Edward Whitley

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Edward Whitley is a British industrialist, environmentalist and philanthropist. Heir to a large British beer industry, he was the founder of the Whitley Awards in 1994 - presently the biggest environmental awards in Europe. The Whitley Awards were initially set up by Edward Whitley as a family charity based in the United Kingdom - the Whitley Animal Protection Trust. It is presently given from the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN). It is presently supported by many organizations, and benefactors, including the Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation and Sting. The awards are presently worth 1 million pounds annually, and are unofficially called the Green Oscars.

He has also been closely associated with the famous naturalist and author Gerald Durrell, who was the founder of the visionary Jersey Zoo and Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. Whitley helped raise 1 million pounds in support funds for the International Training Centre of the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust in 1989. He is also the author of the book Gerald Durrell's Army - about the work carried on by members and trainees of the Trust in different parts of the world.

• Gerald Durrell's Army, (John Murray, 1992) ISBN 0-7195-4949-3

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• A book review by Edward Whitley on David Hughes' biography of Gerald Durrell

The Life and Times of Gerald Durrell v • d • e

Institutions associated with: Jersey Zoo • Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust • Wildlife Trust • Wildlife Preservation Canada • Mauritian Wildlife Foundation • Madagascar Fauna Group • Programme for Belize • World Land Trust • World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity as an Aid to their Survival Co-conservationists: Lee Durrell • David Attenborough • Peter Scott • Jeremy Mallinson • Edward Whitley Expeditions undertaken: Argentina • Australia • Belize • Bhutan • Cameroon • India • Madagascar • Malaysia • Mauritius • Mexico • New Zealand • Paraguay • Russia • Sierra Leone Species associations: Aye-Aye • Gorilla • Mauritius Kestrel • Pink Pigeon • Pigmy Hog • Rockfowl • St. Lucia Parrot • Volcano Rabbit Books authored: The Overloaded Ark • Three Singles to Adventure • The Bafut Beagles • The New Noah • The Drunken Forest • My Family and Other Animals • Encounters with Animals • A Zoo in My Luggage • The Whispering Land • Island Zoo • A Look at Zoos • Menagerie Manor • Two in the Bush • The Donkey Rustlers • Rosie is My Relative • Birds, Beasts and Relatives • Fillets of Plaice • Catch Me a Colobus • Beasts in My Belfry • The Talking Parcel • The Stationary Ark • Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons • The Garden of the Gods • The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium • The Mockery Bird • Ark on the Move • The Amateur Naturalist • How to Shoot an Amateur Naturalist • Durrell in Russia • The Fantastic Flying Journey • The Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure • The Ark's Anniversary • Keeper • Toby the Tortoise • Marrying Off Mother and Other Stories • The Aye-Aye and I • Puppy Tales • The Best of Gerald Durrell Illustrators: Ralph Thompson • Edward Mortelmans • Peter Barrett • Graham Percy • Keith West • Cliff Wright Famous TV Series: Two in the Bush • Catch Me a Colobus • The Garden of the Gods • The Stationary Ark • Ark on the Move • The Amateur Naturalist • Ourselves and Other Animals • Durrell in Russia Notable others: Durrell Family • Jacquie Durrell • Lawrence Durrell • Achirimbi II • Theodore Stephanides • Douglas Botting