David Shepherd

David Shepherd is known internationally as an artist and ambassador for wildlife. In 1960 he became a conservationist overnight when he witnessed 255 zebra lying dead around a poisoned waterhole in Tanzania. Rejected by the Slade School of Fine Art as having 'no talent whatsoever', it was by good fortune that he met Robin Goodwin who took him under his wing and to whom he owes so much of his success. In 1984 The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF) was set up to focus David's conservation efforts and to increase public awareness and funds for wildlife conservation both in this country and abroad. David is also known for his landscape paintings, and portraits. David is married with four daughters and lives in West Sussex. www.davidshepherd.org

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