their mothers are skinned and boiled alive to be sold for fake ‘medicine’.
for the deathly thirsty wildlife of Kenya, enduring the country’s worst drought in decades.
for elephants hunted and butchered for their tusks.
for defenseless whales and turtles killed by deadly fishing gear.
for creatures stolen from their natural habitats and illegally traded into lives - and deaths – of abject suffering.
for Brian.

Please will you donate today - as generously as you can possibly can, right now, and help continue Brian’s fight for every precious animal’s life?

Please help by making a donation now!

With sadness and hope,

Caught in a snare, ‘Najam’ the lioness suffered horribly for FOUR DAYS. We can save wild animals from snares. <u><strong>Please, will you help us</u>?</strong>

Campaign Director
Animal Survival International

P.S. What would the animals want me to do? This was the question Brian always asked himself.

There are many in this world who profit from the relentless cruelty inflicted on wild animals. There are many more who are indifferent to the pain and suffering animals experience. As one of our supporters, you know every animal life deserves to be treated with respect and kindness and, until this is achieved, you refuse to turn away.

What would the animals want you to do?

I ask you, a kindred spirit, to keep fighting this good fight. Even if your donation today saves just one animal… gives water to one dying giraffe calf… lifts a single newborn pangolin from danger, Brian would be so pleased with such a precious parting gift. Please, donate now in his memory if you can. And thank you for being someone, like Brian, who believes every animal matters. Together, let’s continue Brian’s work.