Posts tagged “Conservation”

It seemed for a day or two as if we, well rhinos actually, could breathe easily again. At Kariega Thandi was on the mend after her horrific injuries, and there seemed to be a lull in poaching activity. Then at the end of September came the news that in game reserves in South Africa 19 rhinos had been slaughtered in a week, bringing the total for the year to 430. Today as I write – 18 October 2012 – that total has risen to over 463, another 33 rhinos in little more than a fortnight.

It has been just over eight months since three of the Kariega Game Reserve rhinos were poached. Since then Thandi has inspired us with her fighting spirit and miraculous recovery. She is looking healthy and happy - exhibiting normal behaviour and...

Kariega Game Reserve South Africa, Photo of the Week (1 October 2012) - St Andrew's Prep Rooting for Rhino's.

Kariega Conservation Volunteers enjoying the company of the children at Farmerfields school, where we volunteer to teach one day a week and donate valuable school supplies.

Kariega Game Reserve volunteers ring bark alien invasive pine trees,...

Two items on the same page in a recent newspaper caught my eye. The first dealt with rhino poaching. In this a conservationist bemoaned the fact that a great deal of the money given by well-meaning members of the public to combat the poaching of...

This month we received a visit from a third year Rhodes University student, Leigh, who is doing a scientific research project for her Bachelor of Science degree. She is analyzing dung samples of Eland and Impala, which are mixed feeders, at...