Tony Fitzjohn

Track record

Established and stocked the first successful rhinoceros sanctuary in Tanzania.

30 years of successful rehabilitation of zoo animals into the wild.

Gained National Park status for two game reserves.

Completed the construction of a new secondary school for 400 children.

Provided local communities with clean water supply, dispensary and Flying Doctor service.

First successful captive breeding program for endangered African hunting dog in East Africa.

Ground-breaking veterinary research into disease of endangered species.

20 years of developing and supporting anti-poaching units.

Awards

2016 - Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award presented by the Prague Society for International Cooperation.

Films

The Leopards of Kora 

Was a wildlife documentary taped in 1982. It was produced by Gary Streiker and videotaped by Mark Roberts and was presented on BBC in 1992, about the release of two leopards into the Kora Preserve in the mid-1980s. The documentary was also presented on the Discovery Channel prior to that.

Born to be Wild

A BBC documentary released in 1999, about the translocation of the elephant, Nina, to the Mkomazi Game Reserve after 27 years in captivity. [1]

Mkomazi: Return of the Rhino

Produced by Henson International Television with music by Nikolas Labrinakos this documentary follows the capture in South Africa of four black rhinos and their journey back to their original homeland of Mkomazi in Tanzania. [2]

To Walk with Lions

This 1999 film is the dramatic continuation of George Adamson's (Richard Harris) fight to save Kenya's wildlife. Together with his young assistant Tony Fitzjohn (John Michie), Adamson battles to keep the animals on his game reserve Kora from dangerous poachers and deadly shifta warriors who are determined to destroy rhinos and elephants for their tusks, and lions for their rich pelts. [3] [4][5]