In honour of her father’s efforts, Brigitte has dedicated this section to the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force. Brogue wishes to send a plea to the people around the globe to take a few moments to visit this section and acknowledge what is happening to the wildlife in Africa today.

Around the year 2000 land invasions began to take place in Zimbabwe. During 2001, in an effort to lift people’s spirits, Brigitte and David did a tour of the country singing for the farmers who had either lost their farms, or were in the process of losing their farms to the Government’s unjust “land-grab” operation. It was a period of extreme depression, loss and suffering for all concerned.

Johnny Rodrigues, Brigitte’s father, became increasingly anxious about the developing issues concerning the slaughter of wildlife and the deterioration of the Zimbabwean ecosystem, also a repercussion of the Government’s actions. In 2001 he founded the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, using donations from concerned people: to relocate animals under threat, to buy veterinary medication, to remove snares from animals and to expose the ongoing atrocities to the rest of the world.

“We pledge to perform in the best way possible, within our respective fields, so that we can make our small, but invaluable, contribution to humanity for our future generations”.

Brogue