Our two young honey badgers, Rika and her mate Julius have now reached the age where they are sexually mature and although we monitor them regularly they cannot be observed 24 hours a day. This means that it is difficult to know when and if they have mated as they are most likely to this during the night and when […]
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For the second time this year, a school in a local village close to Moholoholo Rehab Centre was visited by two adult Spotted Hyenas. Although this is not a bizarre sighting for a village located so close to the Kruger National Park and other nature reserves, the threat of the hyenas harming the children is very real. The local people […]
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A young Elephant bull with a snare was spotted by a game viewer on Mohlabetsi River Reserve. The Elephant was darted, the snare removed and treated. The wound created by the cable snare had grown closed and the snare was located deep around the animals right front foot indicating that it had been like this for some years, because of […]
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Just the other day another baby barn owl was brought in to us here at the clinic. Mum had made her nest inside a workshop on a nearby farm and workers had already found one of the siblings deceased on the ground, so when this youngster fell from his nest they brought him straight to us. We took the same […]
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The three young bushbabies that came to us in March have been successfully released. Their journey started after 2 of them were sadly attacked by cats and the other unfortunately fell from his nest. After a week or so we put them all together in a large cage and they instantly loved each others company. During the day they would […]
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Crash – Crash is our resident one-winged Black Stork. He was admitted to our clinic with a broken wing in 2014, unfortunately the wing had to be amputated as the break was so bad. As Crash can no longer fly, he free roams around the centres grounds. Crash is a very intelligent bird, every day around 4pm he wanders up […]
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At the beginning of June a young porcupine was brought to us from a local farmer and quickly made her way into hearts of our staff and volunteers. Our spikey edition to the family was only at the rehab for one week when a second porcupine youngster was welcomed. The newest edition is expected to be the sibling of our […]
Read MoreA winter wedding that started off with lovely weather. Blue skies and not a cloud to be seen. Next to the rive a bit chilly but bearable. They got married on the green grass under the lovely big trees. On arrival the guest was treated with beautiful music while they were waiting for the bride to be. After the ceremony […]
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Congratulations to Jana & Eckard for tying the knot on the 28th April 2018. They got married in our beautiful Chapel. Decorated with candles and flowers. After the “I Do’s” everyone moved to the garden where welcoming drinks was setup. Refreshing Pin Gin and Tonic with delicious snacks were on the menu for the day. With a rather hot day […]
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Towards of the end of June we received a call from some local residents on a nearby farm saying a large male caracal had killed and eaten a domestic cat and that they would like him to be removed from their farm. We quickly got all our equipment together and rushed off to see how we could help. When we […]
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