Categories: Recent events & Flash news

• Hand rearing a baby warthog – Kevin the piglet at Askari

  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!

• Elephant darting & Relocation – October 2011

  These are in fact the only elephants being moved in South Africa this year and Askari was there to see it!

• Pidwa burning – October 2011

  Burning continued into the early evening and the flames emitted an amazing orange glow over the night sky.

• Ground hornbill conservation efforts continue

  Today the volunteers helped place a new nesting box into a tree in the area where the ground hornbill has recently been sighted

• The Langa Cheetah Boys

  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.

• Askari get a “behind the scenes” look at Kruger!

  Fatalities vary from species of birds which land or collide in flight to giraffes hitting low lines.

• Anti-poaching at Askari

  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!

• Eddies aviary complete!

  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.

• New arrivals – Spotted hyena cubs confirmed on Pidwa!

  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’ the Rhodesian ridgeback arrives at Askari

  ‘Cooper’ settles into his new home at Askari

• First ever baby Sable to be born on Pidwa

  This is a great success story and the first of what we hope will be many sable, successfully bred on Pidwa.

• Askari rocks!

  Protection of giant Weeping boerbean tree completed by ‘The Magnificent 7′

• Wildebeest release – April 2011

  105 new Blue wildebeest added to the Pidwa population

• More cheetah antics

  The rogues vs the Langa coalition…..again!

• Eddie the eagle

  This month the Askari team were able to rescue an injured Wahlbergs eagle which is now being rehabilitated

• An unusual number of Leopard sightings for 2011

  We just can’t stop seeing the stunning cats.

• Elephant darting & contraception – October 2010

  Up close & personal with the largest land mammal on earth

• Rhino Darting – September 2010

  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

• Cheetah CSI – September 2010

  What happens when the territories of 2 cheetah coalitions collide?

• Mass game capture – August 2010

  Running the curtains, helicopter flights, off-loading game. All in a days work

• Nyala darting – June 2010

  20 nyala moved to a new home

• Ostrich release – May 2010

  Crazy ostrich raleigh

• Impala rutting season – April 2010

  The impala have gone crazy!

• Mountain reedbuck release – March 2010

  38 new Mountain reedbuck released

• Reptile deliveries – February 2010

  Leopard tortoise and Puff adder released at Askari

• New Askari pride member – January 2010

  A tiny new lion cub has been spotted

• Pidwa Burning – October 2009

  Burn baby, burn…..