Unfortunately, it seems as if our team will continually be battling the need to keep the rhinos’ wounds covered, particularly as we head into summer which brings an abundance of flies.…
Removing the damaged cast cover Less than a week after Dingle Dell was treated, the curator noticed that Lion’s Den cover no longer looked the same and that there was…
On Wednesday 6th November, Dr. Peter Rogers, together with two specialist surgeons from the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Onderstepoort (Dr. Marais and Dr. Steenkamp) once again made the journey to the…
In this account, HESC veterinarian Nina Kisch gives us an update on how the two rhinos are doing. They were brought to the Centre after being brutally mauled by poachers at…
In an effort to combat poaching, we at Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC), together with our sister property, Camp Jabulani situated on the Kapama Reserve, have been using dogs as…
Anti-Poaching - a dead bird and snares found Poaching is the illegal taking of wild plants or animals, in contravention of local and international wildlife management laws, as well as…