Cheetah Awards for Angus and Jeremy
The Cheetah Award is awarded to individuals who have gone beyond the call of duty.
The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), based in Modderfontien, recently awarded its prestigious Cheetah Award to Angus Burns of WWF SA and Jeremy Borg of Painted Wolf Wines.
Both Angus and Jeremy contributed significantly towards supporting and advancing the EWT’s conservation efforts in South Africa.
The Cheetah Award is awarded to individuals who have gone beyond the call of duty and extended themselves over a prolonged period of time in support of achieving the Mission of the EWT, which is to conserve threatened species and ecosystems throughout the region to the benefit of all.
The EWT Cheetah Awards are highly prized and valued for their acknowledgement of the individual’s role in supporting the work and sustainability of the EWT.
Jeremy Borg is a true conservationist. His passion for Wild Dogs is so encompassing that he even named his wine label “Painted Wolf Wine”, dedicating his wine to Wild Dogs.
Painted Wolf Wines supplies wines like The Den, Cape Hunting Blends and Pictus Shiraz.
Jeremey supports the EWT’s Carnivore Conservation Programme financially through the sale of his wines.
He is also generous in providing wines as prizes and gifts whenever requested.
“Apart from giving financially towards the Wild Dog Project over the past years, Jeremy promotes the EWT and Wild Dogs at every opportunity at wine shows and wine tasting events. He is also an avid mountain biker and uses this to promote the plight of the Wild Dog. He has been on field trips with the team and is always available for EWT events and that makes him a worthy recipient of the Cheetah Award,” said Kelly Marnewick, the EWT’s Carnivore Conservation Programme Manager.
Angus Burns has supported the Endangered Wildlife Trusts’s biodiversity stewardship work for more than five years through his role as the senior manager of their land and biodiversity stewardship programme at WWF South Africa.
The Green Trust funding that Angus has assisted EWT to leverage amounts to more than R6 million. Angus is a dedicated partner of the EWT’s grassland and wetland stewardship projects and has been instrumental in the development of stewardship projects for the African Crane Conservation Programme, Threatened Grassland Species Programme and Urban Conservation Programme.
“Angus has been invaluable and has taken a lead role in terms of addressing mining threats in the grassland biome through stewardship” said Dr Ian Little, the EWT’s Threatened Grassland Species Programme Manager.
