World Wildlife Rescue

Meet our Research Specialist, Rachel! 🦁

Rachel Silver graduated from the State University of New York with a bachelor’s degree in Biology. During her career Rachel has completed wildlife management surveys to assist in the ongoing management of mammal populations.

She has held the role of Head of Agriculture Intern for Better World Pro. Here, her and her team studied new forms of agriculture in the Central African Republic including indigenous crops for nutritional value.

Rachel has also held the positions of Vice President and Senator for Habitat for Humanity in her local community.

Learn about when and how World Wildlife Rescue was founded! 🦁

WWR was founded in 2020 after decades of “in the making”. Founder Rochelle James is highly passionate about animal welfare and the persecution of animals across all aspects of our society.

She understands that access to medical treatment, care facilities and the need for housing for those who cannot be released into the wild is a key limitation for many animals living on our planet today. She is particularly passionate about animals in Africa and the rapidly declining wildlife populations there.

During the initial planning phase of WWR Rochelle became extremely emotional as her long held dream began to become reality. She holds a strong vision for the base wildlife hospital and the satellite clinics to contribute equally to the local communities as it will the animals that live there.

There has to be another way to save our wildlife than shooting threatened species to generate revenue for conservation...

50 years ago there were 220,000 lions. Today, there are only 20,000 lions left in the wild. That is an astounding 90% decline in just 50 years.

And while retaliation killing and poaching are key drivers to lion population decline, trophy hunting has also played its role.

Join us and be part of the solution (worldwildliferescue.org)

Meet our Social Media Intern, Maria!

“Currently, I am a senior at Florida International University majoring in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communications with a concentration in Political Science. I am also a proud sister of Alpha Xi Delta and serve as Communications Vice President. I have always been a creator whether it involved painting, dancing, singing, crafting, photographing, blogging, or video editing.

Nonetheless, I have always had a deep admiration and respect for wildlife as I would spend hours watching Animal Planet instead of Disney Channel growing up. In fact, every Christmas I would beg my parents for a baby elephant as a pet! Since then, I feel it is our responsibility to preserve the planet we live on which includes both ecosystems and animals.”