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Trustees' Annual Report and Accounts: 2 Apr 2020 – 1 Apr 2021

12 November 2021

In the reporting period 2 April 2020 to end of the financial year closing 1 April 2021, the accounts for International Wildlife Bond (IWB) are given in full at Appendix I to this Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts. For the given reporting period, IWB’s financials can be summarised as:

Income: £0 Outgoings: £205

£100 contributed (22 May 2020) by IWB to Jagged Peak Films Ltd. production of " Lions, Bones and Bullets " – a film highlighting the cruelty of captive lion/big cat breeding in South Africa.

An accumulated income (donations) amount of £11.55 (rounded to £12.00) remains on retention at IWB’s Metro Bank account.

IWB continues to maintain a donations page via Giving Me (www.Giving.Me).

The annual, ongoing overheads/costs to maintain IWB remain minimal (WordPress renewal and licencing images etc.).

IWB continues to be A ‘Foundation’ Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). The Governing Document is correctly identified as Version 1.3, dated 13 October 2015 and IWB’s objectives remain unchanged.

IWB’s Trustees remain unchanged since IWB’s formation in August 2015.

IWB’s ambition to create an on-line platform to bring funds and conservation initiatives together has failed to progress due to the lack of adequate funding.

IWB’s initial funding was raised via an interest free loan with no overriding penalties, or due dates from Gillian Jane Wiggins of £2,000 (two thousand pounds). Repayment of this loan remains due when “ IWB has been established and successfully sourced alternative funding. ”

In terms of achievements in the period, IWB has continued to progress in two main areas:

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• campaigning on key issues to relevant government bodies - IWB Governing Objective 2.2.3; and

• supporting organisations that share a mutual objective - IWB Governing Objective 2.2.5

In terms of specific areas of concern, action and results:

1. United Kingdom (UK), Government Consultation, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), “ Consultation on controls on the import and export of hunting trophies ” (closed 25 February 2020) and “ Call for Evidence on the scale and impacts of the import and export of hunting trophies ” (closed 25 February 2020). IWB submitted a response to both parts of the consultation, December 2019. As of November 2021, the conclusions of this UK government consultation are still awaited (the ‘Consultation Response’ report remain long overdue), with potential hunting trophy legislation tied to the “ Animals Abroad Bill ” – it is hoped that hunting trophy legislation can be separated from this bill and find a slot in the parliamentary timetable for debate. In the meantime, Select Committee inquiries on the issue of hunting trophies have proceeded (first held 2 November 2021, including representation from Eduardo Gonsalves (Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting), Mark Jones (Born Free Foundation)). There is an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) (page 304 of APPG Register, dated 6 October 2021), Banning Trophy Hunting which consists of Members of Parliament (including the late Sir David Amess MP) that back the call to end unrestricted imports of hunting trophies into the United Kingdom.

2. IWB has continued to work with a consortium of non-government organisations (NGOs) throughout 2020/21 campaigning against trophy hunting, under the umbrella of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting.

3. IWB continues to work with the “ The Coalition to Stop Captive Breeding and Keeping of Lions and Other Big Cats for Commercial Purposes (the Coalition) ” – In the ongoing process within South Africa, IWB Submitted in July 2021 to the consultation on South Africa's draft policy position - elephant, lion, leopard and rhinoceros. The legislation to enact the South African government’s final policy on the issues raised is awaited.

4. IWB submitted, July 2021, to the UK consultation (“ UK Ivory Act - Ivory bearing species consultation ”) to encompass other persecuted ivory bearing species such as “.… hippos, walruses and narwhals,” thus closing potential loop-holes within the Ivory Bill (2018).

5. IWB has also campaigned against the UK’s fur farming industry, submitting to various planning applications to expand rabbit exploitation for commodities such as fur.

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1. In 2020/21 (and into the future), the consequences of human exploitation of wildlife have continued, with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the infectious disease COVID-19, a zoonotic disease that is highly likely to have resulted from the human species’ interaction with wildlife, wildlife habitat destruction and the utilisation/consumption of wildlife and derivative products. Wildlife could be acting as a reservoir for the virus as a result of human interaction, thus exacerbating the potential spread and ongoing mutations of the virus.

2. IWB continues to support the campaign against Botswana’s retrograde step to reintroduce elephant trophy hunting - with Botswana continuing to promote the slaughter even during the COVID-19 pandemic.

3. IWB continues to support Wild Justice campaigns in the UK – the destructive nature of driven grouse shooting, to persecution of bird species, badger culling etc.

4. IWB continues to campaign and highlight the exploitation of wildlife:

5. a. The exploitation of African lions and other big cat species (such as tigers) within the abhorrent captive lion breeding and ‘canned’ hunting industry in South Africa and elsewhere;

6. b. The Illegal wildlife trade and the ‘legal’ mechanisms that open avenues for laundering illicit and fraudulent exploitation;

7. c. The ivory and rhino horn trade;

8. d. Attempts by Japan (Norway and Iceland) to try to legitimise their activities and reinstate open, commercial whaling (against a backdrop of increasing pressures upon whale populations from ocean borne pollution and climate change);

9. e. The exploitation and slaughter of cetaceans in Japan and the Faroe Islands;

10. f. The exploitation of cetaceans for human ‘entertainment’;

11. g. Hunting industry disinformation campaigns.

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1. Regular IWB News (and sister platform InternationalWildlifeBond1) offering substantiated and relevant articles, currently at 301 published ‘News’ and ‘Studies’ posts to date on www.iwbond.org.

2. Viewings to date of IWB’s output are given below (last year’s figures given in parenthesis{}) – Note: this does not include sharing of IWB articles via other platforms:

3. a. www.iwbond.org – 51,802 {50,941} views;

4. b. InternationalWildlifebond1.wordpress.com – 15,130 {13,742} views

5. Followers signed up to receive IWB news updates (last year’s figures in parenthesis) - on the main IWB website, www.iwbond.org, we have 87 {85} subscribers. On the InternationalWildlifeBond1 blog page, 80 {76} subscribers (none of them appear to be repeat subscribers – so a total of 167 {161} regular subscribers).

6. IWB's facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/iwbnd/) has some 252 {207} followers.

We continue to keep campaigning and supporting others with similar missions - trying to raise awareness for animal and wildlife issues.....and hope it makes a difference to protect the planet’s wildlife.

Stephen A Wiggins Founder, International Wildlife Bond

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Appendix I - IWB Accounts

IWB Accounts: 2 Apr 2020 – 1 Apr 2021

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Date	Debit	VAT	Credit - (Debit) Metro Bank	Notes
15/05/20	£42.00	£7.00		GettyImages Ltd. - 1657765
22/05/20			-£100.00	IWB Funds to support Jagged Peak Films Ltd. ("Lions, Bones and Bullets")
10/07/20	£33.00			WordPress.com, JetPack (recurring) subscription - Receipt ID 47805779
09/12/20	£30.00	£5.00		Robert HardingImages - 10005814

Total (rounded) £105 - £100

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Appendix 2 – Receipts and Payments Accounts (CC16a) Form

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