Care for Wild Sanctuary is caring for an orphaned rhino calf after receiving a call from Timbavati Private Nature Reserve to assist with the rescue of a young calf who had been seen wandering alone, pursued by a relentless clan of hyenas. The hyenas had already injured the calf, biting at its tail and face.
Tourism was possibly the industry hardest hit by Covid in SA. The 2023 Travel Indaba in Durban this month signalled that tourism has returned with a bang.
Willie Labuschagne relates many of his adventures and experiences throughout the book, from spending time on a diamond mining barge in Namibia to helping carve out the Otter Trail in the Tsitsikamma Forest to traveling to all the major national parks in Africa.
White lions are rarer than the legendary snow leopard of the Himalayas and they occur naturally in only one place on earth - The Timbavati Reserve in South Africa. But very few white lions have been witnessed in the wild over the past decade. Today, most white lions are born in captivity. Their rarity and beauty has condemned them to a destiny where they have become curiosities and hunting trophies. Their future as a wild species is now questionable. But there are people trying to change this - the local Shangaan tribe has revered white lions for centuries and with the help of Linda Tucker, head of the Global White Lion Protection Trust, a carefully planned release project is underway which will see the first four white lions return to the wilds of Timbavati. Some scientists and conservationists question the merit of such a venture and fear its consequences. Mainstream conservationists maintain that white lions are of little scientific conservation value and that they struggle to survi
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