Tony Fitzjohn


Anthony Raymond Fitzjohn, OBE is a conservationist who worked extensively with George Adamson at Kora in Africa. In recognition of his service to wildlife conservation, Fitzjohn was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2006.

Track record

2016 - Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award presented jointly by the Prague Society for International Cooperation and .

Films

;The Leopards of Kora : A wildlife documentary taped in 1982. It was produced by Americans Gary Streiker and videographer Mark Roberts and was presented on BBC in 1992, about the release of two leopards into the Kora Preserve in the mid-1980s. The documentary was also presented on the Discovery Channel prior to that.
;Born to be Wild: A BBC documentary released in 1999, about the translocation of the elephant, Nina, to the Mkomazi Game Reserve after 27 years in captivity.
;Mkomazi: Return of the Rhino: Produced by Henson International Television with music by Nikolas Labrinakos this documentary follows the capture in South Africa of four black rhinos and their journey back to their original homeland of Mkomazi in Tanzania.
;To Walk with Lions: This 1999 film is the dramatic continuation of George Adamson's fight to save Kenya's wildlife. Together with his young assistant Tony Fitzjohn, Adamson battles to keep the animals on his game reserve Kora from dangerous poachers and deadly shifta bandits.