Small-spotted Genet Cats – Soft release at Jabulani – November 2018
A few months ago, HESC was approached to assist with three small-spotted genet kittens that had been found in the Sabi Sands. They were approximately a week old at the…
World Rhino Day 2018 – Dedicated to the memory of Ronnie and Lahliwe
Today is World Rhino Day 2018. A day that the plight of the rhino is once again highlighted through the strength of social media, such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The…
New information centre operates from HESC premises
The Greater Kruger Information Centre, a new initiative to provide tourist information on the area, was launched last week at HESC. The centre is located on the premises of and…
Back to the wild – the serval release
During March 2017, three serval cats that were confiscated by Nature Conservation were brought to the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) to be raised. The plan with the cats was…
Hyena Update
Hyena update Late in 2016 a young male hyena was brought to the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC). The hyena was found on a neighbouring reserve on personal property and…
Back to the wild – the Caracal release
Due to the Caracal’s geographical distribution that ranges over a wide range of environments, the animal experiences different threats and thus has a variety of population trends. The species is…
Back to the wild – Our wild dogs release
At the beginning of the year an injured wild dog was transported to HESC and was treated by Dr Rogers. He had been severely bitten in the dorsal area (haunch/hind…
Update on a few of our released cheetahs
In this blog update, we share with you an update on Aschanti, the female cheetah released on Makutsi, and the three cheetahs that were released onto Blue Canyon. All is…
An update on Susan the cheetah
The region of Limpopo has recently experienced a long and terrible drought, but has finally received a much needed rain storm. After the storm a few of the rangers at…
HESC releases two male cheetahs onto Air Force Base Makhado ahead of International Cheetah Day
On the 2nd of December 2015, we released two of our male cheetahs, Tobie and Wim, onto the Air Force Base Makhado. We donated these captive-born cheetahs to the Air…