Tapir Preservation Fund:
Donations and Projects
1997-1998

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Read about Ruben Nuñez' mountain tapir conservation work in Ecuador

THANK YOU!

Thanks to two very generous donations of money for the Ruben Nuñez fund over the 1997/1998 Christmas-New Year's holiday, we can insure that Ruben's salary will be paid for several more months. One donation was made by Sari Mikkonen, a Finnish writer living in Australia; the other donor wishes to remain anonymous. Thanks to both of you, and to the many who have bought items from the Tapir Gallery Gift Shop, we have been are able to help support this important conservation program. And, we'll be bringing you more details soon.

At first, Ruben's salary ran from mid-month to mid-month. We changed this in October to payment by calendar month. Past months have been paid by the following:

1997

April-May 1997

9th Grade Biology Class, Colegio Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia

Andean Tapir Fund
May-June 1997

Wildlife Preservation Trust International

IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group
June-July 1997

Wildlife Preservation Trust International

IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group
July-August 1997

Wildlife Preservation Trust International

IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group
Mid-August to Mid-September 1997

Wildlife Preservation Trust International

IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group
Last half of September 1997

Tapir Preservation Fund
October 1997

Tapir Preservation Fund

Akira Ito
November 1997

Tapir Preservation Fund

Andean Tapir Fund
December 1997

Kate Wilson

Tapir Preservation Fund

1998

January 1998

Sari Mikkonen

Anonymous
February 1998

Sari Mikkonen

Anonymous
March 1998

Sari Mikkonen

Anonymous
April 1998

Sari Mikkonen

Columbus Zoo

A slide projector was purchased for the project by an anonymous tapir fan.