- if you care about wildlife and the planet, if you like seeing wonderful images of animals, if you simply enjoy seeing stunning pictures, click the logo to visit ARKive, the world’s largest digital treasury for images of endangered species.

The visionary behind it was Christopher Parsons OBE, former Head of the BBC Natural History Unit.
The person who made it reality was Harriet Nimmo.

Harriet was recognised as European Professional Woman of Achievement in 2003 for her work on the project. She secured £2 million lottery funding and $2 million sponsorship, as well as negotiating copyright licenses with the biggest names in wildlife film making.

We met at the Festival International du Film Animalier in Albert, France and she asked for our help with ARKive.

Of course our own pictures may be useful, but she is specially keen to find any old film of exotic working animals - dancing bears, circus elephants, creatures paraded for our entertainment in times past.

If you know of any such material, stills or films, please get in touch with the project. They can deal with most of the practical problems involved in conserving, copying and storing the material.