Wildlife Conservation South Africa Project #20100

Provide food&care for ALL our animals for 1 year!

by DAKTARI Bush School & Wildlife Orphanage

Project Report | Jul 16, 2015
Miracles all around!

By Manuel Camino | Marketing Manager

Mohola the duiker

Hello all!

I hope you are all enjoying your summer! We are in the middle of winter in the bush!! We have been very busy lately with the animals at DAKTARI as well as those around us! Over the past month we welcomed a new mongoose! He is a young male, and our Outreach Manager decided to name him Seth after the Egyptian god of chaos! But do not worry; Seth is very calm and not at all chaos-god-like! He will be staying with us until he has grown a little bigger and can be released alongside the rest of our growing mongoose family!

At DAKTARI we pride ourselves in having a number of antelope (mainly Bushbucks and Duiker) who are wild and roam around the entire property, but are tame enough to come around the camp for food every once in a while.

Over the past month we have been able to see an incredible story develop right in our ‘front yard’. One of the female duikers, Mohola, came to DAKTARI about a month ago with a very nasty injury on her hind leg, where a large portion of her skin had been ripped off. As if she knew she would get help at the camp, she came to visit us and we quickly jumped into action and cured the wound as well as we could. Over the following days and weeks, the wound slowly got better and Mohola slowly but surely has improved her condition incredibly!

But surprises did not end there! Only a week ago we discovered that this brave animal had given birth to a baby duiker right next to the DAKTARI camp! The baby is very healthy and growing every day.

We are all so blown away by the sheer strength of nature that this series of events has shown! Not only was it incredible enough that Mohola survived her injury, but that she was able to give birth to a healthy duiker calf is something no one expected! It is the beauty of nature and of living in the bush. It is a privilege to be able to work around this every day, and your generosity in your donations makes it possible for the project to continue taking care of the animals. This fortunately allows us to take care of those that we have at our animal sanctuary within the camp as well as those who live on the DAKTARI farm and come to visit us every day!

Stay tuned for updates on Mohola and her baby on our Facebook and Twitter, as well as on our website!

Again, a heartfelt thank you to all for supporting what we do! Your donations make a huge difference to the project as well as our motivation to continue working hard! From everyone at DAKTARI as well as the children, and the animals, we are tremendously thankful!

Best wishes and until next time!

Baby Duiker in the bushes!

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Jun 11, 2015
We have been very busy!

By Manuel Camino | Marketing Manager

Sharing is caring!

Firstly, we would like to thank you all for your kind donations!

It has been a very hectic few months around the DAKTARI farm! As a Wildlife Orphanage we look after a large number of animals. Unfortunately, it is not always happy endings in the field, but recently we have had some success stories that we would like to share with you. These would have not been possible without your support! You are making a direct impact, both on the animals which you are allowing us to help, as well as on our motivation and drive to keep working hard at making a difference!

In May we rescued a young civet from a nearby farm. Due to multiple broken bones, the animal would have most likely died in the wild. When we found it, it was severely dehydrated and showing signs of malnourishment. However, thanks to the support that you provide through your contributions, we were able to take the animal to the vet and provide it with a healthy environment and diet for it to recover. Due to the characteristic black band around the eyes, we named the civet Zorro. She is now doing a lot better and is slowly but surely regaining her strength! Unfortunately, because of her injuries, she will not be able to be released back into the wild. Nonetheless, you are helping us give her a clean and spacious enclosure, as well as proper nutrition for her to live comfortably at DAKTARI!

Although Zorro's story has a bitter-sweet taste to it, at DAKTARI we do as much as we can to help the animals who come to us to taste freedom again if they are strong enough to do so. In these past few months we have been able to send a genet, a group of dassies, a young warthog, and a porcupine back into the wild!

Nonetheless, our main mission is to provide care for orphaned and injured animals. In addition to Zorro, we have welcomed a new baby dassie named Pepper, a young white chested snake eagle, as well as Sonic, a baby banded mongoose.

Every day we work hard to provide the best care for these animals, and your support and generosity makes this possible. The success stories we can share, like that of Zorro, are just some examples which reflect the day-to-day impact you are making. We are immensely grateful for your help!

We hope to continue sharing these stories with you! Until then, thank you again for your support. It may seem a small gesture, but it makes a world of a difference to us and to the animals and children that you help with your contributions.

Best regards,

Zorro relaxing :)

The beautiful Genet

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