{"id":16,"date":"2019-02-25T21:30:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T21:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peacotodd.wpengine.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2022-04-19T18:08:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T22:08:59","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/earthcomix.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Earth Comix is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose purpose is to use cartoons and comics, like SHIKAR&#8217;S INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE, to raise awareness and educate people about threat of extinction that endangered animals, such as elephants, rhinos, cheetahs, and others, are facing due to poaching, habitat infringement and climate change. We partner with organizations to support essential conservation efforts and provide tools to engage communities in the fight to save endangered animals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Partnering to Stop Poaching<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/earthcomix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/K9-TALES-COMIC-1-FINAL-JPEG-Reduced.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1847 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthcomix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/K9-TALES-COMIC-1-FINAL-JPEG-Reduced-pdf.jpg?resize=880%2C1344\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"1344\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>The K9 TALES series of comics is a collaboration between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.k94A.org\">Canines for Africa<\/a> and Earth Comix to tell the stories of the brave anti-poaching dogs and the intrepid rangers who work with them to protect endangered wildlife and risk their lives every time they go into the bush.<\/p>\r\n<p>SHIKAR&#8217;S INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE is the first in the series, a limited print run that will be used as an added incentive for sponsorship for Canines for Africa.\u00a0 The comic will be for general sale soon so check back for that information as well as news of additional comics and other developments.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.k94a.org\" rel=\"www.k94a.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"190\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/earthcomix.org\/?attachment_id=190\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthcomix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ShieldLogoNewFlatbottomGradient3.png?fit=106%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"106,112\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ShieldLogoNewFlatbottomGradient3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthcomix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ShieldLogoNewFlatbottomGradient3.png?fit=106%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthcomix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ShieldLogoNewFlatbottomGradient3.png?fit=106%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-190\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthcomix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ShieldLogoNewFlatbottomGradient3.png?resize=81%2C86\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"86\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earth Comix is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose purpose is to use cartoons and comics, like SHIKAR&#8217;S INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE, to&nbsp;[&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-item clearfix"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.5.1 - 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