Julie Vanassche's guest appearances

Julie Vanassche

Don't Forget Your Boots

Wee Blue Dot - A Conservation Podcast

The Universal Impact of You

Mike Flynn

Sy Montgomery

David Stein

Carl Safina

Paul Wheaton

Andrew Campbell

Chris Duke

Doug Peacock

Rick Ridgeway

Ben Stone

Sam Blount

John Platt

Neagha Leonard

Rachel Nuwer

Sonia Faruqi

OwlTail

We got the opportunity to interview Julie Vanassche, the manager of the Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary in Liberia! We discussed the role the sanctuary plays as a wildlife rescue center for different species, their Sooty Mangabey release project, and the importance of speaking up for endangered species.Learn more or donate here: www.libassawildlifesanctuary.orgThis is one of three episodes covering endangered species. In the coming weeks we'll release one on the dangers they face, then get into specifics by region in the final part of this trio.

We got the opportunity to interview Julie Vanassche, the manager of the Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary in Liberia! We discussed the role the sanctuary plays as a wildlife rescue center for different species, their Sooty Mangabey release project, and the importance of speaking up for endangered species. Learn more or donate here: <a href="http://www.libassawildlifesanctuary.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.libassawildlifesanctuary.org</a> This is one of three episodes covering endangered species. In the coming weeks we'll release one on the dangers they face, then get into specifics by region in the final part of this trio.

Episode 6 Part 1: Interview with Julie Vanassche

Episode 9 welcomes Julie Vanassche – the manager of the Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary in Liberia. Julie helped set up Libassa, which is the only wildlife rescue center supporting a variety of different species in the country. We discuss the illegal pet trade, poaching, the trafficking of animals, as well as how poverty has a huge impact on wildlife and conservation. Learn more about species native to Liberia including the threats facing the most trafficked animal in the world – the pangolin. Julie’s background as a zookeeper and varied experience results in an engaging conversation about the different opportunities in conservation today, and why it’s so important to jump at opportunities as they arise.  Support Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary: Facebook - @Libass Wildlife Sanctuary – LiWiSa  Instagram - @libassa_wildlife_sanctuary  Website -  www.libassawildlifesanctuary.org Donate here    Follow Wee Blue Dot - we're social animals! Facebook - @WeeBlueDot Twitter - @weebluedot Instagram - @weebluedot WBD LinkedIn Email - weebluedot@gmail.com   Music: "Savannah (Sketch)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 9 welcomes Julie Vanassche – the manager of the Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary in Liberia. Julie helped set up Libassa, which is the only wildlife rescue center supporting a variety of different species in the country. We discuss the illegal pet trade, poaching, the trafficking of animals, as well as how poverty has a huge impact on wildlife and conservation. Learn more about species native to Liberia including the threats facing the most trafficked animal in the world – the pangolin. Julie’s background as a zookeeper and varied experience results in an engaging conversation about the different opportunities in conservation today, and why it’s so important to jump at opportunities as they arise. Support Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary: Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Libassa-Wildlife-Sanctuary-LiWiSa-1223056101120957" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Libass Wildlife Sanctuary – LiWiSa</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/libassa_wildlife_sanctuary/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@libassa_wildlife_sanctuary </a> Website -  <a href="https://libassawildlifesanctuary.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.libassawildlifesanctuary.org</a> Donate <a href="https://libassawildlifesanctuary.org/donate#a9ef4e0f-1cc7-486a-bf7a-97fc59bd2d92" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> Follow Wee Blue Dot - we're social animals! Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WeeBlueDot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@WeeBlueDot</a> Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/weebluedot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@weebluedot</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/weebluedot/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@weebluedot</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/76440542/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WBD LinkedIn</a> Email - <a href="https://katie@weebluedot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">weebluedot@gmail.com</a> Music: "Savannah (Sketch)" Kevin MacLeod (<a href="http://incompetech.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">incompetech.com</a>) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>

Ep. 9 | Saving the “underdogs” – wildlife conservation in Liberia with Julie Vanassche (Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary)

In this podcast, I speak with Julie Vanassche of the Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary, the only wildlife sanctuary in Liberia. While we talk other animals, much of our conversation is about pangolins, the most trafficked animal in the world. Pangolins are desired locally for bushmeat (which is embedded in the culture) and internationally in many Asian countries, which tend to believe their scales have medicinal value. Overall, quality isn't great since her internet on location is spotty. We tried recording it a few different ways, but this is the best we were to get. My hope is we can do another one in the future but, since Julie is so busy, I wanted to upload this one sooner rather than later.

In this podcast, I speak with Julie Vanassche of the Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary, the only wildlife sanctuary in Liberia. While we talk other animals, much of our conversation is about pangolins, the most trafficked animal in the world. Pangolins are desired locally for bushmeat (which is embedded in the culture) and internationally in many Asian countries, which tend to believe their scales have medicinal value. Overall, quality isn't great since her internet on location is spotty. We tried recording it a few different ways, but this is the best we were to get. My hope is we can do another one in the future but, since Julie is so busy, I wanted to upload this one sooner rather than later.

Julie Vanassche of Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary