Now insects only eat relatively small amounts of your garden while wildlife will eat your whole garden or tear it up in one night! So there are many options I have found online. I prefer to stay as humane as possible. There is the option of a wood fence about three feet high to stop the larger animals from coming in your garden. But that does not stop the squirrels and raccoons.

Now I have heard a lot of people talk about using scents around your garden. I have not tried this one but you have to keep replacing them after ever rain. Knowing I would not always do this I knew this option was not really for me either. I was also reading about lighting your garden at night to keep the animals away.

Most of the wildlife that will eat your garden are nocturnal and that even a little light makes them visible to pray. So they won’t go near for fear of their own life. Now this makes sense to me more than any other way I have read. Why not use an animal natural instinct against it without hurting it.

Even better, you can use solar powered garden lights instead of having to run wires all over your yard. Helpful, clean, and saves on your electric! This peeked my interest more than any other ideal. Well as they say that kills two birds with one stone. I get to keep all my veggies to myself and not hurt any innocent animals in the process.

There are several ways for you to you to tour the Everglades, and perhaps the most popular and thrilling is to join an airboat tour. You’ve most likely seen these airboats on television programs. They speed along the surface of shallow waters and grass prairies. Airboat tours into the ‘Glades are available during the daytime and the night hours, and both types of tours have their advantages. In fact, you might want to schedule two tours – one in the daylight and one at night. This will give you the full Everglades experience.

The Everglades includes numerous different ecosystems and supports many different bird and animals species. Mammals include dolphin, whitetail deer, otter, Florida panther, black bear, bobcat, gray fox, raccoon, skunk, opossum, and manatee. Snakes you might see on your visit to the Everglades include the red rat snake, the diamondback rattlesnake, the cottonmouth water moccasin, the coral snake, the king snake, and the endangered indigo snake. Some of the most famous residents of the ‘Glades are the American crocodiles and the alligators.

Many avian species can be spied in the Everglades, too. You might see bald eagles, herons, hawks, ducks, cranes, pelicans, ospreys, owls, storks, ibises, and anhingas, also known as “snake birds.”

Anyway I had a guy come by the store one day, looking to buy some new (to him at least) power tools. I was showing our stock of used trenchers for sale and I got to asking him what he needed them for. Turns out that he was part of the maintenance team at the state zoo. Next thing he’s telling me they need someone to help casually, was I up for it? Withing about a year I was working there full time, and the move into conservation was more or less a quick side step.

Now I get to fly around the world, usually staying in specific conservation ‘hot-spots’ for weeks and months at a time, whilst me and a team of guys (and gals!) work on maintaining boundaries on nature reserves, doing general maintenance and repairs on buildings and grounds that are home to gamekeepers and rangers that protect the reserves and the animals that live on them.

If you’re wanting to get into working for a global conservation enterprise, the best way to go about it is to volunteer. You could do so through education led programmers, or by applying through many of the online portals that have (now) sprung up around the internet. Gaining experience in the field is by far the best way to gain full time employment.

It’s not always an easy job, whatever role you play in the preservation environment. You’re almost always thousands of miles away from home. You rarely get to see your family and friends. Sometimes you’re living in relatively isolated conditions – sometimes very inhospitable ones too! Then there’s the danger aspect – you’re working as part of a team that’s central aim is to protect endangered wildlife.

It doesn’t come much more dangerous than finding yourself in close proximity to a pack of lions or a herd of angry elephants! All the same, it is a fantastic working environment, especially when you’re sat on a game reserve, late evening, listening to the lions in the distance, the odd howl from the coyotes and watching the fabulous sunsets and sunrises.