Enjoy art at with the David Shepherd Wildlife Trust's Week of Wildlife Art

If you love wildlife art, you may be interested in going to the Wildlife Artist of the Year event at the Mall Galleries , The Mall, London SW1 .

The event celebrates the world's wildlife through art, and the exhibition includes for the £10,000 Wildlife Artist of the Year award.

Public openings for the event are:

Tuesday 28 June - Saturday 2 July
Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Sat 10am-4pm

Sales help endangered wildlife, and wildlife conservation through the The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, which funds projects in Africa and Asia establishing nature reserves and combating the illegal trade in animals.   Pre-selling is open but please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before buying.

Recent achievements of The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation include:

• training and equipping every forest officer in India's Gir National Park
• establishing an Elephant Orphanage in Zambia for the victims of ivory poaching
• raising awareness of illegal wildlife crime among the Asian population 
• launching the TigerTime campaign to save the tiger in the wild and bring an end to the illegal trade in tiger parts from all sources

And the Foundation works with communities close to national parks to provide alternatives to poaching and hunting.   For instance, around the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, weaving is a sustainable alternative income for poor communities. 

Find out more about David Shepherd here