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We recently got together with the Indlovu team, the makers of Jabulani’s JabuGin (made from the dung of the rescued elephant herd) to collect fresh dung for the next batch of gin which is made down in the Western Cape of South Africa. Paula and Les Ansley created the world’s very first elephant dung gin, … Continued
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Pisa, the youngest daughter to the herd’s matriarch, Tokwe, was born with a bang on 13 November 2009. Derived from the Shona word, ‘inopisa’, meaning heat, Pisa’s name was chosen after the brave little calf made the 4km journey from where she was born back to the homestead despite the blazing heat. It had been … Continued
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Confident, brave, little Khanyisa is certainly growing before our eyes and we are so thrilled to be ending the year on a high note, with her health doing well and her weight increasing constantly. We are so grateful to see her weight now at 480 kgs, almost 500 kg! It has been a very busy … Continued
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“The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” ~ Mary Davis As we head towards the end of the year, there are many words of thanks HERD has to offer for all the support we’ve received in the past few months! HERD is a registered PBO and relies on public funding to support … Continued
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Around this time five years ago, a very special little orphaned elephant began her journey with the Jabulani herd. Timisa was found wandering on her own, on 19 November 2016 with no sign of her herd. Her mother had very sadly died as a result of a severe drought in the area about two weeks … Continued
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Our Community of JabuLadies is Growing It began with leader, Miriam Mahladisa, a long-time employee working with us, and the Jabulani lodge housekeeping team, and now our JabuLadies Team is growing to include more ladies from the direct community around us here in Hoedspruit, such as Patience Mabunda, Thulisile Malatule and Linkie Malatole seen above. … Continued
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“We’ll be Friends Forever, won’t we, Pooh?” asked Piglet. “Even longer,” Pooh answered. ~ A.A. Milne The title of ‘legend’ isn’t one that’s handed out without careful consideration. If you ask us, no sheep could be more deserving of legend status than kind and compassionate Lammie. A sense of belonging and companionship is known to … Continued
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“The most beautiful people I’ve known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.” ~ Elizabeth Kübler-Ross Born in 1989, Fishan, meaning ‘something smaller’, has been through many hardships over the years, but this has never stopped him from embracing life with … Continued
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In our wilderness in South Africa, we are coming out of a long dry winter that kept us all covered, including little Khanyisa in her woolly and fleece blankets, in the chilly mornings and evenings. The sun is now rising much earlier and setting later, giving us more time in the day for garden grazing … Continued
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Our objectives at HERD (Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development) speak to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity. These goals, like … Continued
