Hancock Wildlife Foundation (HWF) was established to promote the conservation of wildlife and its habitats through science, education, and stewardship..

David Hancock, biologist, film maker, writer and publisher saw the opportunities offered by the Live Wildlife CAM projects as so important to conservation, education and research that he has brought together a group of advisers and volunteers to operate the Hancock Wildlife Foundation extensive Web outreach.

Pre-History

David Hancock has been studying the bald eagle for in excess of 50 years from Alaska to Florida. David and his wife Mary live in British Columbia just south of Vancouver on the US border. In late 2005 he was giving a lecture on eagles on Vancouver Island when Doug Carrick was introduced to show a 15 minute video as part of the program. Doug's footage included a sequence of a female eagle laying an egg. David was incredibly impressed. Never in his 50 years of eagle viewing had he seen such an intimate scene of eagle life. Within two weeks David visited Doug on Hornby Island, worked out with his technical consultant Richard Pitt how to put this streaming video on the web and a new magnitude of Live Cam broadcasting was initiated.