The Tusk Trust is a British non-profit organisation set up in 1990 to help to protect African wildlife including African elephants.
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Tusk Trust was set up by Charles Mayhew, MBE, who is the Chief Executive. Stephen Watson is currently Chairman.
It is a member of the Princes' Charities Forum, an initiative started by Prince William and Prince Harry in 2006 as a way of bringing together their charitable interests to develop synergies between the 20 or so organisations they support. Prince William has been a Royal Patron of the organization since 2005.
Together with Investec Asset Management, it presents the Tusk Conservation Awards every year in London since 2013. On 12 September 2013 Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attended the 1st annual Tusk Conservation Awards .