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Vegan Sniper Damien Mander - A New Way to Fight Poachers

08/02/22 • 49 min

Damien is an Iraq war veteran who served as a Naval clearance diver and special operations sniper for the Australian Defense Force. ⁣ ⁣ He is an environmentalist and founder and CEO of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation. ⁣ ⁣ In 2009 while traveling through Africa, he was inspired by the work of rangers and the plight of wildlife. Liquidating his life savings, the International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF) was established as the last line of defense for nature. ⁣ ⁣ Over the past decade, the IAPF has scaled to train and support rangers which now help protect over 4 million hectares of the African wilderness.⁣ ⁣ In 2017 IAPF founded ‘Akashinga – Nature Protected by Women’, a program that has already grown to over 170 employees, becoming the only group of nature reserves in the world to be protected by women. ⁣ ⁣ The goal is to employ 1000 women by 2025, protecting a network of 20 nature reserves, all managed by the IAPF.⁣ ⁣ Damien is the winner of the 2019 Winsome Constance Kindness Gold Medal, a prestigious international recognition for services to animals and humanity. Past recipients include Sir David Attenborough and Dr. Jane Goodall. He was featured in the newly released James Cameron documentary The Game Changers and is now releasing another documentary with James Cameron and National Geographic about his work with the women of Akashinga.

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Surviving a Shark Attack with Paul De Gelder | Learn How To Swim with Sharks

Paul de Gelder chased adventure wherever he could find it, from his wild ride as a hoodlum teen and his whirlwind lifestyle working in the music industry & in strip clubs as a bouncer, to hauling his way up to the elite echelons of the Australian Defence Forces as an Army paratrooper and then a Navy bomb disposal diver.

But trouble hunted him down in the form of a 9ft bull shark in February 2009 while diving for the Navy. Paul lost two limbs, and his career as a daredevil diver was flung into jeopardy.

Drawing on everything his eventful life had taught him, Paul left nothing to chance in his recovery. He fought through excruciating pain, smashing challenge after challenge whilst amazing the medical staff and the Australian public with his will to succeed. His inspiring story as detailed in his autobiography “Uncaged” takes the saying “never say die” to a whole new level.

In the years since the shark attack, Paul’s life has changed in every aspect.

Paul speaks candidly and humorously about overcoming adversity, embracing change, and turning fears into your greatest strengths to create an amazing life personally and professionally.

He has also been a guest on every major Australian TV talk show and many in the U.S. He starred as a guest trainer on the Biggest Loser Australia and has hosted 12 documentaries for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. Where he learned to hand feed Bull Sharks, Hammerheads, Blue Sharks, dive with tiger sharks, and even Great Whites without the protection of a cage.

Megastar Will Smith Featured Paul in his Facebook series “Bucket List” as his shark diving mentor and UFC Hall of Famer and now WWE star Ronda Rousey was taught how to hand-feed bull sharks by Paul for a Shark Week special.

Paul also became part of an anti-poaching team in Africa to hunt poachers and film the amazing work done by the Rangers there for “FEARLESS”, aired on NatGeo.

An incredible life and an incredible story.

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