27 August 2010 Friday
Today we arrived on Sondela at 11:00, we where devided into 2 groups, we had welcoming from 13:00 - 15:00 the first group went out to fix fences and to kill some of the tree's that was still burning from the fire from Thursday...the second group that
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
**serval release**
Releasing a serval
The serval (pronounced serval, Leptailurus serval, is a medium-size Afican wild cat). Modern molecular DNA analysis indicates that servals maintain their own unique lineage descending from the same Felid ancestor as the lion, and though the serval shares common traits with the cheetah, it is the cheetah which is thought to have descended from ancient servals. Similar DNA studies have shown the African Golden Cat and the caracal are closely related to the serval, and may have branched by cross-breeding.
This is a picture of me looking at the serval inside the cage, everybody had a chance to look at the serval before we release him.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
17 August 2010
17 August 2010 (Tuesday)
Today we went to the Waterberg Koppies with the Cruiser where we had to find different tipes of rocks. We learned what the people used to use in the early, middle and late stone age. We took pictures of the different tipes of rocks like sandsteen, flint, iron (slag) and had to write the site down where we got from the GPS...we then went up to the koppies where Cobus told us a bit of the different stone ages...
Monday, August 9, 2010
Working weekend (6-9 August 2010)
Friday 6 August 2010
Today we had welcoming at main gate...there came 177 guests in for the long weekend, we where running around, car's waiting till on the road...It got a bit quiet after a while , but most of the people came in early...enjoying talking to the people!
Sunday 8 August 2010
Today I worked at the Wildlife Centre, the morning we started preparing the food for the animals...after preparing we had to feed them! When feeding the animals like the bokkies, you have to check if they dont suck air, this is a very bad thing for them! We then had to take the lion cubbies to their boma...Charmaine asked us to start cleaning their sleeping area in the clinic, we had to get all of the hay out, broomed the floor, had to spray out and disinfect it...the lion's cheetah, and ostrich have ringworms...After disinfecting and spraying out in the clinic we had to disinfect backsters sleeping area as well!!Waiting for the area to dry and then had to prepare bokkie mix...each 2 litre bottle get 100g of dencavite! I played with the cubbies Max and Lex...helped Charmaine feed them and we had to stimulate them after they got their bottle.
Monday 9 August 2010
Today is a public Holiday...The morning we helped with preparing of the food and cleaning the cages. We got a lot of guests to come to the Wildlife Centre!
Today we had welcoming at main gate...there came 177 guests in for the long weekend, we where running around, car's waiting till on the road...It got a bit quiet after a while , but most of the people came in early...enjoying talking to the people!
Sunday 8 August 2010
Today I worked at the Wildlife Centre, the morning we started preparing the food for the animals...after preparing we had to feed them! When feeding the animals like the bokkies, you have to check if they dont suck air, this is a very bad thing for them! We then had to take the lion cubbies to their boma...Charmaine asked us to start cleaning their sleeping area in the clinic, we had to get all of the hay out, broomed the floor, had to spray out and disinfect it...the lion's cheetah, and ostrich have ringworms...After disinfecting and spraying out in the clinic we had to disinfect backsters sleeping area as well!!Waiting for the area to dry and then had to prepare bokkie mix...each 2 litre bottle get 100g of dencavite! I played with the cubbies Max and Lex...helped Charmaine feed them and we had to stimulate them after they got their bottle.
Monday 9 August 2010
Today is a public Holiday...The morning we helped with preparing of the food and cleaning the cages. We got a lot of guests to come to the Wildlife Centre!
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
30 July 2010 Thursday
GAME CAPTURE
Today I did my theory with Cobus, learned the different ways of harvesting animals...dead or alive! Dead: hunt-Local eg.(meat or biltong) foreighn(trophy)when using this option it means it is only a small scale of animals. The next way is by culling this means with a spotlight in night time and this is usually used for a large scale of animals. Alive: Chemical Capture-This option will be used for large animals like rhino and elephant and dangerous animals like leopard and lion.
What will be used when using this option: *tranqualizer *antidote.
Different ways of capture: *Boma-rhino; *Nets-blesbuck; *Cages-caracal
When harvesting animals you have to do a game count and velt assessment (carrying capacity) LSU (Large Stock Units). You have to make sure you have the right equipment, if it is serviceable and how or what to repair it with.
After lunch I had to go to the area where the Game Capture took place, this is the form it is (V).
The animals get chased with the Helicopter into the (V) boma, there was 4 stops where we where divided in groups where we had to close the nets. When capturing animals you have to be careful, this is a very dangerous thing to do, always look out for animals and hide behind the nets...don't let the animals see you. We captured the following: *Blue Wildebeest *Blesbuck *Kudu (Male)
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