One night we heard this loud thump noise outside our laundry service. I went to go have a look and you won’t believe what I saw…… Our own Stoffel (Honey Badger) at Ya Mati. For those who doesn’t know Stoffel, go and visit our Rehabilitation Centre to meet Stoffel. (the one that I saw is not Stoffel, it is a […]
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Congratulations to Loraine & Jos that got married on the 15th July 2017 at Ya Mati. They had their service in our Chapel, welcoming drinks on our green grass under the trees and reception was on our deck on top by the restaurant.
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At the moment we are treating a Spotted Eagle Owl that flew into a reserves game fence in the Mica area. It was hanging from its left eye, holding on tightly with its feet that they were bleeding. Some amazing people drove all the way from Mica to the rehab centre to bring us the owl. Its eye lid was […]
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Two Yellowed Billed Hornbills were brought into the center which we suspect of being hit by a car. We will keep them here until they are strong enough to be released back where they were found. We could not find anything broken or any injuries that we could physically see. They seem more stunned and weak at the moment.
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There was a pack of wild dogs on Middlesex Estate/ farm outside Hoedspruit that were killing their Impala faster than they could breed, so the owner decided to chase the pack away to another location. The pack had denned in their farm and the owner realized that one of the pups was left behind, so he left the 1-week old […]
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A baby male bushbuck was hit by a car in a local Reserve. He is being looked after by Katie Hobson a vet student from England, who named him Teddy. During the day he is out in one of our grassy enclosures with Andi the grey duiker who had a broken leg, which is now healed. They are best friends […]
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A Bateleur was found with a broken wing in the Mjejune Nature Reserve situated on the Crocodile River bordering the KNP near Malelane. John Davis who works with Andre Botha at the Endangered Wildlife Trust kindly drove the eagle to us. The following day Brian took it to Provet our local vet in Hoedspruit to X-ray his broken wing, unfortunately […]
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One of our resident Black Eagles who originally came to us from Umgeni Bird Park in Durban, where she was used for shows turned aggressive as she is human imprinted. She has been our ambassador for Black Eagles since then. We brought her into the clinic as her left eye was closed and seemed to be bothering her. On expecting […]
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We released a Barn Owl on the reserve some years ago and each year it has returned to nest and raise her chicks. We place food out every night for the owls once we have released them to give them a head start so they won’t go hungry. This particular owl we thought was eating the food we put out […]
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