In this week’s Shamwari series I get to visit the Animal Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for the first time to meet some orphaned animals.
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Top 10 reasons to save the African wild dog
Kate on Conservation and wildlife biologist Tolga Aktas have collated their personal top 10 reasons for saving the rare and beautiful African wild dog.
Shamwari Diaries: Act 1, Scene 3 – Wild days & wild dogs
This week’s Shamwari series involves jumping out of a plane, and later, having my first encounter with African wild dogs!
Shamwari Diaries: Act 1, Scene 2 – Regret
This week’s Shamwari Series follows my first weekend in South Africa — and my first big conservation mistake of my trip — being duped into taking part in activities related to the canned hunting industry, as detailed in my travel diaries from 10 years ago.
Shamwari Diaries: Act 1, Scene 1 – Arrival
This week’s Shamwari diaries take a look at 18-year-old me’s first foray into independence and re-living the moment a long term dream came true, when I first stepped foot into Born Free’s big cat sanctuary…
Shamwari Diaries: Prologue
My Shamwari Diaries begin with the excitement of my first ever flight alone. Join me as I touch down in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The start of an adventure…
In the heart of Africa: Introducing a new project
My heart was racing and my eyes were fixed. About 10-feet ahead was a wild lioness looking right at me. I wasn’t in a vehicle or behind a fence, but was actually there in the African wild, with nothing between us. It was my first game walk and I knew that moment would never leave me.
King update: Born Free’s rescued lion cub starts a new life
Imagine a lion cub, rescued from physical abuse and the confines of a filthy cage in a Paris apartment, feeling the South African sunshine on
Paris lion cub pet shines a light on the shocking reality of exotic pet trade
It’s hard to imagine the unstoppable, untameable force of the lion fitting into a tiny cage in private home. But King the lion cub found
Bringing 2013 to a close…
I must admit, I kind of assigned myself to the fact that the auction at the end of the Go Go Gorilla Norwich trail would