New Elephant Orphan, Phabeni’s First Night at HERD

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Getting Settled In & A Visit from Dr Rogers In the video below, watch elephant orphan, Phabeni during his first evening at the orphanage, starting with him meeting Lammie and getting to know his new woolly partner better. On his first evening, Tigere tells Phabeni he is home now, and encourages him to get used … Continued

HERD Receives a New Baby Elephant Orphan, Named Phabeni

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A New Life To Save Little Phabeni is an orphaned four-month-old elephant that was rescued in November 2023. One morning, a woman living near the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga, on the park’s boundary at Crocodile River, woke up to find an elephant calf in her property. There was no sign of his mother or … Continued

An Update on Rhino Orphan, Bula

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We recently shared news of the rescue of two baby rhino orphans, who were taken to HESC, a centre where rhinos and other endangered animals are rehabilitated and rewilded. Close to us in Hoedspruit, the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre is owned by Adine’s mother, Lente Roode. Adine stepped in to offer assistance in getting the … Continued

Love, Not Fear | A Visit from The Bush Babies

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“Fear is the opposite of love. When you love something or somebody, you do not fear, you respect. So far, the only way we can awaken love for wildlife in humans is by bringing them to the wilderness and giving them the opportunity to observe animals, learn about their lives, understand them, and eventually fall … Continued

HERD’s Adine Roode Steps in to Help Two New Rhino Orphans

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Adine has had her hands full with a whole different species of animal these last few weeks. We have shared about Adine’s work in rhino rehabilitation briefly before, and while this chapter of Adine’s life has mostly been in the past, before she founded HERD, she was called on recently to return to the side … Continued

Dear Nungu | A Farewell Letter From Adine

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Dear Nungu Today I have to say goodbyeโ€ฆ as Stavros said, โ€˜Goodbye to my friendโ€™. You enriched many lives.  You arrived in 2014 and followed Heidi, the first sheep friend of Zeta, the rescued zebra. Zeta arrived at HESC (Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre) in 2010 as she was caught in a snare. Heidi was her … Continued