Why?

UK Wildlife Transporters is a huuuuuge amount of logistical organising and administration.  I have over 20 maps & databases that I regularly run off, featuring our UKWT Drivers, transport records, welfare requirements, Wildlife Rescues & Vet Practices that we transport for & more.  Amidst the 100s of daily emails, WhatsApp messages & phone calls, I can get a bit lost in the noise of it all.  Sometimes I feel totally blank inside about it all - emotionless - and I am running on autopilot for each new transport request that comes in.  I know that they matter but I don’t always feel anything in each moment, as I am going through the motions to try and ensure a second chance for as many wild lives as possible.

And then there’s a case that sparks a response in me again: a reminder as to why I think that UKWT is important...

A couple of weeks ago, it was a transport request for a little rat, who wanted so much to survive, and who showed such fight, after being caught by a cat and injured.  And a few days ago it was a tiny duckling - only a few days old - who had been found alone, and for whom a whole team came together to provide help: vet staff and myself and a wonderful Driver, Liz, and everyone at the Rescue who took him in. His name is ‘Oliver’, according to the family who found him, and he is chirping away with a friend in an incubator as I type this.

I don’t run UKWT because I am interested in environmental conservation or even because I want to boost the chances of endangered species. 

I run UKWT simply - and only - because we ALL matter: whether we are a species in apparently vast supply or whether we’re on an endangered list (our spikey friends, for example) we ALL matter. 

Whether we are deemed ‘rare’ or ‘common’, we are all born with a desire to survive and thrive and I think that we all deserve a helping hand/paw/wing/claw, if and when possible.

I noticed, back in 2020, that up to 30% of wildlife weren’t getting a second chance purely due to transport issues.  That seemed wasteful to me.  So I set up UKWT.  Where I see other gaps that might hold some of us back from thriving, I also have other tiny organisations, that I am working on, to fill those gaps too. WHY?  Because…  We are all born with the right to thrive, why not help one another out?

We are an example to ourselves, in every moment, of the world we live in...

I want to live in a world where we recognise the innate wondrousness of one another and boost one another and cheer one another on.  That’s what UKWT is for…