Wildlife Conservation South Africa Project #34025

Keep Our Rescued Animals Healthy & Safe

by DAKTARI Bush School & Wildlife Orphanage

Project Report | Feb 6, 2023
It's a new year - Welcome 2023

By Gill Lamprecht | Project Leader

The past year of 2022 was a good year for our animals, and thanks to your support they have flourished and been outstanding ambassadors to the children of the Bush School. A quick update on the animals:

Bush Baby - Banchee is in good condition and still comes out every night to eat. He seems to enjoy the lady volunteers and sometimes actually gives them a cuddle.
Verreaux's Eagle Owls - Both of the Owls are in looking good and sleep most of the day and will only move around at night. Some nights you can hear them chatting to each other with their "hoots" and "Screeches"
Verreaux's eagle - Unfortunately we had to euthanise Jumper after the vet had seen him, it was agreed that the amputated wing was causing him stress and pain. We were all very sad to have to say goodbye to him, and we miss his calls when it's supper time!
Wahlberg's Eagle & African Hawk Eagle - Both Eagles are in good condition and get well along with each other. They have had a slight upgrade to their enclosure and are enjoying their new branches to perch on.
Mongoose - The 3 mongooses that we have are in happy and healthy. They are very food motivated and really enjoy meal times with their little "squeaks" of excitement.
Genet - Chouchou is in excellent condition and has been moved to a bigger and more peaceful enclosure with new branches and a new box to sleep in.
Meerkats - Both Tikki and Gasper are healthy and happy running around and playing. They enjoy the sun a lot and spend most of their time lying on their backs sunbathing.
Spotted Eagle Owls - Both of the owls are ilooking good and healthy. They are very protective about their house and feel safe there.
White Stork - The white stork's wing is broken and some feathers are hanging. But he happy and enjoing his peaceful home. He is also enjoying an upgrade on his enclosure.
African Wood owls - They sleep most of the day and are looking good. They stay in the same place everyday but at night move around and sit together.
Ostrich - The Ostrich are in good condition. The volunteers have discovered that when they do a little dance outside his enclosure, the male ostrich dances with them.
Caracal - The caracal is in excellent condition and has been given an enclosure upgrade which he enjoys exploring.
Cheetah - The cheetahs are happy and enjoy a lazy peaceful life. They are getting old (12,13 years old) so to give them a bit of exercise we made a “zip line” where we zipline the meat down for them to catch themselves. Unfortunately, due to old age, our one Cheetah (Magnus) is in the early stages of kidney failure. He is hanging in there though! Ane we are monitoring him closely.
Eeyore - Eeyore is happy and enjoying the hugs he receives from the children when they visit. And the baby sable we received to look after until it was old enough to rejoin a herd, soon became his best buddy.
Sable - We were asked to look after an abandoned baby sable until she was old enough to join a herd. We named her Mitsouko and we are happy to say that she flourished and after 6 months of constant care she was healthy and big enough to join a herd.

We and the animals are so grateful for your support in helping us keep them healthy and happy. Thank you!

Our happy Meerkats.

We are looking forward to a wonderful 2023 and we wish you all the best for the new year ahead.

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