| News |
| February 2009 - Orphaned Baby Buffalo |
| The Wild Horizons Wildlife Trust is very happy to have been able to assist the National Parks and Wildlife Authority in rescuing a two week old baby buffalo yesterday (10 February 2009). The Buffalo was abandoned during the night near a local lodge. After giving the poor guy a little milk to build up his strength we let him rest during the heat of the day. Later in the afternoon we returned and moved the buffalo to the new Wildlife Orphanage. More |
| Update on Damiano |
| Now that our radio collared elephant bull, Damiano and his 6 wild compatriots have completed their tour of destruction at the old elephant camp, they have decided to move off and look for new pastures to thrash! Click here for more info |
| Wilma the Warthog |
| Wilma our 3 legged warthog has been seen coming and going regularly by Staff who live out at the old camp. She is totally part of the family now consisting of Mum and another youngster her age. More info |
| Chizi |
We need to thank a guest from Australia, Georgina Williams, who came out on a ride last year and totally fell in love with orphan Chizi. Georgina was devastated by her death and has sent a donation asking us to please build something in her memory. We have decided to place a bench at the Wallow, right in the path of the sunset rays above the river, with a small plaque "for Chizi, who captured so many hearts in her short life". |
| Anti Poaching |
| Roger Parry ran an anti poaching course for 20 young men who joined us from local villages. It began with a 2 week training session and will continue with another 2 sessions of 2 weeks each. It has been a great success, with 16 anti poaching scouts who came through with flying colours and have all been hard at work in the Sanctuary over the past month. This group is led by Bongani and Fickson and they have picked up at least 42 snares and captured 4 poachers. More info |
| Damiano’s Release |
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It gives us great pleasure to announce that on Tuesday July 15th, 2008 we were able to release one of our large male elephants “Damiano”... Click here for more info |