A New Era and a Brief History
5 March 2026
We've successfully rebranded and renamed our initiative! We were once known as Wildlife and Nature Institute, which was a bit of a last minute name idea I formulated back in 2020, when I first had the idea of founding this group.
I came up with Vulpera in relative to my obsession with foxes, although the group itself expands far beyond just foxes. I want to thank our old supporters so much for sticking with us through the rebranding process. We're doing so much more than we once did! We've returned Animal of the Days, we've developed a whole new site, we've appointed new Team Members and started to once again grow our following. This is no easy task, and I appreciate each and every one of you for tipping in or helping spread our influence.
I first came up with this initiative around March 2020 during a high school science class. My science teacher at the time taught me all about wildlife and natural conservation and why it's especially important at a time like this. I remember he showed me, the class as well, a documentary named Virunga, which was about the courageous and dangerous efforts of park rangers to defend the Virunga National Park, home to the world's last mountain gorillas, from armed rebels, poachers, and a British oil company seeking to exploit the region.
This film really made me ponder if that's what the world has come to. And sadly it has. I thought up of running my own wildlife conservation non-profit on the spot, and my science teacher kept feeding me with that sort of information, strengthening my pathway, actually helping me find my purpose. Eventually, I founded Wildlife and Nature Institute with the help of four other people, who are no longer part of the team sadly. We did bits and pieces here and there the following years.
In 2024, everything went silent. I lost motivation because people kept backing away, making it almost impossible to gain traction. I started to think that maybe this was too big of a goal to reach at this time. But recently, I started to bring this initiative back, bit by bit, encouraging support from people around the world. It worked, and I was able to find new members, and together we rebranded Wildlife and Nature Institute into a more permanent and memorable name: Vulpera Ecological Collective.
Seriously, I can't thank you all enough for what you've done for me and our team. It means a lot. I also wanted to thank my high school science teacher for inspiring me to go onto this path. I really enjoy doing this and making a difference in the world. There's no better feeling than having a positive impact on people and the natural world.