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Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more I need to be honest about Protect the Wild ROB POWNALL JAN 19 READ IN APP Protect the Wild is at a turning point. I started this organisation in 2015 as a 16-year-old with a Facebook page, a lot of anger about animal cruelty, and nothing else. No money. No grants. No wealthy backers. For years, I ran everything alongside school and university, funding our work by selling keyrings and car stickers from home and putting every penny back into campaigning. There were no staff, no infrastructure, and no safety net. Just persistence. Slowly, it grew. Investigations. Reports. Animations. Campaigns people said were too controversial. Today, Protect the Wild reaches millions of people every month. We have helped push hunting with hounds to the brink, exposed trail hunting, pressured landowners to ban hunts, and kept the issue alive when many wanted it to disappear. We have helped drive the badger cull to the edge of extinction, and we are preparing to take on the bird shooting industry through release of the largest undercover investigation ever undertaken in the UK. We have done all of this without corporate money, government grants, or watering down our language. Protect the Wild is powered by the people. Right now, 7,342 supporters give a small monthly donation to make this work possible. I am sharing that number because transparency matters, and because those people are the reason we can run undercover investigations, produce hard-hitting media, and employ a small but committed team. But I need to be honest. At the moment, I am juggling fundraising, communications, investigations, campaign strategy, and leadership. That approach got us this far, but it is not sustainable if we want to turn momentum into lasting victories for animals. And the next phase matters. While politicians backtrack and cruelty continues under the guise of tradition, too many organisations stay cautious or silent. Hunting with hounds still causes suffering. Birds are bred and killed for sport. Wildlife is persecuted with public money. Protect the Wild exists because that silence is unacceptable. This year is about building something durable and effective. About applying pressure that is relentless and impossible to ignore. Become a monthly supporter Our goal is simple. 10,000 monthly supporters. Not for the sake of a number, but because it changes what is possible. It means year-round undercover investigations, more powerful media, and the capacity to focus on winning rather than just surviving. This is not about big donations. If thousands of people give just £2 or £3 a month, it becomes real power. If you already support Protect the Wild monthly, thank you. You are the reason this organisation exists. If you do not, this is your invitation to step in and be part of what comes next. We are not here to soften language or play politics. We are here to call out cruelty wherever it hides and build the pressure needed to end it. Thank you for standing with us, Rob Pownall SHARE LIKE COMMENT RESTACK © 2026 Protect the Wild Protect the Wild, 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden, London, W2CH 9JQ Unsubscribe Start writing