Second Round Of Treatments For Elandela Rhinos
Amancio Mccrae
A few first impressions on the humongous square in front of the Soweto Hotel and Conference Center.
We definitely have arrived in Kliptown: no tarmac on the roads here, brick houses (no running water) with
makeshift extensions of corrugated iron and wood. Note the external toilets, shared by the community.
The gate for Bourke's Luck Potholes was closed but a tourgroup went through a hole in the wiring.
We thought that the walk was too far in the heat and left it at that. Sellers are hurt by the closed viewpoints.
We had limited time for we had to be at the game lodge by 13:00 - 14:00. Only half of the cave was
open for visitors as the other end was too contaminated by bat shit! It suited our schedule perfectly.
The northern subspecies of the Square-lipped Rhinoceros has very few remaining individuals, with only two confirmed
left in 2018 (two females; Fatu, 18 and Najin, 29), both in captivity. Sudan, the world's last known male northern white rhinoceros, died in Kenya on 19Mar2018. [Wikipedia]
A purple crested turaco (Tauraco porphyreolophus; NL: Purperkuiftoerako) is a species of bird in the family Musophagidae.
It is the National Bird of the Kingdom of Swaziland! The crimson flight feathers of this and related turaco species
are important in the ceremonial regalia of the Swazi royal family. They live in moist woodland and evergreen forests.
They eat mainly fruit. [Wikipedia]
I did not realize vultures were on the endangered species list! But poachers of elephants and rhinos put
poisoned bait in a circle around their kill, so vultures gather and sweep down, clear the sky, and die from the poison!
Marabou Stork, massive birds. They also gather at landfill sites and I've heard of those sites near airports where
the birds fly up while an airliner is on an approach to land and these birds cause massive damage to the engines.
As soon as we turned on the R40 (Klaserie Rd) for we saw this buck (? EMAIL), probably on the Kapama Private
Game Reserve. Since we hadn't seen this species during the game drives we stopped and took a quick picture.
Identified it as a Greater Kudu Buck, by duckduckgo.com, searching for images.
The Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), also called the Common Wildebeest, White-bearded Wildebeest, or Brindled Gnu, is a large antelope and one of the two species of wildebeest. According to the limited list on their website and images on the internet, except this Wildebeest doesn't have a white beard...
en.wikipedia.org:_Blue_wildebeest
The Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger; NL: Sabelantilope of Zwarte Paardantilope) is an antelope which inhabits
wooded savanna in East and Southern Africa, from the south of Kenya to South Africa, with a separate population
in Angola. [Wikipedia]
The park seems to house also Rhinos, Cape Buffalos and Hippos but we did not come across them. We did see several
White Lions but they were sleeping in the tall grass. Our time was limited here so we did not pursue other wildlife;
we enjoyed a late lunch at the local lodge. But before we goto to that lunch...
Since we hadn't seen any African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus; also called the Painted wolf or Cape hunting dog)
during the game drives at the lodges we stayed at, on the day of our departure I planned a visit here. Took a bit of rushing our visits here & there.. But our flight wouldn't leave until in the evening. It took a second visit to the
enclosure of sizeable dimensions to spot what we were looking for. Awesome creatures!
The Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) is a sanctuary for animals. It conserves rare, vulnerable and endangered animals and is home to cheetah, wild dogs, black-footed cats, African wild cats, ground horn bills, blue cranes, sable antelope, rhinos amongst others.
HESC started as a sanctuary for cheetahs when Lente Roode initiated a dream she had to work with and help cheetahs back in 1990. Back then the centre was called the Hoedspruit Cheetah Project. Her private game reserve, Kapama, includes the centre.
The Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre is actively involved in anti-poaching. It was the HESC that intiated the formation of an anti-poaching unit to stop the senseless slaughter of animals, which has subsequently been absorbed into the SA Police. The centre has focused particularly on cheetahs and a breeding programme has produced over 270 born in the sanctuary, including 20 rare king cheetahs. Wherever possible these animals are released into the wild.
The education of the younger generation is another area of focus for the centre, and a school programme educates over 10 000 learners a year, whilst a student's programme allows those between 18 and 35 to learn about conservation and become involved in the care of animals at HESC.
As a visitor you will watch a detailed presentation about what the centre does, join a guided tour, enjoy game drives, and appreciate being up close and personal with animals you might battle to see in the wild, yet still in an environmentally sustainable environment.
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