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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
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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
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We still see Pisa as one of the little ones in the herd, even though she has entered adolescence. She certainly stands tall beside her younger family members, integrated orphans Timisa and Khanyisa, but the other elephants (whom she loves to think she is the leader of) have many years on her and show it … Continued
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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
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It’s a phenomenon you might not have heard about before. It was certainly new to us. Elephant Voices refers to it as “kidnapping” – defining it as: Kidnap Forcibly taking an infant belonging to another family away from its mother. Elephants may use their trunks, tusks and forefeet to Pull, Lift, Tusk and Shepherd the … Continued
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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
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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
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We have realised what is missing in our emergency kit and that’s new radios and strong spotlights for moments like this. We are appealing to you to help us raise funds just for this need. You can sponsor radios and spotlights by donating to these items on our wishlist here: ? SPOTLIGHTS > ? RADIOS … Continued
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This is a story we will be keeping a close watch on! Not only has a female in the wild elephant herd in our reserve recently had twin calves, but the wild albino cow has also had a new baby. It’s baby season and the little elephants are loyally following after their mothers, for essential … Continued
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Dear Nungu Today I have to say goodbye… as Stavros said, ‘Goodbye to my friend’. 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
