For some it will just be a great story about a piglet of amazing character. For others, and the main purpose of me writing this, we hope it will help those who find themselves in the same situation as we did a few months ago. We hope it may give you the information you need (that we were so lacking) when you next attempt to hand rear a baby warthog!
These are in fact the only elephants being moved in South Africa this year and Askari was there to see it!
Burning continued into the early evening and the flames emitted an amazing orange glow over the night sky.
Today the volunteers helped place a new nesting box into a tree in the area where the ground hornbill has recently been sighted
The vet sedated Hwaqile and carried out some repairs and cleaning of the wounds. For now Hwaqile will be left in a boma to recover and we are hopeful for his return to health.
Fatalities vary from species of birds which land or collide in flight to giraffes hitting low lines.
On collection of the camera we found a fascinating collection of visitors, including; leopard, civet, laruge-spotted genet, honey badger, black-backed jackal and amazingly the rare side-striped jackal also!
A massive thank you to ‘The Regulators’ for their hard work which has been much appreciated and has produced a new home for Eddie firmly cemented in the landscape of the Askari house sunrise.
A camera trap was quickly set in the afternoon and we are very pleased to report that on checking it yesterday morning we have atleast two cubs at the den.
‘Cooper’ settles into his new home at Askari
This is a great success story and the first of what we hope will be many sable, successfully bred on Pidwa.
Protection of giant Weeping boerbean tree completed by ‘The Magnificent 7′
105 new Blue wildebeest added to the Pidwa population
The rogues vs the Langa coalition…..again!
This month the Askari team were able to rescue an injured Wahlbergs eagle which is now being rehabilitated
We just can’t stop seeing the stunning cats.
Up close & personal with the largest land mammal on earth
At a time when the species is being persecuted so much by poachers it was time to re-locate some males and bring in some females in the hopes of adding some indivduals to the population
What happens when the territories of 2 cheetah coalitions collide?
Running the curtains, helicopter flights, off-loading game. All in a days work
20 nyala moved to a new home
Crazy ostrich raleigh
The impala have gone crazy!
38 new Mountain reedbuck released
Leopard tortoise and Puff adder released at Askari
A tiny new lion cub has been spotted
Burn baby, burn…..