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Born in 1931, David
failed in his only ambition to
be a game warden in Africa. Returning home to
London, he met professional artist Robin
Goodwin, who agreed to teach him. His career
started as an aviation artist, which led him to
paint for the Services and it was in 1960 that the
Royal Air Force in Kenya commissioned his first
wildlife painting. He has never looked back. It
was on that same visit he became a passionate
conservationist when he witnessed 255 zebra
lying dead around a poisoned waterhole.
David's many international one-man shows
have been sell-outs, he has been the subject of
radio and TV programmes and has published
five books.
Through the David Shepherd Wildlife
Foundation, he has been able in some way to
pay off ‘his enormous debt of gratitude to the
animals to which he owes his success’. Together
with his supporters, over US $4,500,000 in grants
have funded vital field projects in Africa and
Asia working to save critically endangered
mammals in their wild habitat and benefiting
the rural people who share their environment.
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