Seasoned, experienced, skilled and frankly old are the wildlife rehabbers we meet, and now one who is young and will be around for decades. Wow, what a delightful and impressive visit we had with Baye at the Free to Be Wild Trust Center situated in the outskirts of the city…
Clearly the most rewarding about Etosha is watching the fascinating animal behaviors at the waterholes, podcast. The Etosha Pan is truly a most remarkable place where herds of wildlife gather at the waterholes, almost any time of day, or night. I could spend hours sitting and observing the wild animals and birds interact as they vie for water, the precious gift of life. Enjoy the podcast or read below… Key #NikelaAfrica into the Search bar for stories, videos and podcasts. Curious Animal Behaviors at the Waterholes in Etosha Pan Two years ago Russ and I visited Yellowstone National Park in the…
High up in the mountains in the Eastern Free State on an open grassy knoll stands a vulture feeding restaurant. Constructed as a comfortable vulture blind (viewing area) for the ambitious visitor willing to hike the 300 meter or so, sun and wind exposed trail up from the parking lot. The view across the valley into the next mountain group back-dropped against the Drakensberg mountain range on the left is spectacular. It’s an almost cloudless African blue sky day. It’s high noon, as Russ and I make the trek holding, on to our hats, with cameras and binoculars in tow….
Margrit and Russ return to a small game reserve after 17 years to assess the status of African Wildlife. We drove into the game reserve with our rented kombi van and three almost adult children back in Christmas of 1997. This was the first time they were in Africa since they were tiny and the anticipation to see wild animals was palpable. They didn’t have to wait long, for as we came up over the rise not far into the park we saw those distinctive heads on long necks bobbing along the horizon. That trip we saw Giraffe, Wildebeest with…
Daily animals are caught in snares in Africa, endangered and threatened species are not spared from the poachers’ traps. They don’t use tranquilizer darts, hunting rifles or military issue fire power. They don’t make the news like the rhino and elephant poachers do. However, these low key, every day poachers are a huge threat to the survival of many wildlife species. Wire fencing, old telephone wire, baling wire, you name it and a skilled poacher will use most anything to fashion a snare that will catch an animal by the leg or neck. Snares are laid down or suspended in…
