Bird of prey sanctuary Archives - Nikela: Helping People Saving Wildlife

Why saving the Bearded Lady is about saving her entire species of Lammergeier

Nov 14, 2018 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Bird of Prey, Bird of prey sanctuary, conservation, endangered, Nikela Blog, Shannon, wildlife conservation Tagged: African Bird of Prey Sanctuary, Bearded Vulture, Lammergeier, Shannon Hoffman

When Shannon saved the Bearded Lady she had no idea what was in store for her and the future of the critically endangered Lammergeier. “In a chicken coop!” How sad. This magnificent high flying bird of prey confined to a small wire cage. Okay, she’s a vulture, but undeniably the most beautiful raptor you can imagine. And entitled to the life of a free Bearded Vulture. Shannon, the keeper of the African Bird of Prey Sanctuary, is one of our wildlife heroes. Her passion, since she was a youngster, has been the lions of the skies, Africa’s fabulous birds of…

Update on Seven Wildlife Heroes to Watch This Year 2018 Part 2

Aug 9, 2018 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Baye, Bird of prey sanctuary, Free to be Wild, Nikela Blog, rhino calf, rhino poaching, Shannon Tagged: Baye Pigors, Bearded Vulture, Natalie Rogers, orphaned rhino calf, rescue rehab center, Shannon Hoffman

Last week in Part 1 of our update of wildlife heroes to watch this year we brought you four. A quick recap… Back in January 2018 we invited you to watch Five Wildlife Heroes making a difference for African animals. This group of five grew to seven. Their work ranges from saving wild lions from irate farmers in Tanzania to protecting elephants and their forest in Malawi. In the last seven months much has been accomplished, some sadly has been lost, but all in all, with your support many have been helped. Of course, more is still needed to keep the…

Young and Old learn about Raptors as ARC opens Educational Wing – Video, Audio, Photos

Dec 19, 2017 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: African Bird of Prey Sanctuary, Bird of Prey, Bird of prey sanctuary, Nikela Blog, PODCAST, poisoning, Raptors, Shannon, wildlife conseration Tagged: birds of prey, bred 4 the wild, education, raptors, Shannon Hoffman

Video, audio and photos. Students depict birds in art and the community comes to learn about raptors as the African Raptor Centre opens it’s Educational Wing to the public. It’s finally the big day! The grand opening of the African Raptor Centre’s educational wing (ARC formerly known as the African Bird of Prey Sanctuary.) If you prefer to listen Shannon runs this amazing place. ARC is home to birds of prey that for one reason or another can’t be released. Some like Orion the Long Crested Eagle was raised by humans so is imprinted. That means he’s lost all fear…

Fall In Love With Seven Of Our Wildlife Heroes

Nov 9, 2017 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: African Bird of Prey Sanctuary, African elephant, Animal Poaching, Baye, Bird of Prey, Bird of prey sanctuary, birds of prey, conservation, endangered, Free to be Wild, Illegal trade, lion, Nikela Blog, Pangolin, PODCAST, Shannon, Silke, wild animals, wildlife conservation Tagged: Baby rhino, Baye Pigors, Bearded Vulture, elephant, lion, Lynn Clifford, Moses Arineitwe, Natalie Rogers, Philipo Ormorijei, poachers, Shannon Hoffman, Silke von Eynern, vervets

Each so different, yet each the same in their passion for Africa. They are wildlife heroes everyone should get to know. WATCH the VIDEO LISTEN to the AUDIO You ever hear about the efforts of the big wildlife conservation organizations? You ever wonder if your small donation really matters or makes a difference? We sure did. That’s one reason we travel Africa in our old Land Rover looking for the little guys and gals. Those amazing people that are on the ground saving one critter at a time. They are our heroes. For these people saving Africa’s wildlife a few dollars…

Six surprisingly beautiful African vultures – Photos and Video

Mar 22, 2017 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: #LuvWildlife, African Bird of Prey Sanctuary, Bird of Prey, Bird of prey sanctuary, Nikela Blog, Poaching, poisoning, Shannon, vultures, wildlife conservation Tagged: African Birds of Prey Sanctuary, Bearded Vulture, birds of prey, Cape Vulture, endangered species, Hooded vulture, palm nut vulture, threatened species, vultures, White Backed Vulture, White headed vulture

Up until recently I thought all vultures ugly, until I saw these beautiful African vultures at African Bird of Prey. If you’re like most people the word ‘vulture’ conjures up this image of a scrawny looking bird with a long bare neck and uglier head. You remember, like the two dense birds in original Jungle Book movie. The two of “What do you wanna do?” “I dunno what do you wanna do?” fame. However, vultures are really not ugly and really not dense. Sadly some are in serious trouble and are either threatened or endangered. Largely due to habitat loss,…